Iraq
The latest news on Iraq
Obama Administration quietly altering military's global presence
The mission to promote "democracy" in Iraq was an unobtainable objective.
The U.S. must pressure Iraq to avoid a new sectarian civil war.
The real winner in the Middle East will be Iran.
Iraq might take 15 or 20 years to become a functioning democracy.
The United States should never have invaded in the first place.
The president, in his own words, wanted to fulfill a campaign promise.
Iraq's fragile coalition government has begun to come apart at the ethnic and sectarian seams.
Arms sales to Iraq also will provide a continuing source of connectivity.
Pulling the covers over our eyes and leaving the region is not a thought-through strategy.
