Commentaries, Opinions, Editorials, And Analysis On The Iraq War

Muddling Through is Not Enough: Why U.S. Needs a New Iraq Policy -- Eli Sugarman, The Diplomat

A decade after the invasion, America’s “one-Iraq” policy is pulling the country apart. Supporting the Kurds is the key to saving it.

March 19th marks the ten-year anniversary of the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Iraq has largely fallen off the United States foreign policy agenda since U.S. troops left the country at the end of 2011. Meanwhile, Washington has embraced a passive “one-Iraq” policy that derives its name from its emphasis on the importance of keeping Iraq unified – as a single country – and managing its ethno-sectarian fault lines through its Constitution.

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Commentaries, Opinions, Editorials, And Analysis On The Iraq War

Mixed Views in Iraq on 10th Anniversary of US-Led Invasion -- Scott Bobb, Voice of America
Army Brass On Iraq Anniversary: Shock And Awe? Never Again -- Sydney J. Freedberg Jr., Aol Defense
How The American People Were Sold The Iraq War -- Paul Szoldra, Business Insider
What Saddam’s ouster achieved -- Amir Taheri, New York Post
What did we learn from Iraq? -- Doyle McManus, Baltimore Sun
Iraq war: Was it worth it? -- Cami McCormick/CBS
Was Iraq Worth It? -- Patrick Buchanan, Human Events
Trying to Put Iraq Back Together -- Mark Thompson, Time
Five valid Iraq critiques and five debates that still matter -- Peter Feaver, Shadow Government/Foreign Policy
Blair: Syria justifies our removal of Saddam -- The Telegraph
Iraq: What I Got Wrong, and What I Still Believe -- Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine
Iraq, a decade after U.S. invasion, torn between progress and chaos -- Ernesto Londoño, Washington Post
History and the blame game ten years after Iraq -- James Jay Carafano, FOX News
In Iraq, a tyrant was toppled - and then no one was in charge -- Andy Nelson, Christian Science Monitor
10 years later: The Iraq war's lasting impact on U.S. politics -- Stephanie Condon/CBS
'The dead family I just can't forget': War reporter returns to Iraq on 10th anniversary of conflict to find father who begged for freedom... and then lost SEVENTEEN of his relatives -- Daily Mail
Iraq, 10 years on: Did invasion bring 'hope and progress' to millions as Bush vowed? -- F. Brinley Bruton and Ghazi Balkiz, NBC News
The Iraq war: Decade of regret -- The Economist
The slow road back -- The Economist
Ten Years After Iraq Invasion, War Does Not Look Like A Noble Endeavor -- Maura Pennington, Forbes
Baghdad, A Decade Later -- Kelly McEvers, NPR
Iraqi democracy was not so bad - until US pulled out -- Reidar Visser, The National
Iraq isn’t as fragile as it looks -- Lowell Schwartz, Special to CNN
Iraq, 10 years later: A people in need -- Rebecca Angel Baer, CNN
Army veteran still thinks about Iraq War 'every single day' -- McClatchy News
6 Predictions Days Before the Iraq War -- Paul D. Shinkman, US News and World Report
An 'Absolute Will To Forget': Iraq Casts Shorter Shadow Than Vietnam -- Alan Greenblatt, NPR
Iraq 10 years on: the myth of 'shock and awe' -- The Telegraph