Of Options In Iraq
Cut and run.
Run, without cutting first.
Cut. Just cut. No running.
Stand very still, then run suddenly—without cutting.
Stay the course.
Alter the course—but only slightly. Without cutting and running.
Stay the course—for a while. Then cut and run.
(hat tip to Wittkower.)
Archive for the ‘Iraq’ Category
An Oversimplified List
Posted in Iraq, The United States in the Middle East on June 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Iraqi parliament wants say in future of U.S. troops
Posted in Iraq, The United Nations, The United States in the Middle East on June 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Iraqi congress O.K.’d a resolution yesterday to force Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to consort with them before asking the United Nations to extend the mandate for American-led forces in their country.
The resolution, drafted by lawmakers within the coalition of vitriolic Shi’i cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s, doesn’t ring as true as some might think: Of the [...]
W.W.G.W.B.D?
Posted in Iraq, The United States in the Middle East on April 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
From fellow blogger Indian Inheritance:
Your Iraqi Claims Pocket Card
Posted in Human Rights, Iraq, The United States in the Middle East on April 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The American Civil Liberties Union has built an online database of 500 “claims” by Iraqi citizens on the American armed forces due to death or injury caused by U.S. troops. The database is extremely extensive, attaching the PDF-ed claim files to each of the cases.
OWGA came by this database via this excellent article in the [...]
“You only going to get so many chances”
Posted in Iraq, The United States in the Middle East on April 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This NYT piece discusses how Company B, First Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment of the First Infantry Division found out their combat stays would be three months longer. That is to say by accident.
“Shortly after midnight, First Sgt. Jody Heikkinen spotted an article about it on the Internet, and the company officers were caught off guard. [...]
Want Stability in the Middle East? Move the U.N. to…
Posted in Iraq, The United Nations, The United States in the Middle East on April 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Iraq. More specifically, Saddam’s 600-room palace built on the ruins of Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylonian palace.
That’s what an academic and a U.S. military officer argue in this PostGlobal piece.
The move solves several problems. First, the U.S. is manipulated by/manipulates the U.N. due to its geographic location camps are both silenced. Second, “If the U.S. should be forced [...]
