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Conservative Hawks Are Incoherent Regarding Iraq Troop Withdrawal

Ted Galen Carpenter | Nov 02, 2011
Are conservatives implying that the Obama administration should have overridden Iraqi objectives and just imposed our will?

News Flash! Neocons Discover That Iran Has Influence in Iraq!

Ted Galen Carpenter | Oct 26, 2011
Neoconservatives blame Obama for the state of Iraq. They should be looking in the mirror instead.

"Hard Choices" Under Discussion at CNAS

Christopher A. Preble | Oct 07, 2011
The Iraq/nation-building/COIN true believers have some influence. But their ranks are small—and shrinking.

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.

Ignorance, Ideology, and the Power of Propaganda

Trevor Thrall | Sep 16, 2011
Why American apathy, disinterest and ignorance about foreign-policy issues just may be a good thing.

A Lid on Iraq Doesn't Produce Stability Under the Lid

Paul R. Pillar | Sep 12, 2011
The United States is doing more harm than good by delaying the inevitable Iraqi civil war.

The Neocons' Undemocratic Domino

Paul R. Pillar | Aug 15, 2011
Support for the murderous Assad. Increased Iranian influence. An uptick in insurgent violence. What hath the Neocon dream of a democratic Iraq wrought?

Despite Violence in Iraq, U.S. Drawdown Should Remain on Schedule

Christopher A. Preble | Aug 15, 2011
The Iraqis must solve their own internal security problems. Period.

Leave Iraq to the Iraqis

Doug Bandow | Jul 28, 2011
All hail the American Empire.

Washington’s Military Brezhnev Doctrine in Iraq—And Elsewhere

Ted Galen Carpenter | Jun 08, 2011
Careful, Washington. Your imperialism is showing.

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