We Won in Iraq -- A Long Time Ago
Remember when our troops marched into Baghdad, took the place over, drove Saddam into a hole and arrested or killed the government? Then we disbanded their army -- that's what victory looks like.
Remember when our troops marched into Baghdad, took the place over, drove Saddam into a hole and arrested or killed the government? Then we disbanded their army -- that's what victory looks like.
James Heffernan | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics
Imagine you're al-Malaki running for re-election, and you decide, like a good puppet, to run on a platform that promises indefinite foreign occupation. How many votes do you think you'd get?
David Sirota | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics
Somehow, mentioning McCain's statement that he's OK with America being in Iraq for 10,000 years is billed as unfair by the media, and laughed at by Republican strategists.
Dave Tiffany | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics
With 155,000 U.S. troops in Iraq facing mortal danger daily and dealing with the toll of repeated tours, you'd think that the war might warrant at least one question at John McCain's Town Hall.
Deanie Mills | Posted 06.11.2008 | Home
Did you know that, in order to shield Americans from dead troops, the flag-draped caskets -- which are often flown in the cargo holds of commercial airliners -- are hidden in cardboard boxes? Do not put a man in the White House who will continue this insanity of a war.
Robert Schlesinger | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics
McCain hopes that within four years of taking office, the Iraq war will be concluded. Is this a walk-back of his wish for a century-long, Korea-style military presence in Iraq.
Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics
McCain's speech was pure, unadulterated fantasy. The political equivalent of the trippy tour the Beatles gave us in Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds -- only instead of rocking horse people eating marshmallow pies, we get "a functioning democracy" in Iraq.
Moira Whelan | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics
McCain is displaying the same plan as a candidate for Miss America to bring about World Peace -- he hopes that if he says it, it will happen, but more importantly, it might increase his chances to wear the crown.
Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 05.15.2008 | Home
McCain has taken a page out of George Bush's playbook -- naively declaring a mission accomplished moment without actually promising any way forward.
Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics
At a dinner party in Los Angeles not long after the 2000 election, John McCain admitted to me that he hadn't voted for George Bush.
Moira Whelan | Posted 05.02.2008 | Media
You can't just criticize people for taking you out of context for repeating your "100 Years" remark when you have failed to explain what, exactly, your context is.
HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 04.27.2008 | Politics
UPDATE: The RNC is threatening legal action over the DNC's Iraq ad: Saying that the Democratic National Committee's latest TV ad is "maliciously fals...
Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics
Whether it's fighting in Iraq for 100 years or just staying for 100 years under some fantastical scenario where our troops stop being targets, McCain's idea doesn't really make much sense.
Craig Crawford | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
When it comes to selling war at home, language is nearly as important as the combat itself. And "success" sounds easier to achieve than "victory."
Dave Tiffany | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics
I was the questioner at the January 3 Town Hall Meeting in Derry, NH, who McCain called Ernest Hemingway and who asked him what he hoped to accomplish in Iraq and how long it would take.
Bill Scher | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics
Conservatives want a double standard -- where they can characterize Democratic positions in any way they choose, but whine up a storm when their policy views are scrutinized.
Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics
In a brilliant essay, Malcolm Muggeridge described public figures of strong conviction throughout history who, in eyewitness accounts, saw what they wanted to see, and became what they wanted to be.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics
Democrats should not permit McCain to gain further traction by falsely asserting he is charting a new foreign policy course.
Bill Maher | Posted 03.21.2008 | Politics
There's a possibility that's starting to scare me: That by a certain neocon definition, Iraq is a success.
Huffington Post | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics
*** UPDATES BELOW *** Sen. Clinton delivered a speech today on ending the war in Iraq. While she offered a few jabs at her Democratic opponent (as w...
Max and the Marginalized | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics
This week's song is about the mathematical problem with the war leading up to the election.
Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics
We need to pull the plug on the media's disturbing habit of acting as if foreign and domestic policy are completely separate entities -- a pair of high stakes board games that can only be taken off the shelf and played one at a time.
Think Progress | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics
In a townhall meeting today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was asked about the status of the situation in Iraq. McCain, who notoriously said last month that...
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics
The last thing McCain needs is a media that begins reminding the American people why his unyielding support for a long term commitment of U.S. forces in Iraq is just a carryover of Bush's Iraq disaster.
Posted 02.12.2008 | Politics
The DNC has released a web video compiling public comments by John McCain on Iraq, which they call, "The Double Talk Express." Expect to see more con...
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Dave Winer | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics