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The American press is predictably ignoring the story. Yet it is only too plausible that Bush wanted to wipe out what he saw as a nest of terrorists.
By Juan Cole
November 30, 2005
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The White House resets the stage yet again for the notorious Iraqi expatriate who helped cook the case for war.
By Juan Cole
November 10, 2005
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The ideologues in Cheney's inner circle drummed up a war. Now their zealotry is blowing up in their faces.
By Juan Cole
October 28, 2005
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Arrogance, poor editing, and getting too close to her sources -- not ideology -- led to her fall.
By Juan Cole
October 14, 2005
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As more and more Americans turn against Bush's Iraq war, Democratic politicians remain silent. Their play-it-safe strategy isn't just cowardly, it also won't work.
By Juan Cole
September 29, 2005
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Mubarak's rigged victory shows that right-wing predictions of an "Arab spring" were wishful thinking.
By Juan Cole
September 19, 2005
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The British hawk gives 10 reasons why Americans should be proud of the Iraq war. He goes 0 for 10.
By Juan Cole
September 5, 2005
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Angry and marginalized, Sunnis are threatening to torpedo Iraq's constitution. Disaster looms, and the Bush administration's blunders are largely to blame.
By Juan Cole
August 26, 2005
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The left and the right have both crudely demonized the desert kingdom. But the ascension of King Abdullah gives the U.S. a chance to solidify relations with this flawed but key ally.
By Juan Cole
August 5, 2005
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Hamstrung by the Iraq debacle, all Bush can do is gnash his teeth as the hated mullahs in Iran cozy up to their co-religionists in Iraq.
By Juan Cole
July 21, 2005
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Blowback from Bush and Blair's incompetently pursued war on terror has hit London. When will the U.S. figure out how to fight smart?
By Juan Cole
July 8, 2005
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Bush's ludicrous statements about Iraq are increasingly reminiscent of the propaganda spouted by the former spokesman for the Iraqi regime -- except that they're not funny.
By Juan Cole
June 9, 2005
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A leaked British memo, and other documents, make it clear that Bush intended all along to invade Iraq -- and lied about it to the American people. The full gravity of his offense has not yet sunk in.
By Juan Cole
May 19, 2005
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With the insurgency boiling over and sectarian strife spreading, ethnic divisions threaten to derail the new Iraqi government.
By Juan Cole
May 6, 2005
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A witch hunt against a Columbia professor, and the New York Times' disgraceful support for it, represent the gravest threat to academic freedom in decades.
By Juan Cole
April 22, 2005
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Evangelicals insist that the U.S. is a Christian country. An increasing number of Americans beg to differ. (So does the Constitution.)
By Juan Cole
April 1, 2005
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President Bush and his supporters are taking credit for spreading freedom across the Middle East. Here's why they're wrong.
By Juan Cole
March 16, 2005
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With non-Sunni Muslims poised to take power for the first time, a new Iraq is being born. Will it survive its infancy?
By Juan Cole
February 1, 2005
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Outraged by President Bush's embrace of Ariel Sharon and the bloody U.S. assault on Fallujah, the Arab world is linking America's occupation with Israel's. That's ominous.
By Juan Cole
April 16, 2004
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The Bush administration invaded Iraq a year ago expecting a shower of rose petals. Today, the country is on the verge of chaos, and there may be no way to stop it.
By Juan Cole
March 19, 2004
Did Bush plan to bomb Al-Jazeera?
Chalabi's curtain call
All the vice president's men
Judy Miller and the neocons
The "American street" speaks: Will the Democratic Party listen?
Christopher Hitchens' last battle
What Michael Moore (and the neocons) don't know about Saudi Arabia
The Iraq war is over, and the winner is... Iran
"The time of revenge has come"
The revenge of Baghdad Bob
The lies that led to war
Melting pot of blood
The new McCarthyism
In gods we trust
Democracy -- by George?
The Shiite earthquake
Turning into Israel?
Welcome to the quagmire
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