Tag Archives: iraq war

Joel B. Pollak

New Report Accuses Both Obama and Republicans of ‘Intellectual Vacuum’ on Iranian Influence in Iraq

Posted by Joel B. Pollak Dec 27th 2011 at 1:50 pm in Featured Story, Foreign Policy, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, News, Obama, Politics | Comments(24)
It is becoming apparent that the U.S. may have left Iraq too soon–before the urgent threat posed by the Iranian regime could be removed or reduced. Critics of the Iraq War complained, with some justification, that its real strategic consequence had been to strengthen Iran–both by removing Saddam Hussein as an enemy and by creating new [...]
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Kerry Patton

With the Iraq War Over, Americans Wonder Whether It Was Worth It

Posted by Kerry Patton Dec 23rd 2011 at 3:16 pm in Foreign Policy, Iraq, veterans | Comments(66)
Say what you will about President Obama or Bush, for our veterans who served in Iraq, neither President means a whole lot. Unless you served, specifically beyond the traditional forward operating base, very few will ever comprehend the mentality of the American warfighter. Well, here is a 101 introduction to the American combat veteran and some [...]
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Joel B. Pollak

Mitt Romney: We Should Not Have Invaded Iraq

Posted by Joel B. Pollak Dec 21st 2011 at 1:46 pm in Iraq, Media Criticism, Obama, Politics | Comments(37)
Gov. Mitt Romney told NBC’s Chuck Todd today that the United States would not (and, by implication, should not) have invaded Iraq in 2003, had it been known that Saddam Hussein did not possess weapons of mass destruction. If we knew at the time of our entry into Iraq that there were no weapons of mass [...]
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Daniel Pipes

Tehran and Obama’s Reelection

Posted by Daniel Pipes Dec 21st 2011 at 9:24 am in Foreign Policy, History, Iran, Middle East, Obama, Politics | Comments(36)
The formal end of the U.S. war in Iraq on Dec. 15 enhances neighboring Iran as a major, unpredictable factor in the U.S. presidential election of 2012. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama could share an Iranian challenge to their re-election bids. First a look back: Iran’s mullahs already has one opportunity to [...]
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Lt. Col. Steve Russell (Ret.)

The Nonsense of the Iraq War

Posted by Lt. Col. Steve Russell (Ret.) Dec 20th 2011 at 3:29 pm in Iraq | Comments(119)
The persistent rewriting of our entry into and exit from Iraq, let alone the merits of the mission, is a cruel pill to swallow for those who fought there. Just what did eight years of fighting in Iraq really accomplish? For the veteran, the answer clearly rises above the din of public fuss, political filtering and [...]
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Joel B. Pollak

The Iraq War Did Not End on December 17, 2011–But the Peace May Be Over Soon

Posted by Joel B. Pollak Dec 17th 2011 at 10:17 pm in Foreign Policy, Iraq, Middle East, Obama, Politics | Comments(45)
I am disgusted by the media declarations and the presidential proclamations that the war in Iraq has ended with the departure of US troops. It is an erroneous conclusion, designed with political victory in mind–and heedless of the risk of projecting military defeat. embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt The Iraq War was a victory for the United [...]
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Joel B. Pollak

Remembering Christopher Hitchens: Debate With George Galloway on Iraq War, 2005 – Open Thread

Posted by Joel B. Pollak Dec 15th 2011 at 10:22 pm in Foreign Policy, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Middle East, Open Thread | Comments(16)
In the darkest of days, against the most corrosive of opponents, Christopher Hitchens stood for freedom, for America–and, quite simply, for who he was. Part 1 of 12 is embedded below; links to parts 2 through 12 are below the fold. embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt jQuery('#lazyload_post_6 img').lazyload({placeholder: '/wp-includes/images/blank.gif'});
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Sun Tzu

Jessica Lynch: Eight Years Later

Posted by Sun Tzu Dec 14th 2011 at 7:53 am in History, Iraq, Soldiers | Comments(29)
From the Associated Press: Lynch with her daughter, Dakota MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Jessica Lynch was just 19 when the world first saw her — a broken, blond soldier caught on combat video in Iraq, her face wearing something between a grimace and a grin. The Army supply clerk was being carried on a stretcher after nine days as [...]
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Diana West

The View From The Tower

Posted by Diana West Dec 13th 2011 at 2:16 pm in History, Iraq, Islam, Islamic extremism, Middle East, Strategy | Comments(14)
If I were a psychiatrist, I could find the perfect label for the depths of denial or heights of delusion that manifest themselves in Frederick and Kimberly Kagan’s latest declarations on Iraq published in the Washington Post as “opinion.” “Fantasy” is more like it. Their premise is [...]
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Peter Schweizer

What Is An Ex-Iran Guard Commander Doing At The White House?

Posted by Peter Schweizer Dec 13th 2011 at 6:22 am in Featured Story, Iran, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Middle East, Terrorism | Comments(26)
If you worry about the growing influence of Iran in neighboring Iraq,  look no further than the delegation that visited the White House to proclaim the end of the Iraq War.  Standing with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki during the ceremony with President Obama was Hadi Farhan al-Amiri,  who is the Transportation Minister in the [...]
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