http://dir.salon.com/topics/abu_musab_al_zarqawi/?source=rss&aim=abu_musab_al_zarqawi en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:04:00 PDT By Juan Cole Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/09/mccain_iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/09/mccain_iraq/index.html?source=rss His rosy statements about Iraq were aimed at GOP primary voters, but they suggest the would-be president doesn't understand the war he'd be fighting. By Sidney Blumenthal Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/06/29/bush_midterm/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/06/29/bush_midterm/index.html?source=rss Desperate to appeal to voters but fleeing from an unpopular president, Republicans are embracing jingoism, nativism and even Jim Crow. By Sidney Blumenthal Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/06/22/iraq_debate/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/06/22/iraq_debate/index.html?source=rss Ron Suskind's latest book offers new details about how the Bush White House has used theological certainty to mask political expediency -- facts be damned. By Joe Conason Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/06/16/iraq_war/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/06/16/iraq_war/index.html?source=rss The GOP is back to its old Rove tricks, attacking Democrats as unpatriotic cowards. If only they could lead as well as they demagogue. By Sidney Blumenthal Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/06/15/zarqawi/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/06/15/zarqawi/index.html?source=rss Ignoring U.S. intelligence, Bush inflated Zarqawi, then made a pointless trip to Iraq to pose as a heroic dragon slayer. It doesn't work anymore. By Walter Shapiro Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/06/09/zarqawi/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/06/09/zarqawi/index.html?source=rss Zarqawi's death -- and its potential to raise Bush's ratings -- reminds us that in the White House, luck matters as much as competence. By Joe Conason Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/02/03/iraq_timetable/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/02/03/iraq_timetable/index.html?source=rss The choice between abrupt withdrawal and endless war in Iraq is false. We can negotiate an honorable exit -- in fact, we're already talking with the insurgents. By Robert Bryce Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/08/16/iraq_oil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/08/16/iraq_oil/index.html?source=rss The insurgents in Iraq know that keeping its oil flowing is crucial to U.S. success in the war -- and they're doing all they can to muck things up.