The "Goldilocks Principle" and Afghan War Options
General McChrystal's recommendation for more troops and material has a distinctly Westmorelandian flavor to it. If approved, it could create an additional $40 to$80 billion per annum in war costs.
General McChrystal's recommendation for more troops and material has a distinctly Westmorelandian flavor to it. If approved, it could create an additional $40 to$80 billion per annum in war costs.
juancole.com | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics
Journalist Besan Sheikh recently visited the Guantanamo Bay prison facility run by the US, where al-Qaeda and other prisoners from Bush's 'war on terr...
Salon | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics
Aug. 3, 2009 | Is Sarah Palin America's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? The two differ in many key respects, of course, but it is remarkable how similar they are...
ZP Heller | Posted 08.09.2009 | World
Cole said that while Obama administration can't intervene to the point that they enable a reformist victory, they must continue engaging Iranian hardliners if the current regime remains in power.
Robert Naiman | Posted 07.15.2009 | World
The evidence that has been presented so far that the election was stolen has not been convincing.
Juan Cole | Posted 05.30.2009 | World
Readers have written me asking what I think of the rash of almost apocalyptic pronouncements on the security situation in Pakistan issuing from the Ne...
Informed Comment | Juan Cole | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics
There has been almost no discussion in the press about the broader implications of John McCain's military policies. McCain wants to keep a large mili...
Informed Content | Juan Cole | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics
I had complained at the time that this diction is monstrous. I mean, it is surreal to have Democrats discussing whether it is appropriate for the US t...
Salon | Juan Cole | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics
Why did Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki attack the Mahdi army in Basra last week? Despite the cease-fire called Sunday by Shiite leader Sayyid M...
Salon | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
John McCain campaigned in Michigan this weekend on national security issues and Iraq, insisting that the United States is closing in on victory in Ir...
Juan Cole | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Top 10 Challenges Facing the US in the Middle East, 2008 10. Helping broker a deal in Lebanon between the March 14 Movement and the Shiites so that ...
Informed Comment | Juan Cole | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
10. Myth: The US public no longer sees Iraq as a central issue in the 2008 presidential campaign. In a recent ABC News/ Washington Post poll, Ir...
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics