Category Archives: Foreign Policy

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

Posted on December 4, 2006 by Mash

From today’s White House press briefing [hat tip: BarbinMD]: Q Tony, I’d like to follow up on the al Hakim meeting, if I can, for just a second. MR. SNOW: Yes, sure. Q U.S. intelligence and military sources have him intimately … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Iraq | 6 Comments

Mr. Hakim Goes To Washington

Posted on December 3, 2006 by Mash

On Monday President Bush is scheduled to meet Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI). Mr. Hakim is to get the full treatment topped off with a White House meeting with … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Iraq, Terrorism, Torture | 5 Comments

Maliki’s Death Warrant

Posted on November 30, 2006 by Mash

The Bush Administration has effectively signed Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki’s Death Warrant. The memo from National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley that undermined the Bush-Maliki summit in Jordan has now made Nouri al-Maliki a marked man in Iraq. Whether that was … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Iraq | 3 Comments

The Way Forward In Iraq

Posted on November 28, 2006 by Mash

    The talk of Washington is the Iraq Study Group. Everyone, including the Democrats, is waiting for the two beltway sages, James Baker and Lee Hamilton, to rescue them from the chaos in Iraq. You will recall that some time ago … Continue reading →

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Rock The Casbah

Posted on November 26, 2006 by Mash

    "Rock The Casbah" is probably the most misunderstood political song of modern times, but like this post it has nothing to do with rock and roll and everything to do with politics and religion… I don’t often write … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Iraq, Islam | 5 Comments