How does the US “win” in Iraq?

Kevin Drum at the excellent Washington Monthly says: So: if you do believe we can win in Iraq, let’s hear what you mean by “win” and how you think we can do it, and let’s hear it in clear and compelling declarative sentences. “Stay the course” isn’t enough. What Bush is doing now obviously isn’t …

Before you start complaining about the price of Gas

…. stop to think about how that Gas got to your local station. Take, for example, the current situation in Ecuador, where unrest in the oil producing regions has caused the government to send in the Army and stop all oil exports from the country. Why the unrest? “Free Market reforms” that were supposed to …