Posted in Iraq, J. Scott Carpenter on Oct 14th, 2009 Comments Off
From J. Scott Carpenter
The Obama administration has finally woken up to the fact that Iraqi parliamentary elections scheduled for January 16 are in real danger of not taking place as scheduled. The realization has been lamentably slow in coming and, with just two days to go before an Iraqi government-imposed deadline expires, may have come [...]
Posted in Iran, Iraq, Raymond Tanter, United Nations on Sep 22nd, 2009 Comments Off
From Raymond Tanter
The opening of the UN General Assembly in New York provides advocates of human rights an additional forum to embarrass President Ahmadinejad of Iran for his serial violations of the rights of Iranians at home and abroad. A hunger strike by 36 Iranian dissidents, taken hostage by Iraqi forces, continues into its second [...]
Posted in Daniel Byman, Iraq, Jon Alterman, Mark T. Kimmitt, Michael Young on Sep 2nd, 2009 4 Comments »
From Mark T. Kimmitt
Inspector Gregory: “Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?”
Holmes: “To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.”
“The dog did nothing in the night-time.”
“That was the curious incident,” remarked Sherlock Holmes.
The situation in Iraq appears much the same: suspiciously quiet. The recent attacks against [...]
Posted in Books, Counterinsurgency, Iraq on Aug 12th, 2009 Comments Off
MESH invites selected authors to offer original first-person statements on their new books—why and how they wrote them, and what impact they hope and expect to achieve. Peter J. Munson is a Marine officer with more than eleven years of service, has seen several operational and combat tours in the Middle East since 2001, and [...]
Posted in Culture, Iraq, Mark T. Kimmitt, Military, Stephen Peter Rosen on Jun 12th, 2009 1 Comment »
From Stephen Peter Rosen
Understanding the reasons why Americans are more willing to wage wars than Europeans is of historical interest, but not only. It has been asserted, for example, that Americans were willing to wage war against Saddam Hussein because of the manipulation of the American political system by a lobby that was more loyal [...]
Posted in Iraq, Mark T. Kimmitt, Military, Raymond Tanter on May 13th, 2009 2 Comments »
From Raymond Tanter
A spike in violence against Iraqi civilians reinforces pressure on President Obama to maintain a force level that would allow for the maintenance of security during the drawdown.
President Obama announced a troop drawdown strategy from Iraq in February 2009, based on responsible removal of U.S. combat brigades. After removal of combat brigades, the [...]
Posted in Iraq, Mark T. Kimmitt on Apr 24th, 2009 1 Comment »
From Mark T. Kimmitt
For those who follow Iraq closely, one of the more anticipated government documents is the quarterly “9010″ report. This report, colloquially named after the requirement established in section 9010 of the 2006-2008 DOD appropriations acts, has been produced quarterly since July 2005 and serves as a historical record for operations conducted over [...]
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