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When Dwight David Eisenhower came back from World War II, no one knew whether he was a Republican or Democrat until he ran for president. He...

Evidence that the Iraq narrative has turned is everywhere. “Victory Is Within Reach in Iraq,” a Wall Street Journal headline enthuses this...

Now that the month of decision about Iraq has come and gone in a Petraeus-MoveOn cloud of dust, the United States government starts October ...

Next week the President officially becomes a lame duck. One of his staunchest Senate supporters, Iowa’s Chuck Grassley, has turned on the i...

When our Way of Life is threatened, members of the United States Senate will stand up and be counted. In October of 2002, the Upper Chamber ...

It’s sad to see the piling-on. Beyond the infamous MoveOn ad, there are now stories about Petraeus’ penchant for ass-kissing and his presid...

A book I once wrote argued we were being stuffed with information but starved for understanding. David Petraeus and Ryan Crocker have just ...

In the prolixity of Gen. Petraeus this week, there is a curious emphasis on the entity, “Al-Qaeda Iraq,” which, of course, did not exist unt...

Fifty five years ago, an American general who had won his war and was running for President, had some advice that Gen. David Petraeus and hi...

Does the word “impotent” ring a bell? While George Bush boasts about “kicking ass” in Iraq during his Australian stay, Americans and their ...

After phony patriotism failed, the last refuge of the Bush Administration in Iraq has been competence, replacing robot generals and servile ...