Iraq

The hidden hand of Dick Cheney The hidden hand of Dick Cheney

Out of office, he continues to push his tortured version of reality -- and his vision of an imperial presidency -- and there are signs he is succeeding.
By Juan Cole May 13, 2009

  • Farewell to the American Century

    Americans have perpetuated a mythic version of the past that never even approximated reality and today has become downright malignant.
    By Andrew Bacevich April 30, 2009

  • Obama wants $83.4 billion for Iraq, Afghanistan

    If Congress approves the president's request, the total cost of the two wars will reach almost $1 trillion.
    By Alex Koppelman April 9, 2009

  • Obama makes surprise visit to Iraq

    Closing out his big foreign tour, the president made an unannounced stop in the country Tuesday.
    By Alex Koppelman April 7, 2009

  • "The Real World's" Ryan speaks

    As he prepares to return to Iraq, the MTV reality show star discusses how it feels to be redeployed -- and to learn about it on camera.
    By Caitlin Shamberg April 1, 2009

  • Meet the accidental guerrillas

    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 March 11, 2009

  • We're really leaving Iraq

    Some Iraq war critics are fretting about Obama's speech on Friday, and his plan to stay a little longer. But here's why there's no reason for alarm.
    By Juan Cole March 2, 2009

  • This is not George Bush's budget

    Budgets are about priorities, not numbers, and President Obama's first budget marks a sea change from the past eight years.
    By Mike Madden February 27, 2009

  • Pelosi questions Obama's Iraq plan

    The House speaker says she wants only 15,000 to 20,000 troops to remain, while the president reportedly intends to leave 50,000 there.
    By Alex Koppelman February 26, 2009

  • We're on the brink of disaster

    Violent protests and riots are breaking out everywhere as economies collapse and governments fail. War is bound to follow.
    By Michael Klare February 26, 2009

  • Report: Obama wants most troops out of Iraq in 19 months

    The president is expected to announce later this week that about 100,000 soldiers will be withdrawing by summer 2010, with the rest leaving in 2011.
    By Alex Koppelman February 24, 2009

  • The military's expanding waistline

    The U.S. military has become so dependent on outside contractors like KBR that President Obama couldn't sever ties with these corporations even if he wanted to.
    By Pratap Chatterjee February 23, 2009

  • Perle: It's bound to work this time

    One of the key proponents of the Iraq war is calling for regime change in Iran.
    By Christopher M. Matthews February 20, 2009

  • This war is our war

    Democrats fought the surge and the surge -- sort of -- won. Now what do we do in Iraq?
    By Joan Walsh February 18, 2009

  • America's imperial police force

    How did the American military become the French Foreign Legion?
    By William Astore February 17, 2009

  • Neoconservatism dies in Gaza

    The recent Israeli offensive has put the final nail in the coffin of the Bush administration's Middle East fantasy.
    By Juan Cole January 8, 2009

  • W. and the damage done

    President Bush inherited a peaceful, prosperous America. As he exits, Salon consults experts in seven fields to try to assess the devastation.
    By Vincent Rossmeier and Gabriel Winant January 8, 2009

  • New friendly fire coverup: Army shreds files on dead soldiers

    Hours after Salon revealed evidence that two Americans were killed by a U.S. tank, not enemy fire, military officials destroyed papers on the men.
    By Mark Benjamin November 20, 2008

  • A document saved from the Army's shredder

    A soldier who was ordered to shred documents about two soldiers killed in an apparent friendly fire incident rescued some of the paperwork and provided it to Salon.
    November 20, 2008

  • How John McCain ran against himself

    The maverick of days past might be deadlocked with Obama now if he hadn't let the Republican right hijack the Straight Talk Express.
    By Walter Shapiro October 29, 2008

  • On Iraq, McCain doesn't have a clue

    Despite the impasse in U.S.-Iraq negotiations, he clings to his fantasy of "victory" and America's ability to set the terms for withdrawal.
    By Joe Conason October 27, 2008
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