Iraq Study Group

Battle of the Bushes Battle of the Bushes

The battle lines between father and son were drawn. In the balance hung policies that would kill and maim hundreds of thousands of people and change the global balance of power for years to come.
By Craig Unger Nov 7, 2007

  • Don't believe the surge hype

    The Petraeus road show will roll into Washington with dubious claims that troop increases have reduced violence.
    By Joe Conason September 7, 2007

  • GOP hawks' sudden conversion

    Republicans facing lousy polls now embrace the Iraq Study Group report. But do they know it advocates a radical break from Bush's policies?
    By Joe Conason July 9, 2007

  • Hillary's hard-won experience

    In an interview with Salon, the candidate discusses the "vast right-wing conspiracy," being called by her first name, and how long U.S. troops would be in Iraq if she wins in 2008.
    By Walter Shapiro June 18, 2007

  • Dithering Democrats

    Six months ago, the new Congress missed its chance to shift the debate on Iraq -- and to avoid this week's defeat on a timetable for withdrawal.
    By Joe Conason May 25, 2007

  • To Damascus with Nancy Pelosi

    Why neocons are so apoplectic about the speaker's visit to Syria.
    By Joe Conason April 6, 2007

  • The Pentagon's not-so-little secret

    As the president and Republicans continue to hype the surge -- and stifle debate about it -- Bush's own war planners are preparing for failure in Iraq.
    By Sidney Blumenthal February 8, 2007

  • Sandra Day O'Connor: Why I left the Supreme Court

    And why Ruth Bader Ginsburg doesn't relish being the only woman left serving there.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski February 5, 2007

  • Still grave and deteriorating

    While James Baker preaches to give escalation a chance, Congress searches for the means to stop Bush's war in Iraq.
    By Walter Shapiro January 31, 2007

  • White House: We were against the Baker report before we were for it

    Seeking support for an escalaton, Stephen Hadley wraps himself in the Iraq Study Group report.
    By Tim Grieve January 29, 2007

  • The fighting side of McCain

    Hitching his political wagon to Bush has hurt the senator's chances to become president. But as his political colleagues can attest, it's the Republican front-runner's volatile temper that may derail his Straight Talk Express for good.
    By Sidney Blumenthal January 18, 2007

  • Did the U.S. just provoke Iran?

    Thursday's raid on the Iranian consulate is more evidence that President Bush is ready to escalate the conflict.
    By Juan Cole January 12, 2007

  • Senators tell Rice: The president has lost us

    "I've bought into his dream. At this stage of the game, I don't think it's going to happen."
    By Tim Grieve January 11, 2007

  • Shuttle without diplomacy

    After signaling support for James Baker's Iraq proposals, Condi caved and stood faithfully by the president's failing policies -- assuring her irrelevance, and that of the State Department.
    By Sidney Blumenthal January 10, 2007

  • The real Iraq Study Group

    Forget Jim Baker's crew. The neocon hawks who sold the war, joined by John McCain and Joe Lieberman, unveiled their new plan for "victory": At least 25,000 new troops in combat roles well into 2008.
    By Mark Benjamin January 6, 2007

  • Stopping the surge

    Can Democrats keep Bush from sending more U.S. soldiers to Iraq? Salon explores the options, from immediate withdrawal to taking sides in the civil war.
    By Salon staff January 4, 2007

  • Behind Bush's "new way forward"

    A battered group of neocons delivered the president his latest war plan, letting him reject the grave warnings of the Iraq Study Group and deny that we're losing the war.
    By Sidney Blumenthal December 20, 2006

  • Pentagon still juking the stats

    Former CNN head Eason Jordan says that the Pentagon is still underreporting the number of attacks in Iraq.
    By Alex Koppelman December 19, 2006

  • Pentagon reports Iraq violence at highest level

    The weekly average of attacks in Iraq over the past four months is worse than at any point since the transfer of sovereignty, Congress was told today.
    By Alex Koppelman December 18, 2006

  • A bombshell with a long fuse

    The Iraq Study Group report may be DOA. But it shows the Washington establishment is finally confronting reality in the Middle East.
    By Gary Kamiya December 12, 2006

  • Iraq Study Group: "Learn Arabic, you morons"

    1,000 people work in the U.S. Embassy in Iraq. Guess how many speak Arabic?
    By Andrew Leonard December 8, 2006

  • Pessimism from the ISG, pessimism from the public

    More than 70 percent of Americans disapprove of the way Bush is handling Iraq.
    By Tim Grieve December 8, 2006

  • Military readiness lowest since Vietnam War

    Expert advisors to the Iraq Study Group say the U.S. military now faces a cold, hard truth: It can't muster many more combat troops for the war.
    By Mark Benjamin December 8, 2006

  • Will Bush choose his new friends over his old?

    The president's Shiite allies in Iraq really don't like some of James Baker's Sunni-friendly suggestions.
    By Juan Cole December 8, 2006

  • The last neocon

    The Iraq Study Group shot down Bush's failed war strategy. Yet John McCain stubbornly supports it -- calling for more troops and promising unattainable victory.
    By Joe Conason December 8, 2006
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