Another Day, More Progress by Iraqi’s

Lots of Iraq stuff today: Michael Yon explains why violence is up in Iraq. Hint: Its not because we’re losing. Iraqi PM says private army mentality in Iraq is over Maliki told Miliband, on a surprise visit to Baghdad, that “national reconciliation has been...

Summary of International Crisis Group’s Report on the Sunni Landscape in Iraq

I’ve mentioned the International Crisis Group before. They call themselves “the world’s leading independent, non-partisan, source of analysis and advice to governments, and intergovernmental bodies like the United Nations, European Union and World Bank, on...

American Perceptions of Iraq and Progress Through the Years

I’ve rummaged through the Polling Report archives to put together a few charts on Iraq. Specifically, I wanted to see, in one place how people have thought the war was going, from the beginning through now. The question asked by the pollsters is thus: “How...

The U.S. Under Obama: Engaging the World

After the Cold War “You can always rely on America to do the right thing. Once it has exhausted the alternatives.” Winston Churchill At the time, I was mostly too young to comprehend the events of the late 1980’s and the end of the Cold War. There are a lot...

The Iraq Invasion: It Was the Right Thing to Do

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So, if it wasn’t about WMD’s or 9/11, how can I possibly make a case supporting the Iraq invasion? As I’ve stated, I’m a self-professed student of history. Specifically, a student of the Cold War and Post-World War II American history. It is...