The administration has a disturbing pattern of behavior when it comes to budgeting not only for the ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan but also for military requirements not directly related to these conflicts.

I felt like I should salute. If only I knew how.

It is imperative, in our perspective, that we drive a wedge between the insurgents and the Sunni population of Iraq . And having them actively involved in the political process is a way to drive...

The latest incidents have increased concerns over ethnic and sectarian tensions in Iraq and the preservation of the country’s territorial integrity.

The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.

I am struck by how casually we as a nation react to the carnage in Iraq.

You might think that the Left could have a regime-change perspective of its own, based on solidarity with its comrades abroad. After all, Saddam’s ruling Ba’ath Party consolidated its power by first destroying the Iraqi...

The hiring of locally engaged staff (LES) has been a slow, cumbersome and sometimes fruitless process at Mission Iraq, … Due to the security situation and a lack of a well-established national security structure, performing...

All such foreign-armed groups in Iraq must be neutralized and rendered harmless in a manner that is just and legal.

Michael Ledeen—a contributing editor of National Review and a Freedom Scholar at the influential neoconservative think tank American Enterprise Institute—wrote on the National Review blog in November 2006: ‘I had and have no involvement with...

The evidence points to the need for a very tough discussion with Iraq, where they have to produce evidence that this chlorine was truly for civilian purposes, and I think they are going to have...

Europeans were surprised by how inexorably the U.S. administration was grinding toward denouement with Iraq,

The American invasion did not succeed in Vietnam, and will never succeed in Iraq.

We’ve had Saudis and Jordanians and Pakistanis who have – and Syrians – who have been involved in armed attacks against coalition forces in Iraq.

In my life I’ve been very lucky to travel around the world and see students and teachers in nearly two dozen countries—but the most awe-inspiring experience I’ve ever had was two years after 9/11 when...

The market does have its ongoing concerns about Iran, the new bombing campaign in Iraq and other potential threats to supply (Nigeria, Venezuela) in mind as background issues.

Today, you have some not so great news coming out of the Middle East, violence in Pakistan, violence in Iraq, and that makes the rise in oil prices a bigger issue.

The occupiers of Iraq have imposed their ominous presence on the Iraqi nation under pretext of providing them with security. They are responsible for such tragedies.

Iraq changes positions more often that Saddam Hussein changes bunkers.

The violent subjugation of the Palestinians, Iraqis, and Afghans will only ensure that those who oppose us will increasingly speak to us in the language we speak to them—violence.

The greatest regret of my military career was as Commanding General of the 1st Cavalry Division in Iraq in 2004-2005, he later wrote of the decision he made. I lost 169 soldiers during that year-long...

I’d like to explain the realities of Iraq,

We’re going to have to face the fact that there are strong centrifugal forces in Iraq that have the potential of tearing the country apart.

The war to preserve the privilege of mythmaking

Iraq has offered all efforts required to implement Resolution 1441, and regrettably the [inspectors’] statement mentions a charge saying Iraq has not genuinely accepted the disarmament of its weapons,

The bottom line is that after we defeat the armed forces of Iraq, that we will want to and need to provide stability throughout that country.

I felt so much pride, so much love. You get a handful of days like this in a lifetime. Take in every minute. They’ll be over soon enough, and you never know what tomorrow will...

And that was my homecoming. It was fine, I guess. Getting back feels like your first breath after nearly drowning. Even if it hurts, it’s good.

Women make up one half of society. Our society will remain backward and in chains unless its women are liberated, enlightened and educated.

Iraq will succeed. It will take longer if the neighbors play an unhelpful role, … It can happen at a faster pace if the neighbors play a positive role.

I miss it: the smell of sand, sweat, and gunpowder, rings of salt from dried sweat on my pants’ legs, and around my waist just under where my armor sits.

Maybe it’s time to stop being a soldier and go home to be a father. And a husband for Deanna. I’m not sure how.

We discussed … the importance of Saudi Arabia’s strong backing to Iraq at this particular phase,

The more we move forward, the more people of Iraq believe this transfer is real, is genuine, it’s credible, and the Iraqis are in charge, are in the driving seat. This is the main challenge.

Fallujah was a Guernica with no Picasso. A city of 300,000 was deprived of water, electricity, and food, emptied of most of its inhabitants who ended up parked in camps. Then came the methodical bombing...

Yet isn’t it all—all of it, every single episode and detail of the Clinton saga—exactly like that? And isn’t some of it a little bit more serious? For Sen. Clinton, something is true if it...

Saudi Arabia and even the hawks, like Iraq, are reluctant to see the price stay above $30. They won’t leave this meeting without a new agreement on the mechanism for delivery of more oil.

We have created a breeding ground for terrorism in Iraq, … It’s not the fault of the brave (military) women and men. It’s the fault of the people who sent them there.

The service members who defend our way of life ask very little in return, but they deserve teachers who will be as relentless in teaching their children as the military is in protecting our interests...

So what I’m trying to show you is … there is indeed areas of Iraq that are relatively safe and secure, and those people in those provinces are working their way towards a peaceful society...

Going back again and again to the troops is also a constant reminder to Americans of just who is taking the risks in Iraq. I don’t think it’s playing particularly well.

The international crossing borders and the borders and passageways for travelers between Iraq and Syria will be closed with the exception of the commercial trucks authorized by the Iraqi government.

The cloud of pessimism that has further darkened as a result of recent developments has to be lifted. While sectarian fissures have always been an integral part of Iraq’s political history, today they have come...

I resolutely refuse to believe that the state of Edward’s health had anything to do with this, and I don’t say this only because I was once later accused of attacking him ‘on his deathbed.’...

He comes to this as the strongest political figure really ever … since the liberation of Iraq. He comes with both the imprimatur of the Iraqi people and … the mandate to form a unified...

It is virtually impossible to demand the withdrawal of allied forces from Iraq. We will do so when the Iraqi army is established.

It’s a very sobering hallmark, … It indicates that we need to rethink where we are in Iraq.

In terms of the chemical and biological weapons, Iraq has those now. How many, how could they deliver them? I mean, these are the big questions.

The global perception is the U.S. has the most to lose if there’s a war in Iraq. That’s made the rest of the world averse to U.S. assets. Foreign investors are looking home again.

The new post-Saddam Iraq had no secular heros.