George Packer

Why Our Feith-Based Iraqi Policy Failed

Lionel Beehner | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics

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Lionel Beehner

Only in the field of foreign policy can someone have so disastrous a record and be showered with medals, professorships, and endowed chairs at prestigious think tanks.

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Five Years in Iraq: My Conversations with War Critics and Supporters

Charlie Rose | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

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Charlie Rose

I did a series of conversations to find out how both critics and supporters of the war effort see the current situation. I talked to Les Gelb, George Packer, Richard Perle, Fred Kagan and two young Iraqis.

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Five Years On, We've 'Betrayed' Iraqis

Lionel Beehner | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

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Lionel Beehner

Five years after the fall of Saddam, Iraqis cannot escape the inferno of violence in their own country, largely because of Washington's unwillingness to help them.

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HBO's Baghdad Hospital: It Ain't E.R.

Laurie Nadel | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics

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Laurie Nadel

Fearful for their safety and their careers, no fewer than 350 Iraqi doctors refused to appear on camera. The 351st to be asked agreed.

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Diary of an Iraqi ER Doctor Turned Journalist: Where Western Media Could Not Travel

Omer Salih Mahdi | Posted 01.25.2008 | Media

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Omer Salih Mahdi

Once, I asked a manager why they were against the filming in a Baghdad hospital, he answered: "We don't want to expose our dirty laundry, you are a doctor here and you know what I mean."

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