The United States let loose a one-two diplomatic punch aimed both at undercutting Iranian power and rallying Arab financial and diplomatic assistance for Iraq when President Bush dispatched Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to the Middle East...
What is interesting about the essay is that both scholars were early supporters of the war to remove Saddam Hussein, then constant critics of the acknowledged mistakes of the occupation, and now somewhat confident that Gen. Petraeus can still salvage a victory...
The new Iraq war documentary No End In Sight is the debut of a fairly unconventional film maker, but it's as assured and fascinating a film as you could ask for from any veteran documentary film maker -- rigorously researched, carefully composed, subtly affecting...
Libraries have been always regarded as one of the institutions that play a very significant role in advancing literacy and education in every society...
If Gen. David Petraeus can't stabilize Iraq by autumn - or if Americans decide to pull out of Iraq before he gets a fair chance - expect far worse chaos eventually to follow...
