Iraq

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. Issue #11, Winter 2009

   Petraeus the Progressive

   The surge in Iraq is a success, and we must claim it as our own.

   Rachel Kleinfeld
5. 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
6. Issue #6, Fall 2007

   No Genocide, No Al Qaeda, No Division of Iraq

   Shawn Brimley and Michèle Flournoy
7. 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