Iraqi Security Forces

Obama's Edge Over McCain on Iraq

John Bruhns | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics


John Bruhns

Senator Obama's plan to leave troop elements behind would have conditions: the Iraqis would have to politically reconcile and end sectarianism. McCain's is to continue on the current path.

Troop-Withdrawal Advocates Gain an Important Ally

Byron Williams | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


Byron Williams

Conventional wisdom maintains that the surge is working and that violence is down. But the underlining reasons for much of the violence in Iraq is beyond the surge's control.

The Real Cost Of Staying The Course

John Bruhns | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics


John Bruhns

If Americans who support this war aren't willing to put their own bodies where their rhetoric is, there can be no sustainability.

Sam Stein

$20 Billion Later, Iraq Security Only Operating At 10 Percent

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics


The Government Accountability Office delivered on Monday what was, in many ways, a sobering report on the current situation in Iraq. Noting that viole...

Flow of Weapons to Iraq Still a Problem

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Weapons the U.S. provides to Iraqi security forces may still be ending up in the hands of terrorists, insurgents and criminals, the...

US Sees Slow, Steady Iraq Troop Decline

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — As security conditions improve in Iraq, the U.S. should be able to reduce forces at a slow but consistent pace beyond this summer, ...

Report: Iraq Security Forces Still Lag

Associated Press | Lolita Baldor | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics


As violence continues to decline in much of Iraq, efforts to shift responsibility to the Iraqi security forces are still lagging, dogged by corruption...

Two Years after I Called for a Redeployment of U.S. Forces from Iraq, Bush Refuses to Provide the American People with a Responsible Exit Strategy

Rep. John Murtha | Posted 11.17.2007 | Politics


Rep. John Murtha

Two years ago, I was convinced that the president's lack of strategy in Iraq was harming our military, our international credibility, and the strength of our nation.

The Lesson of the British Withdrawal From Basra

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.16.2007 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

What happened to the British once they announced their withdrawal from Basra? Watch and find out.