By Patrick Doherty
The flurry of calls for Washington to debate Iraq today are good, but we have to ask: To what end does each option lead us?
August 22, 2005
By Robert Dreyfuss
If the United States is to bring peace to Iraq and withdraw, we'll have to listen to the military and negotiate with the Baathist Sunni insurgents.
August 18, 2005
By Norman Solomon
The right wing's denunciations of Cindy Sheehan echo battles from the past.
August 17, 2005
By Robert Dreyfuss
'Out Now' is an empty slogan. 'Negotiate Now' has a chance. Here's what it could look like.
August 16, 2005
By Norman Solomon
As support for war in Iraq plummets, expect the White House to pacify the public with talk of pull-out.
August 2, 2005
By Patrick Doherty
We got into Iraq because of a larger strategic agenda. We'll get out that way, too.
July 27, 2005
By Richard Bulliet
The insidious belief that where there is one terrorist, there are many, paralyzes society and threatens to tear us apart.
July 27, 2005
By John Brown
As the London bombings threaten to undermine popular support for the Iraq war, neocons are forced to eat their own rhetoric.
July 26, 2005
By Alexandra Walker
Juan Cole responds to pundits who dispute the link between terrorism and the war in Iraq.
July 25, 2005
By Patrick Doherty
Iraq remains on the verge of a full-scale civil war. And the biggest threat to stability is White House arrogance.
July 25, 2005
By Robert Dreyfuss
The bulk of the resistance in Iraq is neither faceless nor Al Qaeda. Yet when an intermediary arrived in Washington last week, the Pentagon wasn't interested.
July 25, 2005
By Patrick Doherty
There is a growing chorus of voices for an exit strategy from Iraq that starts with withdrawal. That's not progressive; that's foolish.
July 22, 2005
By David Corn
The debacle in Iraq is even turning conservative thinkers against the war.
July 20, 2005
By Patrick Doherty
Iraq 's ministers just called on the world to help rebuild Iraq before it's too late. But it's not just a matter of money.
July 19, 2005
By Judith Coburn
Is there a better symbol of how the war for Iraq has already been lost than our ignorance about the cost of the war to Iraqis?
July 18, 2005
By Robert Dreyfuss
The United States didn't invade Iraq for the commercial benefits of oil. It invaded to control the black gold as a strategic commodity.
July 18, 2005
By Patrick Doherty
Distinct but inseparable from the political track in Iraq, our troops must shift from counterinsurgency to constabulary mode.
July 15, 2005
By Patrick Doherty
On August 15th, a major deadline will pass in Baghdad. What happens that day may just determine Iraq 's future.
July 14, 2005
By Rami Khouri
Blair should do what Bush has not: Address the legitimate needs, grievances and aspirations of the Arab-Asian world.
July 14, 2005
By Patrick Doherty
This weekend's leaked memo on U.S. plans for withdrawal shows that the president is not serious about completing the mission.
July 11, 2005
By Patrick Doherty
Progressives have an opportunity to fill the yawning gap between Bush's Iraq strategy and reality. But they have to lead, not protest.
July 5, 2005
By Patrick Doherty
Staying the course in Iraq is a fool's errand. It's time to put together a viable peace process for Iraq so we can deal with the real problems facing the world.
June 29, 2005
By Robert Dreyfuss
Nice try, George. If Iraq is going to be viable and Americans are to come home, the right people must get to the right table.
June 29, 2005
By Robert Dreyfuss
With public opinion turning against the war and the insurgency strong, history presents a compelling case for how to get out.
June 28, 2005
By Ray McGovern
Tonight, President Bush will tell the nation we must stay the course. One outspoken general knows that's losing advice.
June 28, 2005
By John Prados
The Downing Street memos confirm that Bush initiated the war with Iraq in May 2002, seeking to provoke Saddam Hussein and soften his defenses.
June 24, 2005
By Ray McGovern
With the Downing Street momentum building, it's time to dispel some of the smoke Bush's surrogates are blowing.
June 22, 2005
By David Corn
More than proving Bush's intent to go to war, the Downing Street memos offer evidence that Bush's primary case for war was false.
June 22, 2005
By Mark Danner
The Downing Street Memos confirm the existence of presidential deceit, even if they don't prove it. In other words, probable cause.
June 20, 2005
By Russ Baker
The Downing Street Memos still do not answer the question of why the president wanted a war. Fortunately, Bush did that himself.
June 20, 2005
By Patrick Doherty
Yesterday's hearing on the Downing Street Memo only achieved half of its potential.
June 17, 2005
By Jonahtan Schell
The Iraqi soldiers of Charlie Company reveal the fantasy behind the centerpiece of the Bush administration's Iraq strategy.
June 17, 2005
By Arianna Huffington
Even as public sentiment turns against the war, most Democratic leaders refuse to take a stand.
