Author: Jeff Huber

Iraq: Those Poor Kids

Also at DKos. UPI Pentagon correspondent Pamela Hess of has been making the cable news rounds lately, and is telling some compelling stories about her experiences in Iraq.  Her interview on C-SPAN in early March of this...

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Iraq: Happy Anniversary

Also at DKos. Happy fourth! We’ve turned more corners in Iraq than there are in Manhattan, so I’m skeptical about early reports that the surge strategy is working.  General David Petraeus, the U.S. commander in...

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Iraq: Playing the Course (and Cheating)

Promoted by Steven D. “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” –Voltaire Pro-war rhetoric continues to resonate of the peculiar neoconservative brand of insanity.  Last...

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Still Making the Mesopotamia Mistake

Thursday morning, I listened to Fred Kagan on an NPR program telling the world how well the “surge” is going, how Iran is a trouble maker, and the rest of the standard neoconservative line of bunk.   Kagan is a...

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