Iraq
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Issue #14, Fall 2009
Dereliction of Duty
The failures of the media during the Iraq War should not be assigned exclusively to the reporters. Editors deserve blame, too. A response to Leslie H. Gelb and Jeanne-Paloma Zelmati.
Michael Getler -
Issue #13, Summer 2009
Mission Not Accomplished
Meet the press—and see why it failed at several critical points during the Iraq War.
Leslie H. Gelb with Jeanne-Paloma Zelmati -
Issue #12, Spring 2009
Passing on Petraeus
Progressives should avoid claiming the surge in Iraq as a validation of their views. A response to Rachel Kleinfeld.
Spencer Ackerman -
Issue #11, Winter 2009
Petraeus the Progressive
The surge in Iraq is a success, and we must claim it as our own.
Rachel Kleinfeld -
Issue #7, Winter 2008
Viet Not
The history of the Vietnam War teaches that to preserve American strength and prestige, we must begin withdrawing from Iraq now.
Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson -
Issue #6, Fall 2007
No Genocide, No Al Qaeda, No Division of Iraq
Shawn Brimley and Michèle Flournoy -
Issue #5, Summer 2007
A Thin Blue Line in the Sand
Iraqization is a dead-end strategy. But there is still some hope of saving the country, and it lies in an unlikely place: local Sunni militia and police.
Carter Malkasian