Category Archives: Iraq

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Iraq’s WMD Mystery Solved!

Posted on April 26, 2006 by Mash

The tireless Daniel Pipes has solved the mystery of Saddam Hussein’s Weapons of Mass Destruction. Mr. Pipes argues that the reason we failed to find Iraq’s WMD is that they were moved just before the war. The answer was so … Continue reading →

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Meet The New Boss…Same As The Old Boss

Posted on April 22, 2006 by Mash

Iraqi Shiites have chosen a new candidate to replace embattled Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari. The new face of Iraq will now be the Islamist hardliner Jawad al-Maliki. The world has breathed a collective sigh of relief at this news. The impasse … Continue reading →

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