George Packer New Yorker

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

Charlie Rose | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics


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.

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

Omer Salih Mahdi | Posted 01.25.2008 | Media


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."

Defending My Father

Stephen Schlesinger | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics


Stephen Schlesinger

George Packer posted a bizarre item on The New Yorker website that, for all its wackiness, nonetheless, I felt, demeaned my father and requires, in my view, some sort of reply.

The Disgrace at State

George Packer | Posted 11.02.2007 | Politics


George Packer

In the early years of the war, State was where you found level-headed professionals who knew what a mess the ideologues at the Pentagon and the White House were making in Iraq.


 

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