Iraq War Anniversary

Year Six

Mary Lyon | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics


Mary Lyon

As we limp into Year Six, listen to the troops' families. They offer the only clear picture anyone among the rest of us will get, to illuminate even a small part of their sacrifice.

Our Man in Baghdad -- John McCain

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics


Jayne Lyn Stahl

McCain is so certain of the success, and direction, of the war, he's willing to stake his political life on it, and the lives of thousands more over the next century, which is how long he's prepared to make it last.

Why I Was Right About Iraq

Jane Smiley | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics


Jane Smiley

Being against the Iraq War wasn't hard -- it was easy. The Iraq War made no sense, even as a wish. To wish for a war on someone else's soil is to wish death and destruction on others.

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.

The Bill Arrives for a Free War

Deepak Chopra | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics


Deepak Chopra

The U.S. no longer controls its destiny, for the first time since WWII. How do we regain control over our destiny? By standing up to our mistakes and reviving our lost idealism.

Media Turns Its Back on Iraq

New York Times | Richard Perez-Pena | Posted 03.23.2008 | Politics


The New York Times reports Monday that as the nation enters the sixth year of the Iraq War, media outlets are paying less attention to the war: Five ...

What's Another Five Years Among Friends?

Byron Williams | Posted 03.23.2008 | Politics


Byron Williams

If we were making real progress in Iraq, why then must Cheney travel to Iraq undercover, while Iranian President Ahmadinejad openly arrives to a red carpet greeting?

Five Years in Iraq -- What's the Problem?

Karen Kwiatkowski | Posted 03.22.2008 | Politics


Karen Kwiatkowski

No party leadership, Democrat or Republican cares a whit about the Iraq occupation, whether it is the fifth anniversary, or the hundredth -- except as it can be used to mobilize a vote or two.

Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.22.2008 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

Talk about a reality disconnect: making a 5th war anniversary visit to Iraq, Dick Cheney called the surge a "major success." Also in Iraq, John McCain - in between repeatedly asserting a nonexistent connection between al-Qaeda and Iran - crowed, "the surge is working." Meanwhile, in Baghdad, a highly touted conference on political reconciliation (the actual goal of the surge) exposed just how divided Iraq remains: three of the country's most important political factions boycotted the event. "We entered the conference to reaffirm our support for national reconciliation, and we left to show our rejection of all these fake conferences," said one boycotter. But the quote of the week belonged to Cheney who, when asked about polls showing two-thirds of Americans don't think the war in Iraq is worth it, replied: "So?" Happy Easter, HuffPosters.

Five Years On: Bush, Cheney -- A Contrast in Styles

John Ridley | Posted 03.21.2008 | Politics


John Ridley

How do you mark the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq? President Bush and Vice-President Cheney were a contrast in styles.

War and Remembrance

Gary Hart | Posted 03.20.2008 | Politics


Gary Hart

Had leading Democrats taken the trouble to fashion thoughtful and reasonable national security principles in the post-Vietnam era, quite possibly they would have felt comfortable opposing the invasion of Iraq.

Stop Gotcha Politics on Iraq

Anne-Marie Slaughter | Posted 03.20.2008 | Politics


Anne-Marie Slaughter

The debate about Iraq is still far too much about who was right and who was wrong on the initial invasion and far too little about how to get out.

Richard Engel's Emotional Return To The Palestine Hotel: "This Is Where My Colleagues Were Killed"

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.19.2008 | Media


NBC News has posted a video online by Baghdad correspondent Richard Engel sharing some reflections of the last five years in Iraq on this anniversary of the commencement of the Iraq war.

Bush's Iraq Strategery: Blame The Troops

Bob Cesca | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics


Bob Cesca

President Bush and all of his apologists have scapegoated or are preemptively scapegoating the troops and the "commanders on the ground."

Sam Stein

An Analyst Looks At Back On Iraq With Sadness and Scorn

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics


As the war in Iraq completes its fifth year this week, The Huffington Post is featuring interviews with and essays by those journalists, elected offic...

By Damaging Our Partnerships, We Damage Our Security

Sen. Russ Feingold | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics


Sen. Russ Feingold

Through our continued presence in Iraq, we are compromising our key security partnerships and joint security initiatives in the places where they matter the most.

Max Follmer

Karen Kwiatkowski: The Soldier Who Spoke Out

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics


As the war in Iraq completes its fifth year this week, The Huffington Post is featuring interviews with and essays by those journalists, elected offic...

Five Years On, We've 'Betrayed' Iraqis

Lionel Beehner | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics


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.

Iraq: Five Years and Fading

Jon Soltz | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics


Jon Soltz

Maybe this five-year date will jog the media out of its Iraq-fatigue, and force them to confront what is happening, and report on it.

5 Years After Iraq's "Liberation" There Are Worms In The Water

McClatchy Newspapers | Hannah Allam | Posted 03.16.2008 | Politics


Iraq's most prominent clerics have ruled that using a water pump on one's own pipes is akin to stealing resources from a neighbor, so what does a pers...

One Year Later, Market Where McCain Strolled 'Freely' Is Controlled By Sadr, Too Unsafe For Americans To Visi

Think Progress | Posted 03.16.2008 | Politics


On April 1, 2007, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) strolled through the open-air Shorja market in Baghdad in an effort to prove that Americans are "not getting...