June 16, 2005
By Dante Zappala
The Downing Street Memo revealed that Sherwood Baker died in Iraq defending Bush's public misinformation campaign.
June 15, 2005
By Ray McGovern
Newly leaked documents reveal the extent of the British cabinet's concern over America 's disrespect for international law.
June 13, 2005
By Robert Dreyfuss
Appointing Zalmay Khalilzad as ambassador to Iraq shows just how detached from reality the White House (and the Democrats) are.
June 9, 2005
By John Prados
Forget the lousy management style. John Bolton was one of the principal architects of Bush's manufactured Iraq intelligence.
June 9, 2005
By Patrick Doherty
Congress is back in session and there's momentum building behind the Downing Street Memo.
June 6, 2005
By Charles Sheehan-Miles and Erik K. Gustafson
Two Gulf War veterans on how our desire to end the war in Iraq should not overshadow our obligation to Iraqis.
May 30, 2005
By Paul Waldman
This Memorial Day draws attention to Americans who have died in Iraq. It's a wonder the White House hasn't tried to ban it.
May 30, 2005
By Alexandra Walker
A movement is afoot to demand congressional inquiry into whether George W. Bush should be impeached over Iraq.
May 26, 2005
By Patrick Doherty
Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey's amendment requiring Bush to pull the troops out of Iraq just garnered 128 votes, including five Republicans. That's huge.
May 26, 2005
By Patrick Doherty
Listen to Niall Ferguson and Robert Dreyfuss and you'd be tempted to think of a different kind of political strategy for Iraq.
May 25, 2005
By R obert Dreyfuss
Why are the media practically ignoring the Downing Street memo about Iraq? The Democrats, for one thing.
May 23, 2005
By Patrick Doherty
The Washington Post finally reports on the earthshaking Downing Street Memo...12 days after it was released.
May 13, 2005
By Patrick Doherty
The investigation into Bolton 's actions may not stop his confirmation, but could it bring down the president?
May 12, 2005
By Ray McGovern
John Bolton deliberately used discredited intelligence to support the president's case for war.
May 11, 2005
By Patrick Doherty
Eighty-eight members of Congress have signed a letter asking the president to confirm or deny the Downing Street Memo.
May 9, 2005
By Ray McGovern
Politicization is far too mild a word. The intelligence on Iraq was not mistaken, it was manufactured. This was mass deception. And we have the smoking memo.
May 4, 2005
By John Prados
The leak of a highly classified memo finally confirms that Bush decided to invade Iraq and to deceive America a year before the invasion.
May 3, 2005
By John Prados
A British memo does what American politicians won't: question the president's legal authority to wage war in Iraq.
May 2, 2005
By Todd Gitlin
Thirty years ago, Vietnam war protesters were united by the unequivocal horrors of that war. But in Iraq, there are too many unanswered questions and too much ambivalence to rally the anti-warriors.
May 2, 2005
By Perry Jefferies
An Iraq veteran explains how Abu Ghraib was symptomatic of the wide-ranging problems in the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
April 28, 2005
By Alexandra Walker
For its symbolic value, the news today couldn't have been choreographed better: Iraq 's transitional government assumes power. Saddam Hussein has a birthday. And it's been one year since "60 Minutes II" aired the Abu Ghraib photos.
April 28, 2005
By Reed Brody
One year and 10 investigations later, Human Rights Watch says it is time to prosecute the architects of Abu Ghraib.
April 28, 2005
By Robert Dreyfuss
The problem with holding elections under hostile occupation has finally reared its hoary head. Can civil war be avoided?
April 19, 2005
By Rami G. Khouri
America 's failure in Iraq has pointed Arab thinkers towards international law as much as democracy.
April 13, 2005
By Rami G. Khouri
Rami Khouri knows Bush is not serious about democracy—and advises his occupier accordingly.
April 6, 2005
By John Prados
John Prados on how the president manipulated America. Twice.
April 4, 2005
By Juan Cole
First off: flickers of democracy do not justify war in Iraq. Second: Juan Cole says they have nothing to do with the United States.
March 18, 2005
By Michael T. Klare
If America 's thirst for oil led Bush to Iraq, security expert Michael Klare wonders whether Bush accomplished his mission.
March 18, 2005
By Ray McGovern
Ray McGovern debunks the White House's "bad intelligence" excuse for Iraq and warns we may be in for more with Iran.
March 18, 2005
By Chris Toensing
Middle East analyst Chris Toensing sizes up the fallout on Israel and Iran.
March 18, 2005
By Erik Leaver
Erik Leaver says it's time we demand a plan to accompany the Iraq spending bill Congress begins debating today.
March 15, 2005
By Amy Quinn
Amy Quinn of United for Peace and Justice says it's time to mobilize the majority of Americans who want U.S. troops out of Iraq.
March 9, 2005
