“Chilcot says there was no need to go to war in March 2003.” And . . . “Blair “overestimated his ability” to influence US decisions on Iraq.” “the inquiry does not ac
It’s always sad when the George Washington of a nation dies…
If I’m Doug Feith or Dick Cheney or Paul Wolfowitz, this is just crazy talk. An aid worker who travels to Raqqa said the ranks of ISIS were filled with volatile young men, many of them foreigner
Reihan Salam provides of somewhat less than compelling defense of why he is still a neo-con and why America needs his point of view. He fully admits that Iraq was a total disaster. But it’s just
Over at the Diplomat a take a stab at thinking about how memory of the Iraq War will matter: The tenth anniversary of the launch of the Iraq War has helped spark a debate over how the war will be inte
My answer: Hell no. The answer I expect historians will give fifty years from now: No. The answer Iraqis are giving now and likely will continue give: Hells No! The answer that the leaders of major US
I have some thoughts on the aftermath of the Wikileaks Iraq release over at World Politics Review: The release reaffirmed much that we already knew, including the high incidence of civilian casualties
In honor of the trend of “How did I get it wrong” posts, this is a brief examination of how I managed to get it right on Iraq. Revisiting correct decisions can often be just as productiv