Iraq War Five Year Anniversary

Smears and Tears: How Obama's National Security Week Turned Into the Mendacity of Hype

Joseph C. Wilson | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

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Joseph C. Wilson

The real subtext of the Obama campaign last week was to attack Clinton in order to distract from Obama's association with his anti-American preacher. National security went un-addressed.

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Year Six

Mary Lyon | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

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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.

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Our Man in Baghdad -- John McCain

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

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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.

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Why I Was Right About Iraq

Jane Smiley | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

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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.

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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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The Bill Arrives for a Free War

Deepak Chopra | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

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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.

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What's Another Five Years Among Friends?

Byron Williams | Posted 03.23.2008 | Politics

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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?

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

Karen Kwiatkowski | Posted 03.22.2008 | Politics

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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.

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

John Ridley | Posted 03.21.2008 | Politics

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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.

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The 100 Years War

Bill Maher | Posted 03.21.2008 | Politics

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Bill Maher

There's a possibility that's starting to scare me: That by a certain neocon definition, Iraq is a success.

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War and Remembrance

Gary Hart | Posted 03.20.2008 | Politics

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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.

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Colin Powell's Day of Infamy, Unacknowledged Five Years Later

David Fiderer | Posted 03.20.2008 | Politics

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David Fiderer

Powell pushed for war and put everyone on notice that he was acting in bad faith, with a reckless disregard for the truth. Let's not forget.

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Stop Gotcha Politics on Iraq

Anne-Marie Slaughter | Posted 03.20.2008 | Politics

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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.

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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

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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.

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Five Years and Counting: Ten Unpleasant Truths About the War in Iraq

Stephen M. Walt | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

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Stephen M. Walt

A smarter occupation would not have produced significantly better results. The Bush administration failed to plan the post-war occupation and compounded that error with numerous post-invasion blunders.

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Speak Up, Artists Protest the War

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders | Posted 03.19.2008 | Entertainment

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Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

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The Iraq War: What Might Have Been

Rep. Jim McDermott | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

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Rep. Jim McDermott

As we mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, the most troubling fact, in a long and tragic list of troubling facts, is that we already know there will be a sixth anniversary.

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Bush's Iraq Strategery: Blame The Troops

Bob Cesca | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

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Bob Cesca

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

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Five Years of the War in Iraq: Where's the Media Coverage?

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 03.19.2008 | Media

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Paul Rieckhoff

It may be easier to endlessly replay the latest gaffe from a candidate than to take your camera outside the Green Zone. But news of the ongoing wars shouldn't fall by the wayside.

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Dateline Iraq -- Five Years Later

Abi Wright | Posted 03.19.2008 | Media

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Abi Wright

Five years after the start of the war in Iraq, the Committee to Protect Journalists interviewed three foreign correspondents about their experiences covering the war for a video special report, Dateline Iraq.

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Happy Anniversary

Michael Goldfarb | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

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Michael Goldfarb

Five years ago tonight I was desperately running around Erbil, Iraq, looking for a translator. The war was due to start any minute.

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Reading The Pictures: NYT Playing Fast And Noose With Iraq Anniversary

Michael Shaw | Posted 03.19.2008 | Media

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Michael Shaw

2008-03-19-shaw_iraq_five.jpgThe NYT seems to have suffered a neocon-inspired fugue state in its commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the Iraqi invasion.

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The Oracle of the Green Zone

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

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Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Aside from Bush, Cheney, Condi and the Congressional amen choir visiting Baghdad, the now largely disbanded "Coalition of the Willing" will be marking the day with a lot of mourning and soul searching.

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Believe It or Not -- 5 Years Ago Many Top Newspapers Opposed the War

Greg Mitchell | Posted 03.18.2008 | Media

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Greg Mitchell

Precisely five years ago, at least one-third of the top newspapers in this country came out against President Bush taking us to war at that time.

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By Damaging Our Partnerships, We Damage Our Security

Sen. Russ Feingold | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

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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.

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