Iraq Surge

Iraq -- Too Much, Too Soon

Nedda Alammar | Posted 02.26.2012

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While we never intended to stay in Iraq forever, we should have stayed until Iraqis could govern themselves. Such should be the nature of withdrawal from a country we chose to invade.

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America's Soft Power Secret Weapon in the Iraq War Was a Young Army Captain Named Travis Patriquin

Ryan McDermott | Posted 07.31.2011

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A Soldier's Dream: Captain Travis Patriquin and the Awakening of Iraq highlights the efforts of one soldier whose dream helped capture the momentum of the Sunni "Awakening" in Iraq in 2006.

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The Urge to Surge: Washington's 30-Year High

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's easy to forget that war is a drug. Once you begin down the path of invasion and occupation, turning back is as difficult as an addict going cold turkey.

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Wikileaks: War Is (Misbegotten) Hell

Heather Hurlburt | Posted 05.25.2011

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The flood of data from Wikileaks makes it harder, not easier, to see the patterns that we still need to learn from this misbegotten war.

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Afghan Army: The Few, the Proud, the Unprepared

Jake Diliberto | Posted 05.25.2011

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Afghans cannot take control in 2011.

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The Real Winner In Iraq

Shan Wells | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thousands of lives lost. Countries ravaged, and for what? No one has been held responsible, nothing has been gained.

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Enough Is Enough: War Chatter From the Oval Office

Jake Diliberto | Posted 05.25.2011

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2010 is the deadliest year thus far in Afghanistan. How much war chatter do Americans have to endure? When does the President call it "game over"?

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John Boehner Hits Obama, Reid, Pelosi For Opposing Iraq Surge (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Boehner released a gloating Iraq war video in advance of President Obama's Oval Office address on the drawdown of combat troops in Iraq. The yo...

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Miracles and Myths -- Opiate of the Afghanistan Hawks

Michael Brenner | Posted 05.25.2011

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The myth of the miraculous Iraqi acts performed by David Petraeus stems from the country's desperate need to be reassured of its prowess in the face of its serial failures in the Greater Middle East.

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Elena Kagan's Patriotism Trumps Peter Hegseth's Sexist Nonsense.

Jake Diliberto | Posted 05.25.2011

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As a veteran I find Pete's remarks misleading and unjustified. Kagan does not hate the military, but even if she despised it, does that make her incompetent to serve on our nations highest court?

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Baghdad Blood and Baghdad Mud

Dan Rather | Posted 05.25.2011

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After talking with General Ray Odierno, what comes clear is this: The end of the American era in Iraq has begun. But it's only a beginning.

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Memorial Day and Our 'Hidden' Wars

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 11.17.2011

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Memorial Day comes with dark news: the announcement that the United States military had surpassed more than 1,000 service members killed in Afghanistan since October 7, 2001.

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The War in Iraq: Sunrise or Sunset?

Frida Berrigan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Just as the Pentagon is preparing its exit plan -- or at least the rhetoric for its exit plan -- pressure is mounting for the military to stay.

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Surgeconomics in Afghanistan and Iraq

James Denselow | Posted 05.25.2011

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The essential difficulty with surgenomics is how sustainable it can ever be. After all, it was a reduction in payments from the US to the mujahideen that have contributed to the situation today.

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A Commitment Strategy for Afghanistan

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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The president will put forward his decision on Afghanistan soon. It will involve a troop increase. If progressives stay in full opposition mode, they will exist on the margin of the debate.

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Iraq in Afghanistan?

James Denselow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reports suggest that General Stanley McChrystal is going to call for a "surge on top of the surge," with the potential for thousands of additional US and NATO soldiers being deployed in Afghanistan.

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Senior Army Commander Warns Against Forgetting Iraq

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

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The senior American commander in Iraq has told the BBC that he is concerned that the country will be forgotten, amid the current focus on Afghanistan....

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Tom Ricks And The Military's New Philosophical Embeds

Columbia Journalism Review | Tara McKelvey | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thomas E. Ricks has a photograph of a general--Ulysses S. Grant, looking haggard and defeated in Cold Harbor, Virginia--on the wall of his office. His...

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Truck Bomb Kills At Least 19 In Northern Iraq

AP | DAVID RISING | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Kurdish lawmakers demanded the government step up security in northern Iraq after a suicide truck bomb flattened a neighborhood in a s...

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Iraq's New Surge: Gay Killings

Foreign Policy | Posted 05.25.2011

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When my colleague and I sat down last April with Hamid, an Iraqi man from Baghdad, his trauma-induced stutter said as much as the words he spoke. Hudd...

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Roadside Bombs Kill 4 US Troops In Iraq

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Four U.S. soldiers were killed by roadside bombs Tuesday, the deadliest day for American forces in Iraq since combat troops pulled bac...

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Iraq Civilian Deaths Are Highest Since April

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) The number of civilians recorded killed in violence in Iraq shot up to 393 in August, its highest level since April, after a spate ...

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Iraq: Talk Is Cheap, Blood Is Cheaper

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is now apparent that the Iraqi insurgency has adapted and moved right back in. What's interesting in the new round of attacks is that no one has been claiming responsibility for them.

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Biden Sends Right Message on Iraq

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's time to start putting pressure on the Iraqi government to settle their internal differences, and make clear that we're no longer going to be their crutch. This weekend, Biden did just that.

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Tragedy and Compassion in Iraq

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 05.25.2011

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The fireworks fired into the air and the pomp and circumstance of so-called Sovereignty Day cannot mask the grief felt by hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who lost loved ones in the past six years.

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