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Spoils of Babylon

Kirkuk is about to bring Iraq back into civil war. The Obama administration is moving toward a settlement of this disputed region that will anger everyone.

Patient Stabilized?

Iraq may be emerging from intensive care, but it could use a bit more stitching up.

Middle East Muddle

A map of the mess.

Ensuring a Legacy

Bush will never run for office again. He should concentrate on applying his doctrine, not on defending his decisions.

The Business of Insurgency

In Iraq, crime does pay. The insurgency is about more than just politics or ethnicity.

Averting an Iraq Syndrome

As "senior" members of the foreign policy establishment, Abramowitz's and General Odom's calls for withdrawal from Iraq deserve consideration. But they they are unconvincing, Rivkin writes.

Commentary

Obama Didn't Lose Iraq

The president's odds of a deal were slim. The real failures were always from Bush.

Maliki's Private Army

Iraq's special forces are being turned into a sectarian force while the political situation deteriorates.

A Violent New Year in Iraq

In the wake of U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, new data shows that internal violence is on the rise. Maliki's power grabs haven't helped.

Blogs

Conservative Hawks Are Incoherent Regarding Iraq Troop Withdrawal

Are conservatives implying that the Obama administration should have overridden Iraqi objectives and just imposed our will?

Leave Iraq to the Iraqis

All hail the American Empire.

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May 24, 2013