Iraq Tag

Forgotten History: Assad has the blood of American soldiers on his hands

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 09, 2013 19 Comments

The notion that Assad is only Syria's problem ignores the history of the Iraq insurgency, Lebanese assassinations, and the global Iranian-Hezbollah war against Israel and the United States....

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Now even WaPo refers to Obama’s terror policy as “wishful thinking”

Posted by David Gerstman on August 11, 2013 13 Comments

The Washington Post endorsed Obama twice while noting a major foreign policy flaw. Why don't they acknowledge that they were wrong?...

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It’s time for a free and independent Kurdistan

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 11, 2013 23 Comments

Why not? The Kurds out number Palestinians several times over, and unlike Palestinians, have a real ethnic and cultural distinction from surrounding Arabs (and in Turkey, Turks). But for Europeans drawing lines on maps and Turkish national ambitions, there should have been an independent nation for...

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On “Responsibly Ending the War in Iraq”

Posted by David Gerstman on July 25, 2013 31 Comments

"The gains of the surge are now in jeopardy ...

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2007: Harry Reid and Dick Lugar agree, the Iraq surge is not working

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 24, 2012 3 Comments

Dick Lugar touts his foreign policy expertise and influence, something which Brian Bolduc at National Review today finds is suspect. One thing Lugar does not tout is that he joined Harry Reid in 2007 in announcing that the surge in Iraq was not working and should be stopped. Reid's...

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