Comments on: Withdrawing not an alternative to invading

By: Mike Linksvayer » Fraud of War in Iraq

Mike Linksvayer » Fraud of War in Iraq — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 06:07:02 +0000

[...] A better way? See Wright, Scheer, Zakaria, Hardar, Tierney, and Pape. [...]

By: Mike Linksvayer

Mike Linksvayer — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 18:34:40 +0000

Enough dead

Thomas Knapp writes:
1,827 … and counting. Enough said.
I shouldn’t pick on Knapp, whose heart is mostly in the right place (and he’s a linkmonger, so he probably won’t mind), but…
The sentiment above, that the number …

By: Anton Sherwood

Anton Sherwood — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 10:30:17 +0000

Somaliland seems to do okay with a power vacuum.

By: Stuart Berman

Stuart Berman — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 05:39:07 +0000

Another great security strategist is Thomas PM Barnett - last year wrote the book “The Pentagon’s new Map” and has one of the best blogs in this sort of analysis at http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/

Barnett advocates the creation of a winning the peace force, as well as a role in the world to source security.

Other world class strategists are (sans blogs) Bernard Lewis and Raymond Tanter.

By: Daniel Slate

Daniel Slate — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 20:01:12 +0000

Agreed. Leaving at this moment would not be satisfactory, as it would leave a power vacuum in Iraq that would almsot certainly lead to civil war. Instability does not equate with success.

We do need to get out of the Middle East. But not until we’ve finished the job in Iraq and the Iraqis can be left to handle their own affairs.