Blog Posts

Deception and the Iraq War: Another Take

John Schuessler | Sep 21, 2011

Timid Congressional Democrats must share the blame with Bush-era hawks for the legacy of deception on Iraq.

Paul R. Pillar | Sep 14, 2011

Putting the awe-inspiring power of the government's propaganda machine to good use.

Paul R. Pillar | Sep 12, 2011

The United States is doing more harm than good by delaying the inevitable Iraqi civil war.

Justin Logan | Aug 01, 2011

Why what you think about American foreign policy no longer matters.

Ted Galen Carpenter | Jun 08, 2011

Careful, Washington. Your imperialism is showing.

Paul R. Pillar | Jun 03, 2011

Ten years and two and a half wars later, Americans are finally fed up.

Ted Galen Carpenter | Jan 14, 2011

Things haven't turned out in Iraq quite how American policy makers had hoped.

Paul R. Pillar | Nov 11, 2010

Don't breathe a sigh of relief yet. Baghdad is still ruled by narrow-minded politicians, not liberal democrats.

Paul R. Pillar | Oct 18, 2010

If the Awakening falls apart, it doesn't mean it was a bad idea. It also doesn't mean the United States should stay in Iraq.

Paul R. Pillar | Oct 12, 2010

America is stuck in a pattern of accepting faulty concepts during wars as common knowledge. Remember the domino theory?