The U.S. Congressmoved to block the Bush administration from building permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq or controlling the country's oil sector. picked by afeldman 2 years ago

Iraqi leaders have failed to take advantage of a reduction in violence to make adequate progress toward resolving their political differences, Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said Thursday.
Via picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

The president secretly flew 11 hours to Iraq as a showdown nears with Congress over whether his decision in January to order 30,000 more U.S. troops to Iraq is working. picked by hisidea 1 year ago

retired CIA station chief and head of the Agency's counterterrorism staff examines the Bush administration's Iraq policy and finds that it cannot be successful. He calls for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, a “complete change” in U.S. goals and tactics in the Middle East, and rebuilding bridges to allies. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

House Democrats are planning another veto showdown with President Bush on the Iraq war. And this time, they say they won't back down.

*I'm not holding my breath. picked by dollyllama 1 year ago

In one of the deadliest attacks on American ground forces since the Iraq war started more than four years ago, a suicide car bomber struck a patrol base northeast of Baghdad and killed nine U.S. soldiers and wounded 20. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

US President George W Bush invited Democrats to the White House on Tuesday to discuss a standoff over a bill that provides for more than $100 billion to pay for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

One Marine battalion, about 1,000 troops, will go home in November and not be replaced. An Army brigade of around 4,000 troops will leave in February. In addition, about 3,400 support forces will also be removed from Iraq picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

President Bush, under pressure to change direction in Iraq, said Tuesday he will not be persuaded by any calls to withdraw American troops before the country is stabilized. picked by icepigs 2 years ago

Cindy Sheehan and three other protesters have been arrested at the hearing where Petraeus and Crocker are reporting on progress in Iraq. picked by unzercharlie 1 year ago

The McCain-Palin ticket has been making much of the fact that the Arizona senator wanted more troops in Iraq as early as 2003. Yet he supported Bush for re-election, wrong-headed Iraq policy and all. He could have done the truly "maverick" thing and tried to unseat Bush so as to improve the execution of the war. He put the interests of the Republican Party over the good of his country. picked by artsaken 2 months ago

Under election-year pressure to change course in Iraq, the Bush administration said Monday there are no plans for dramatic shifts in policy or for ultimatums to Baghdad to force progress. picked by robfouryqr 2 years ago

Does anyone notice a trend in the Bush administration:

• Passing the buck and setting up others to be fall guys
  
• Truckloads of lies, deception and half truths
  
• Lack of accountability

picked by indierockcafe 2 years ago

Peter Laufer, author, delivers stirring speech to Rep. Lynn Woolsey's Iraq forum, "The Mounting Costs of the U.S. Military Occupation of Iraq and Lost Opportunities." He speaks of the growing Iraq resistance movement in the U.S. military. picked by unzercharlie 2 years ago

Tony Blair says he will not change his strategy on Iraq despite increasing doubts from senior figures in both the UK and the US about how it is working. picked by robfouryqr 2 years ago

Iraq’s Prime Minister, at a regional conference in Baghdad asked Iraq’s neighbors for help. He opened the conference with an address to back his efforts to stop violence in Iraq by refusing to finance attacks. The conference was quite tensionate mainly because of the two main players who attended the meeting: United States and Iran. picked by Maxriter 2 years ago

The White House is trying to clarify something: President George W Bush is ''a commander guy'' but not ''the commander guy.''

Or something like that. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Iraq by William E. Odom, LT General, USA, Ret. picked by dollyllama 8 months ago

The influential former chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee has called on President Bush to start the process of bringing U.S. troops home from Iraq in September. picked by unoriganl 1 year ago

It was the first time in a decade that Congress has passed a bill over a presidential veto. picked by T420 1 year ago