It’s time to leave Iraq alone

This is going to be an unpopular post… Yes, I believe it is long past time for American, British and all other troops to leave Iraq. That is not a new position, nor is it surprising. What you may be surprised to hear.. because it is certainly not something I have suggested before on this …

Fox Correspondent: Steve Harrigan “I don’t want to go back”

Are you going back [to Iraq] anytime soon? I don’t want to go back. Really? Yeah. … I think once the Americans leave [the Iraqis] will slaughter each other. This from Fox News Channel War Correspondent Steve Harrigan today on Dayside . He also said Iraq is “not a story anymore”… people, the media, are …

Bombing of Shia Mosque in Iraq : Three Views

From an Iraqi: As if we didn’t have enough problems already! From where I’m sitting now I can hear both Sunni and Shia mosques are condemning the attack through their loudspeakers. Things look scary here in Baghdad… Head of the Sunni endowment sheikh Ahmed al-Samarra’I announces that he will allocate 2 billion dinars (~1.4 million …