Gulf War

McCain's Vietnam obsession McCain's Vietnam obsession

The former POW's Senate career has been marked by his outspoken determination never to repeat Vietnam mistakes. So why does he support the Iraq war?
By Mark Benjamin Apr 1, 2008

  • Arab-American beauty

    En route from "Six Feet Under" to "True Blood," TV genius Alan Ball snuck in "Towelhead," an earnest drama about race and sexual awakening in '90s suburbia.
    By Andrew O'Hehir September 11, 2008

  • When is an accidental civilian death not an accident?

    When the Air Force asks permission first. In Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military has rules for killing civilians. But do the rules actually save lives?
    By Mark Benjamin July 30, 2007

  • "Jarhead"

    Sam Mendes' specious adaptation of Anthony Swofford's Gulf War memoir is both antiwar and anti-soldier.
    By Stephanie Zacharek November 4, 2005

  • How the Bush brigade "supports" the troops

    When it comes to American POWs brutalized by U.S. enemies, the Bush White House -- with some help from the Supreme Court today -- is glad to settle for nothing.
    By Mark Follman April 25, 2005

  • Bush White House turns its back on Gulf War vets

    The Supreme Court represents the last chance for a group of Gulf War POWs to be compensated for their suffering at Saddam's hands. The Bush administration wants the case thrown out.
    By Page Rockwell April 22, 2005

  • History of complicity

    Did the first President Bush, in 1991, and President Reagan, in the late '80s, cynically choose to ignore Saddam's use of chemical weapons against Iraqis?
    By Barry Lando November 19, 2004

  • The good soldier takes his leave

    Policy experts and former U.S. diplomats weigh in on Colin Powell's resignation.
    Compiled by Jeff Horwitz November 16, 2004

  • The bubble boy

    Bush lives in a world immune from the realities of Iraq.
    By Sidney Blumenthal September 23, 2004

  • The end of civilization

    The sacking of Iraq's museums is like a "lobotomy" of an entire culture, say art experts. And they warned the Pentagon repeatedly of this potential catastrophe months before the war.
    By Louise Witt April 17, 2003

  • When oil fields become battlefields

    If Saddam repeats his Gulf War strategy of torching oil wells, he could set off one of the worst environmental disasters in history.
    By Farhad Manjoo March 20, 2003

  • Marine writers sound off on the new Iraq war

    "Jarhead" author Anthony Swofford and two other Marine Corps chroniclers of Desert Storm direct some not-so-friendly fire at the Bush administration.
    By David Talbot March 20, 2003

  • Casualties of war

    If the U.S. kills 10,000 Iraqi civilians, will this be a just war? 1,000? 100,000? On the eve of destruction, a deadly moral calculus awaits.
    By Michelle Goldberg March 20, 2003

  • Bush to Saddam: Get out of Dodge

    In a terse speech to the nation and the world, the president stopped just short of a declaration of war.
    By Jake Tapper March 18, 2003

  • Scud Stud lobs a missile at Bush

    During the Gulf War, NBC reporter Arthur Kent was famed for his boyish good looks. Today, liberated from the network, he's free to say that Bush is out of control.
    By Louise Witt March 17, 2003

  • "Jarhead" by Anthony Swofford

    In this self-lacerating memoir, an ex-Marine sniper who fought in the Gulf yearns to escape from the myths of warfare and the sadism of military life.
    By Laura Miller March 10, 2003

  • Powell's moment of truth

    He went from being the Bush administration's voice of moderation to its leading advocate for war. With a diplomatic meltdown looming, the secretary of state is in the hot seat.
    By Eric Boehlert March 3, 2003

  • Saddam's shields

    Peace activists are flocking to Iraq to put their bodies in the way of American bombs, with no training for what they'll face in a war zone. Are they heroes or dupes?
    By Michelle Goldberg February 21, 2003

  • A front-row seat at war

    HBO's "Live From Baghdad" is the story of one of live journalism's finest hours -- and a cautionary tale for an increasingly docile press.
    By Gary Kamiya December 7, 2002

  • "I'm not sure which planet they live on"

    Hawks in the Bush administration may be making deadly miscalculations on Iraq, says Gen. Anthony Zinni, Bush's Middle East envoy.
    By Eric Boehlert October 17, 2002

  • A kinder, gentler war pitch

    In a Monday night speech, President Bush shifted his rhetoric in an effort to seal the deal with a skeptical public.
    By Anthony York October 8, 2002

  • Suddenly, the U.N. backs Bush

    The president's speech left the world governing body little choice but to get tough on Saddam.
    By Ian Williams September 14, 2002

  • Dragged back into the fight

    As the confrontation between Israel and the Palestinians threatens to engulf the region, the Bush administration is no longer able to stay on the sidelines.
    By Ben Barber April 19, 2001

  • Washington sobers up on sanctions

    The Bush administration plans to abandon 10 years of failed Iraqi policy and instead hit Saddam where it will hurt him most: His cash-lined pockets.
    By Fiona Morgan February 28, 2001

  • Saddam won't die

    Ten years after the Gulf War, the Iraqi leader is stronger than ever.
    By Vivienne Walt January 18, 2001
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