Obama’s Iraq Plan Ain’t It Obama’s Iraq Plan Ain’t It
It's hard not to take a glass-half-empty attitude toward President Obama's Iraq speech today -- especially when John McCain is praising his policy and prominent Democrats are crit...
Feb 27, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Freeman Appointed to Key Intel Post Freeman Appointed to Key Intel Post
All's well that ends well. After much huffing and puffing by the neocons -- from an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal to blog pontification at the Weekly Standard, the Middle East...
Feb 26, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Chas Freeman for NIC: Lots at Stake Chas Freeman for NIC: Lots at Stake
A thunderous, coordinated assault against one of President Obama's intelligence picks is now underway. It started in a few right-wing blogs, migrated to semi-official mouthpieces ...
Feb 25, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Ross-Iran Controversy The Ross-Iran Controversy
By now it's apparent that Dennis Ross, the controversial former official from the Washington Institute for Near East Affairs, didn't get the post he wanted, namely, special envoy ...
Feb 24, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Afghan-Pakistan War Council Afghan-Pakistan War Council
Team Obama will be holding a war council of sorts this week, as top Pakistani and Afghan officials come to Washington as part of Obama's ongoing review of the conflict. Pakistan's...
Feb 23, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Don’t Let the Iran Headlines Scare You Don’t Let the Iran Headlines Scare You
The headlines are scary. "Iran ready to build nuclear weapon, analysts say," screams CNN. "Iran Has More Enriched Uranium Than Thought," shouts the New York Times. "Iran has enoug...
Feb 20, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
AEI and Afghanistan: Listen to Petraeus! AEI and Afghanistan: Listen to Petraeus!
Across the left and among progressives, there is angst about President Obama's decision to add 17,000 troops to the war in Afghanistan. Among neoconservatives and the right -- jud...
Feb 19, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Iraq’s Resurgent Nationalism Iraq’s Resurgent Nationalism
For the first time in six years, there's light at the end of the tunnel in Iraq. A nationalist Shiite-Sunni alliance provides a perfect opportunity for Obama to accelerate the with...
Feb 18, 2009 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
“Barack of Afpakia” “Barack of Afpakia”
Today's Wall Street Journal suggests that if President Obama pursues his plans for stepping up the war in Afghanistan, he'll have to fall back on the support of "Bush Republicans ...
Feb 17, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Holbrooke, Blair Note Iran’s Afghan Role Holbrooke, Blair Note Iran’s Afghan Role
Richard Holbrooke, US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, had nice words to say about Iran and its potential role in fixing Afghanistan, in a manner that the New York Times suggest...
Feb 16, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss