The Washington Post editorial page continues to show a remarkable surge of reason. The editors describe Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki’s recent trip to Iran and his insistence that he will not abide by Iran’s demands that he abandon the ongoing … Continue reading →
Peter Wehner does a wonderful job of fisking Obama’s recent speech on Iraq in which the candidate combined masterful oratory, abysmal ignorance, denial, and lawyerly circumlocutions in his signature manner to show exactly why he should never be elected President … Continue reading →
Yesterday’s WaPo editorial, “The Iraqi Upturn,” is an indication that improvements in Iraq have gotten so noticeable that even the MSM is having trouble maintaining its denial of that fact. The subtitle of the piece acknowledges as much when it … Continue reading →
I’ve often stated that I used to be a Democrat, but no more. Now I belong to neither party, and I don’t think I ever will again, except perhaps for strategic registration before a primary. I sometimes wonder how someone … Continue reading →
This NY TImes article by Frank Rich compares the recent fighting in Basra to an Iraqi “mini-Tet.” He thinks it’s a shame that today’s press—unlike the MSM’s behavior right after the real Tet offensive—hasn’t really played up what he sees … Continue reading →
Peter Wehner presents an absolutely devastating critique of Obama’s most visible foreign policy record, his position on Iraq. It’s also the record of which Obama is most proud. But if one closely follows his shifting statements, it’s hard to conclude … Continue reading →
This NY Times article describes how the youth of Iraq are strongly turning away from religion and its jihadi excesses in Iraq as a result of the violence perpetrated on the population there. This is good news—and, as Abe Greenwald … Continue reading →
The Iraqi Parliament has passed some new and potentially significant laws. This particular event should have been the lead article on the front page of every newspaper. It should have been the big subject of all the talk shows. It … Continue reading →
First we had the new counterinsurgency manual. Now the army has a new operations manual with an emphasis on postwar stabilization. This is referred to as a “newly minted doctrine” and “a major development that draws on the hard-learned lessons … Continue reading →
Anyone who reads this blog knows I consider the Iraq war one of the biggest issues of the day. Yes, it’s faded in the news, mostly because it’s going relatively well now. But Vietnam was also going relatively well in … Continue reading →
I thought by now I’d be off the topic of McCain, but it seems to have legs. For my readers who can’t see their way clear to supporting McCain in the general election if nominated, Jeff Jacoby does an excellent … Continue reading →
I’m still reading Lewis Sorley’s A Better War, about the second half of our involvement in Vietnam. It’s slow going, for many reasons. One of them is that it’s painful to read it and think what might have been. Not … Continue reading →