On Iraq, a State of Denial
By Charles Krauthammer
Friday, November 23, 2007; Page A39
It does not have the drama of the Inchon landing or the sweep of the Union comeback in the summer of 1864. But the turnabout of American fortunes in Iraq over the past several months is of equal moment — a war seemingly [...]
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Each Iraqi group rules itself… does this sound like federalism?
Posted in Articles, Iraq, Washington Post on November 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Federalism, Not Partition
Posted in 2008 Elections, Articles, Iraq, Washington Post on October 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Leslie H. Gelb
Wednesday, October 3, 2007; Page A23
The Bush administration and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki greeted last week’s Senate vote on Iraq policy — based on a plan we proposed in 2006 — with misrepresentations and untruths. Seventy-five senators, including 26 Republicans, voted to promote a political settlement [...]
Biden, Richardson offer fresh perspectives on Iraq
Posted in 2008 Elections, Articles, Iraq, Washington Post on October 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By E.J. Dionne / Syndicated columnist
October 3, 2007
WASHINGTON — Astonishingly, 26 Republican senators broke with President Bush’s Iraq policy last week. But you may not have noticed this, and it’s not your fault.
Sen. Joe Biden’s resolution calling for a federal solution to the Iraq mess — sometimes known as “soft partition” — got almost no [...]
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. [...]
It’s Time for Iraq the Nation to Go
Posted in Articles, Iraq, Scholars, Washington Post on September 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By Richard Cohen
September 25, 2007
The creation of modern India and Pakistan entailed the uprooting of more than 12 million people. Bangladesh was itself ripped from Pakistan.
The creation of Republika Srpska, an entity you probably never heard of, was a consequence of the fragmentation of Yugoslavia, which never existed before the 20th century and [...]
Biden Gets Vote On Iraq Plan
Posted in 2008 Elections, Iraq, News, Washington Post on September 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By Shailagh Murray
September 21, 2007
All the ‘08 Democratic candidates have plans to end the Iraq war. But only Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. gets to bring his to a Senate vote.
The Foreign Relations Chairman’s proposal to create a federal Iraq with separate Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish regions will be called up Tuesday as Amendment 2997 [...]
BALANCE OF OPINION – Petraeus changed few pundits’ minds, but their vision is focused
Posted in Articles, Iraq, News, Washington Post on September 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
12:00 AM CDT on Friday, September 14, 2007
By NANCY KRUH
Gen. David Petraeus’ much-anticipated report to Congress this week has done little to shift the pundits’ opinions on the Iraq war: The optimists are just as optimistic, the pragmatists as pragmatic and the pessimists as pessimistic. But all are now trying to see a way [...]
War of Words: soft partition or loose confederation?
Posted in Articles, Iraq, Washington Post on September 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
How This Ends
By David Ignatius
Thursday, September 13, 2007; Page A19
“Tell me how this ends.” That famously is the question that Gen. David Petraeus posed to journalist Rick Atkinson in March 2003 as U.S. troops were moving to topple the regime of Saddam Hussein. And it’s still the right question after Petraeus’s sober progress report to [...]
Biden: a federal decentralized Iraq is last best hope!
Posted in 2008 Elections, Iraq, News, Washington Post on September 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sen. Biden’s Opening Remarks in Gen. Petraeus’ Testimony
Tuesday, September 11, 2007; 3:10 PM
The majority of senators believe the time is now to start drawing down U.S. forces, not just to pre-surge levels but beyond them, and to limit the mission of those remaining to fight Al Qaida, train Iraqis and help protect the borders.
But while [...]
The Bottom-Up Partition
Posted in Articles, Iraq, Washington Post on September 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By Jackson Diehl
Monday, September 10, 2007; Page A15
The benchmark-centered reports on Iraq agree: The “surge” has failed to achieve its most fundamental objective, which is to catalyze a political reconciliation among Iraqis. Buried in the data, however, is plenty of evidence that Iraq is slowly moving toward a new political order. It’s just not the [...]
