If I were an American soldier in Iraq, I'd be tempted mightily to say, "Good luck and goodbye," and then start for home. I can't see losing even one more soldier in a war over a country in which 99.9 percent of the American people have no interest. Iraq had...
Friday's unprecedented – albeit relatively low-profile – visit to the White House by a Vietnamese head of state marks the culmination of a lengthy normalization process between two countries that ended their war 32 years ago. But while President Nguyen Minh...
The major offensive begun earlier this week in Iraq is curious in a number of ways – so curious that it’s tempting to view it as a desperate move calculated to gain some semblance of progress or apparent progress in the face of the disappointing performance...
Updated at 11:20 p.m. EDT, June 23, 2007American forces took a heavy hit today as nine GIs were killed in various incidents. The U.S. military also announced a previously unreported death that occurred on June 14th. At least 75 Iraqis were killed or found dead and 39...
Congress recently passed a resolution calling on the UN to bring charges of "genocide" against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Now, I hold no brief for the Iranian ranter – whose jeremiads against the West are in the category of Borat-like humor – but...
ARBIL - A huge building complex is rising above Arbil's ancient citadel and mosques, for long the outstanding features of this city in Iraqi Kurdistan. Once complete, Arbil's Modern Market with its four 33-floor towers will accommodate more than 5,000 shops and...
Updated at 11:17 p.m. EDT, June 22, 2007Although a major security offensive is taking place in Diyala province, it is in Baghdad where the majority of U.S. troops lost their lives this week. Yesterday, another MND-B soldier was killed during combat operations in...
President George W. Bush held an hour-long video conference with Iraqi leaders on Monday and pronounced himself "impressed and reassured," announced White House Press Secretary Tony Snow. The president believes that Iraqi "leaders are working together" on important...
We have all heard Lord Acton's admonition, "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Most of us believed this referred only to absolute rulers, but its scope is much more widespread. Today the U.S. is the only superpower; as such it has almost...
On April 1 – Palm Sunday – after bullets were fired into the Church of the Holy Spirit in Mosul, Iraq, during mass, the pastor, Father Ragheed Ganni, a Chaldean Catholic, e-mailed friends at the Asia Times: "We empathize with Christ, who entered Jerusalem in...
