Author: Jeff Huber

Forget waiting for Iraq’s army and police to “stand up.”  Joshua Partlow of the New York Times reports that: The American soldiers in [the Sunni enclave of ] Amiriyah have allied themselves with dozens of...

After years of fighting post-hostility hostilities, military officials are now planning for the post-occupation occupation.  As Thomas E. Ricks of the Washington Post informs us: U.S. military officials here are...

I hate to say I told you so, but… In March 2007, Gordon Cucullu of the conservative New York Post wrote a piece titled “The Iraq Surge: Why It’s Working.”  Cucullu quoted U.S. commander in Iraq...

The Maytag Repairman has nothing on Lieutenant General Douglas Lute.  The newly nominated “War Czar” is about to become the loneliest man in the world. During Lute’s confirmation hearing before the Senate...

On Tuesday, Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ken Salazar (D-Colo.) introduced legislation that would make most of the Iraq Study Group’s 79 recommendations official U.S. policy.  Six other senators, among them...