As Iraq crumbles, Bush still isn’t listening
Suddenly we have come full circle in the Iraq strategy. As the war began a distinguished retired general friend argued strenuously at a discussion club to which I belong (and that…
American death toll in Iraq continues grisly climb
U.S. troops killed six people Monday during a raid on a possible safe house for al-Qaida in Iraq, the military said, while the death toll of American service members in…
A time to reflect on a war’s deadly cost
Perhaps no place illustrates the toll of the Iraq war more vividly than Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery. In this "garden of stone," in ruler-straight rows, rest one-tenth of…
Iraq will dominate Congressional agenda
Democrats assume control of the US House and Senate with President George W. Bush's policies, starting with Iraq, weighing heavily on their agenda. Public discontent with the Iraq war was a…
Edwards: Iraq troop surge the ‘McCain doctrine’
Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards, targeting a potential Republican rival in 2008, dubbed plans for a short-term U.S. troop increase in Iraq "the McCain doctrine," in an interview aired on…
Can Dems bring any real change to Congress?
Democrats take control of Congress from President George W. Bush's Republicans this week with lawmakers facing a crucial question: can they halt the partisan sniping long enough to get much…
Unhappy New Year: 3,000 Americans dead in Bush’s war
American deaths in the Iraq war reached the sobering milestone of 3,000 on Sunday even as the Bush administration sought to overhaul its strategy for an unpopular conflict that shows…
