Sports jargon to cure Iraq

According to a report in the Washington Post, “Go Big”, “Go Long”,
“Go Short”, are the options initially put forward by the US military
with regard to halting the collapse of Iraq into all-out civil war.
These phrases are usually uttered by sports announcers during football
season, it is nice to know that they can be applied to [...]

2006 Midterm Elections Force Change in Iraq Strategy

What is all the fuss about the Iraq Study Group? Shouldn‘t this group have been convened sometime in late 2002, or early 2003 – before the invasion? I guess the Bush administration thought it would be a no-brainer, something they could achieve while sleepwalking. The need for an Iraq Study Group shows that the [...]

Militia Madness

The president said today that we are not going to take sides in the
sectarian battles raging in Iraq, and we are not to act as cannon
fodder in the battle between Shiites and Sunnis, Kurds and Sunnis,
and the rival Shiite groups battling each other as they strive for
increased political influence on the streets of Iraq.
Meanwhile, the [...]

Whack Iraq!

Another Divide

President Jacques Chiraq of France implied on Monday that Iran would not
have to halt nuclear activities until negotiations with the Security Council
started. This revelation surfaced during an interview on a European radio
station.
The official position of the six powers (the permanent members of the Security
Council + Germany) is that Iran must freeze uranium enrichment before [...]

Iraq Redux

Elephants

Diplomacy fails as missiles sail

An international conference concerning the war between Israel and Hezbollah convened in Rome as the conflict entered its third week. The US, EU, and several Arab states are calling for the deployment of an international force on the border between Israel and Lebanon, the disbursement of humanitarian aid and reconstruction funds, and a regional [...]

Terror Theater

Skeletal parasol