Archive: November 25, 2007 - December 1, 2007
Money Woes at the Pentagon
Do we need to invest more in the military? Or should the Pentagon go on a financial diet?
By William M. Arkin | November 30, 2007; 8:42 AM ET | Comments (27)
The Sun In Their Eyes Strategy
One could focus on recent Chinese snubs and provocative Russian flights as harbingers of confrontation. But making excuses for them is more productive than gunboat diplomacy.
By William M. Arkin | November 28, 2007; 8:29 AM ET | Comments (29)
Permanent Bases in Iraq? How About Permanent Civil War?
If anyone doubted the Bush administration's intent to pass the Iraq war on to the next president, or if anyone still believed the rhetoric about the withdrawal of American forces as Iraq "stood up," then yesterday's agreement between the United...
By William M. Arkin | November 27, 2007; 8:54 AM ET | Comments (75)
Progress In Iraq? We Still Need to Get Out
Violence is down. But is victory possible? The answer, I'm afraid, is no.
By William M. Arkin | November 26, 2007; 9:06 AM ET | Comments (29)
