AP | SELCAN HACAOGLU | May 1, 2008
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted April 30, 2008 | Politics
If you listen very carefully, above the din of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's nonsensical theatrical performances, the distant sound of war drums in the Persian Gulf are growing increasingly audible.
Two weeks ago, when Gen. Petraeus and Amb. Crocker appeared before Congress, they testified that Iran had greatly accelerated its...
Huffington Post | April 27, 2008 02:14 PM
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Phillip Martin | Posted April 11, 2008 | Politics
In the five years that the U.S. military has occupied Iraq, the reasons for hating Americans have mounted: the looting of Mesopotamian treasures, rising violence and crime in the streets, Abu Ghraib, Haditha, the leveling of An Najaf, and also add "sand nigger" and "camel jockey" to the list. By...
Huffington Post | April 8, 2008 04:50 PM
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted April 8, 2008 | Politics
On September 12, 2007, Senator Barack Obama asked the United States Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker about the lack of progress on the part of the Iraqi government to stabilize itself. Here is what Crocker said:
"I mentioned, uh, uh, several points as General Petraeus has said,...
Reuters | Wisam Mohammed | April 6, 2008 11:36 AM
Elizabeth Benedict | Posted April 1, 2008 | Politics
About three weeks ago, when it was abundantly clear that there was really no way for Hillary to clinch the nomination, she reminded me of George W. Bush soon after Florida 2000 -- the loser who refused to concede. To quote Joan Didion in her marvelous early essay, "Goodbye...
CNN | March 30, 2008 09:02 AM
Michael Shaw | Posted March 29, 2008 | Media

This goes way beyond Mickey Mouse.
The U.S. has been pulled into a civil war between Shiite factions;
fighting is raging in multiple cities;
Baghdad is under curfew;
the Green Zone has been hit...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | March 19, 2008 09:48 AM
Sen. Russ Feingold | Posted March 18, 2008 | Politics
As the war in Iraq enters its sixth year, official US casualty figures approach 4,000 dead and nearly 30,000 wounded. These figures exclude the many who have less visible but no less damaging injuries to mental health; those whose injuries resulted from accidents while they served in a war zone;...
HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | March 18, 2008 10:23 PM
Lionel Beehner | Posted March 18, 2008 | Politics
Much of our understanding of Iraq, five years on, is gotten in drive-by glimpses. John McCain swoons into Baghdad for a 48-hour stopover full of photo-ops. American personnel dart out of the Green Zone for quickie missions, rarely sharing tea with the people they are paid to protect. The evening...
McClatchy Newspapers | Hannah Allam | March 16, 2008 09:46 PM
AP | ANNA JOHNSON | March 6, 2008
Lionel Beehner | Posted February 28, 2008 | Politics
If anyone criticizes the surge in Iraq -- as I have on occasion -- they are accused of not supporting the troops, of questioning the divine wisdom of David Petraeus, of being a weak-kneed defeatist. This is utterly ridiculous. Let's look at the facts:
The drop in violence has nothing...
Chris Weigant | Posted February 27, 2008 | Politics
While everyone else is having fun determining who "won" or "lost" the Democratic debate last night, I would like to revisit an important topic: Iraq. Because while the national news media (fickle as they are) have lost almost all interest in the situation in Iraq, it is still going to...
On Tuesday night's "Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert had fun with...
From the AP: Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama on Wednesday, a...
*** UPDATED BELOW *** President Bush has said repeatedly that he would not insert himself into the...
As the odds get longer and longer, the obvious question is: Why doesn't Hillary Clinton gracefully concede...
It's a pretty well known fact that most women - attractive women -...
Utterly insane goings-on tonight on...
NEW UPDATE BELOW As violence in Iraq continues -- clashes today left 11 dead and 19 injured -- President...
Just off the House floor today, the Crypt overheard House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers tell two...
Tonight, Keith Olbermann unleashed what may well have been his...
The Democratic Party has finally decided who's going to break it to Hillary that it's time...
George W. Bush is unworthy of the presidency. He is a disgrace to himself,...
McClatchy Newspapers | By Leila Fadel and Shashank Bengal | May 4, 2008 08:51 PM