Category Archives: Foreign Policy

Joseph Biden’s Iraq

Posted on May 3, 2006 by Mash

Today in Iraq a suicide bomber killed 17 police recruits in Fallujah. In Baghdad, 37 people were found handcuffed and shot to death. That 54 people lost their lives in Iraq in one day has become so commonplace that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Iraq, Politics | 3 Comments

National Dress-Up Day

Posted on May 1, 2006 by Mash

Today is National Dress-Up Day. On May 1st, 2003, President George Walker Bush declared victory in Iraq. As Atrios points out, the television pundits hailed it as a triumph of machoness over wimpyness. Everyone rejoiced. There was merriment all around. … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Iran, Iraq, Politics | 5 Comments

Credibility Gap

Posted on April 30, 2006 by Mash

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was laying down the law today on how to deal with Iran. She said that Iran was "playing games". She said that "[t]hey’ve had plenty of time to cooperate."  Then she said something that took … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Iran, Iraq, Politics | 4 Comments

The Thuggery Of Pervez Musharraf

Posted on April 28, 2006 by Mash

General Pervez Musharraf, the dictator of Pakistan, sat down recently with The Guardian of Britain for an interview to proclaim that he is not a dictator. Musharraf insisted that he is a believer in democracy and his mission is to bring democracy … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International | 31 Comments

Kirkuk, Oil And The Dance Of Death

Posted on April 27, 2006 by Mash

The center of gravity in the civil war in Iraq is not Baghdad – it is Kirkuk. Kirkuk is the prize that the Sunnis lost, the Kurds want, and the Shia will not give. The Kirkuk oil field has about … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Iraq | 7 Comments