By WILLIAM GRIMES
Published: April 9, 2008
The script for Iraq was supposed to go like this: The dictator topples; the oppressed masses celebrate; democracy takes root; and the United States, showered with gratitude, embraces a new, pro-Western ally in the hostile Middle East.
INVISIBLE NATION
How the Kurds’ Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq [...]
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In Northern Iraq, the Kurds Find Success Amid Struggle
Posted in Books, Iraq, Kurdistan, New York Times on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Make Walls, Not War
Posted in Articles, Iraq, New York Times on October 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
By Peter W. Galbraith
Published: October 23, 2007
Townshend, Vt.
IN a surge of realism, the Senate has voted 75-23 to acknowledge that Iraq has broken up and cannot be put back together. The measure, co-sponsored by Joe Biden, a Democratic presidential candidate, and Sam Brownback, Republican of Kansas, supports a plan for Iraq to become a [...]
Biden Speaks Out: “Quit Lying About My FEDERALISM Plan!”
Posted in 2008 Elections, Bloggers, Iraq, New York Times, News, Washington Post on October 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
October 1, 2007
Posted by Jay Carney
Joe Biden just held a conference call with reporters to “clarify a couple of things” about his Iraq plan, an endorsement of which was passed last week by the Senate as a non-binding resolution (the Biden-Brownback Iraq Federalism Amendment). It passed by a vote of 75-23, with substantial bi-partisan support. [...]
The Road to Partition = Double Standards!
Posted in Articles, Iraq, New York Times on September 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
In this op-ed published in New York Times on Tuesday, the writer accuses Shatha al-Musawi, a member of the Iraqi Parliament of sectarianism simply because she wants an apology for what her people went through during the long era of dictatorship in Iraq!
When a victim asks a former oppressor to acknowledge the atrocities [...]
Thomas Friedman Supports Federalism in Iraq
Posted in Articles, Iraq, New York Times on September 2, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In his New York Times op-ed piece Watch the Sunni Tribes (August, 29, 2007) Friedman says ”… the only possible solution here… is a loose federation in which each sect controls its own areas and Baghdad serves as an oil-funded A.T.M., dispensing cash proportionally.
That is the only way we can get out of here without [...]
