Tom Friedman has a column about the folly of open-ended military commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan. At least its bottom line, it must be noted, is correct. Omitted: and recognition of the columnist’s inability to grasp these facts when it actually mattered.
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…horrible news.
Seriously, in the wake of Iraq, we’re going to claim that unilateralism produces transparent decision-making, clear objectives, and considered decision-making? Right. This is so silly I’m
Not that his decimation of Rumsfeld isn’t entertaining, but the “Iraq War was a great idea if it weren’t for those meddling Bushies” line that Boot is pushing really won’t fly.
Depressing but true: Well the latest Wikileaks disclosures ought to shut them up for good (it won’t, of course). “Our” side has both committed war crimes directly and has acquiesced, enabled, an
Since it might be unsuccessful in denying Jamie Leigh Jones her access to the courts, I suppose it’s not surprising that KBR has tried floating some of the smears against her that it apparently
Remember Laurie Mylroie? The sometime collaborator of Respected Journamalist Judy Miller whose meticulous scholarship has demonstrated that Saddam Hussein was responsible for such events as 9/11, the Oklahoma City bombings, and Aaron Small going 11-0 with the 2005 Yankees? Now guess who the Bush administration turned to when they needed an, ahem, expert analysis of […]
A great catch by Cole, who notes that a new CNN special should remind us that one of the chief witnesses in the extremely thin and frequently illogical witchhunt against Scott Beauchamp, First Sergean
I suppose everyone has a punch-the-wall-with-your-face moment in this interview. Here’s mine: GIBSON: You said you were not going to be in the business of nation-building. And so much of what yo
Ilan Goldberg explains why imperialism is not a sound strategy for dealing with Iraq. Matt is correct to note that Charles Krauthammer “wants an imperial relationship with Iraq, Bush wants an imperial relationship with Iraq, and McCain wants an imperial relationship with Iraq, but Iraqis don’t and thus Maliki prefers Obama.” The key graf: McCain, […]
The CENTCOM non-denial-denial came only after a call from the U.S. government: The statement by an aide to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki calling his remarks in Der Spiegel “misinterpreted
This has been another edition of what Publius said.