Ex-Petraeus advisor David Kilcullen warns that if Western forces aren't willing to stick around in Iraq and Afghanistan, extremists will continue turning the locals into weapons.
By Laura Miller Mar 11, 2009
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Democrats fought the surge and the surge -- sort of -- won. Now what do we do in Iraq?
By Joan Walsh
February 18, 2009
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Imagine the stink if anyone with less military credibility than Gen. David Petraeus -- or worse, a Democrat -- had described American soldiers this way?
By Gabriel Winant
October 10, 2008
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Even military leaders involved in last year's troop escalation agree that the prospect of U.S. withdrawal is the main reason violence has ebbed.
By Joe Conason
July 25, 2008
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Bush officials claim that Iran has supplied grenade launchers to Iraqi militants -- but the real source of the weapons is U.S. negligence.
By Gareth Porter
June 6, 2008
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George W. Bush says that when it comes to Iraq, we should listen to the generals, not the politicians -- easy for him to say, considering he picks and chooses which generals to listen to.
By Alex Koppelman
September 8, 2008
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McCain, Clinton and Obama have all made broad pronouncements about how they'd handle the war as president. But how do their plans hold up under scrutiny?
By Mark Benjamin
April 17, 2008
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The top U.S. general gave Congress an upbeat assessment of the war Tuesday. Here's the reality behind the rhetoric.
By Mark Benjamin
April 9, 2008
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Gen. Petraeus is reportedly going to blame Iran for why we need to stay in Iraq. If he does, it'll be destructive propaganda.
By Gary Kamiya
April 8, 2008
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The New York Times reports that the U.S. commander in Iraq has recommended that the president wait to decide about further withdrawals.
By Alex Koppelman
March 25, 2008
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Despite what the Bush administration has said, troop cuts have always been tied to the logistics of the surge.
By Alex Koppelman
January 31, 2008
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On the campaign trail he touts his sharp criticism of Donald Rumsfeld and the Bush administration on Iraq. But a look at McCain's record reveals a different war story.
By Mark Benjamin
January 17, 2008
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On the stump in Michigan, John McCain campaigns on victory in Iraq. It's a risky strategy, as the recent surge in violence shows.
By Juan Cole
January 15, 2008
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Before they died in Iraq, Sgts. Mora and Gray proved that in a democracy, dissent is patriotic, even when it comes from soldiers on the battlefield.
By Michael Scherer
December 19, 2007
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The Iraq war's top spokesman loves to dash off fiery complaints to bloggers -- unless someone's impersonating him. Do Col. Steven Boylan's claims of identity theft hold water?
By Farhad Manjoo
October 31, 2007
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The military says al-Qaida in Iraq is down -- which means the Shiite militias are up.
By Tim Grieve
October 22, 2007
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We're pretty sure they're not joking.
By Tim Grieve
October 11, 2007
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Outsourcing the war to private military contractors such as Blackwater has shattered the United States' moral authority and its ability to win wars like that in Iraq.
By P.W. Singer
October 2, 2007
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Every major presidential candidate, including the Democratic front-runners, wants a much bigger Army. But that means an Army expressly designed to fight another war like this one.
By Mark Benjamin
September 27, 2007
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The Senate votes overwhelmingly to condemn "personal attacks" on Gen. David Petraeus.
By Tim Grieve
September 20, 2007
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Hoping that history will somehow vindicate him, the president has entered a phase of decadent perversity.
By Sidney Blumenthal
September 20, 2007
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The White House suggests that Petraeus, not Bush, should be held accountable for what happens in Iraq.
By Tim Grieve
September 18, 2007
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When it comes to security in southern Iraq, the assessments don't add up.
By Tim Grieve
September 18, 2007
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If war critics aren't celebrating, maybe that's because the "Return on Success" isn't all that.
By Tim Grieve
September 17, 2007
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Or when "pre-surge level" doesn't mean, you know, "pre-surge level."
By Tim Grieve
September 14, 2007
Meet the accidental guerrillas
This war is our war
Guess who called U.S. troops "thugs"
McCain's embarrassing assertions on the Iraq surge
Arming our own enemies in Iraq
What will they really do about Iraq?
Sizing up Petraeus on Iraq
The Iran boogeyman is back
John McCain's real war record
McCain owns the Iraq war -- for better or worse
Salon's People of the Year: Sgts. Omar Mora and Yance Gray
The case of the angry colonel
The dark truth about Blackwater
Does a bigger Army mean another Iraq?
Bush's stairway to paradise
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