US Policy, Interest, and Endgame [Archive]

Basic reasons for which the US deep state will try to prevent the rise of the Left in (0 replies)
How would the Obama Administration define the "Obama Doctrine"? (5 replies)
Rare Earth Elements, China and Explotation (2 replies)
The Bonus Army (4 replies)
The State of America (18 replies)
Still Combat? (5 replies)
Fixing Metrics (0 replies)
Developing Foreign Security Forces: Tiered Strategies (0 replies)
Iraqi SA = Secruity Agreement.... or Separation Agreement (19 replies)
The Future of Iraq, Part III (0 replies)
Advisor Brigades (21 replies)
Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience (9 replies)
USIP report: Iraq in the Obama Administration (1 replies)
US Troops Leaving Iraqi Cities (32 replies)
General Barry R. McCaffrey After Action Report (2 replies)
Iraq SOFA Draft ? (9 replies)
How to Finish the Job in Iraq (0 replies)
Victory not certain (0 replies)
Who dropped what ball and when did they drop it... (2 replies)
Iraq: Things Looking Up, or Not? (12 replies)
Things Looking Up in Iraq (5 replies)
How to Leave a Stable Iraq (0 replies)
The Strongest Tribe (1 replies)
What would a US withdrawal from Iraq look like? (21 replies)
What is the "Surge?" (48 replies)
Toward Sustainable Security in Iraq and the Endgame (26 replies)
Daniel Gallington on Feith (6 replies)
Leaving the Green Zone (9 replies)
General Sanchez and the Blame Game (41 replies)
OIF Strategic Bibliography (6 replies)
Choosing War: The Decision to Invade Iraq and Its Aftermath (11 replies)
The Price of the Surge by Steven Simon (11 replies)
Iraq After the Surge (1 replies)
How To or How Not To End the War (9 replies)
Evolving U.S. thoughts in strategic documents (6 replies)
An alternative to the GCC as means to implement Grand Strategy? (8 replies)
The Emerging "Neocon" Alibi on Iraq (86 replies)
The Higher HQs as an Operational and Strategic Enabler (22 replies)
Victory and Violence in Iraq: Reducing the "Irreducible Minimum" (0 replies)
Evolution Of a U.S. General In Iraq (0 replies)
Army Buried Study Faulting Iraq Planning (5 replies)
Departure Assessment of Embassy Baghdad (10 replies)
From the Jaws of Victory (2 replies)
Macgregor's latest shot at the matrix: "Sheikhs For Sale" (31 replies)
Progress in Iraq (1 replies)
Phantom Phoenix (1 replies)
The Success of the Surge (1 replies)
General McCaffrey Iraq AAR (12 replies)
Iraq: Permanent U.S. Bases Unacceptable (32 replies)
Neo Challenges the Matrix (37 replies)
Counterinsurgency, Denial, and Iraq (36 replies)
Six Questions for Doug Macgregor on Iraq and the Surge (19 replies)
Sanchez Delivers Democratic Party Weekly Radio Address (24 replies)
America's Future Ally (7 replies)
Airstikes Soaring in Iraq? (15 replies)
Former Iraq Commander Faults Bush (20 replies)
Ike's theory of small Wars (15 replies)
Where Do We Go From Here? (1 replies)
Afghanization of Iraq (1) (7 replies)
Of Sarajevo and Baghdad (0 replies)
What are the US Strategic Goals in Iraq? (15 replies)
U.S. seeks pact with Jaish al-Mahdi (17 replies)
Report of the Independent Commission on the Security Forces of Iraq (1 replies)
Spin and more spin (7 replies)
"Potemkin Pacification?" - John Robb (5 replies)
GAO Report - Securing, Stabilizing, and Rebuilding Iraq (4 replies)
Iraq Weapons Are a Focus of Criminal Investigations (3 replies)
Senator James Webb in 2000 (9 replies)
Can They Say That? (0 replies)
Army too stretched if Iraq buildup lasts (7 replies)
Strategist Behind War Gains (0 replies)
"Analysis: Military Shows Gains in Iraq" (1 replies)
A War We Just Might Win (6 replies)
U.S. Officials Voice Frustrations With Saudis’ Role in Iraq (0 replies)
Withdrawal from Iraq (15 replies)
Iraq isn't Vietnam, Henry (5 replies)
The 20 Percent Solution (2 replies)
Our Old Friend Diana West Is At It Again (23 replies)
Buying Out the Insurgency (8 replies)
Exit Strategies (39 replies)
Initial Benchmark Assessment Report (2 replies)
Anthony Cordesman audio interview 7/11/07 (0 replies)
Administration Shaving Yardstick for Iraq Gains (5 replies)
In Iraq, Operation Last Chance (2 replies)
All Those Iraq Reports (7 replies)
An Exit to Disaster (5 replies)
Phased Transition: A Responsible Way Forward and Out of Iraq (3 replies)
Understanding Current Operations in Iraq (3 replies)
Iraq Strategy Has a Chance (15 replies)
Partisan Warfare (6 replies)
Embassy Staff In Baghdad Inadequate, Rice Is Told (8 replies)
US Senator's Iraq Trip Comments: WSJ 15 June 07 (2 replies)
MNF-I Counterinsurgency Guidance (9 replies)
Generals fault Iraqi security forces (1 replies)
In Diyala, U.S. aligns with tribal leaders (3 replies)
Getting Real in Iraq (2 replies)
Nominee to Coordinate War Offers Grim Forecast on Iraq (0 replies)
Defeat’s Killing Fields (0 replies)
Realists on Iraq (4 replies)
Strategic Directions in Iraq - and the idea of Cultural Identity as a CoG (21 replies)
The 'Blame The Iraqis' Gambit (4 replies)
With Korea as Model, U.S. Ponders Long Role in Iraq (4 replies)
How many people should America have sent? (21 replies)
Strife Foreseen in Iraq Exit, but Experts Split on Degree (2 replies)
Staying Power... (4 replies)
Senate Rejects Iraq Troop Withdrawal (1 replies)
U.S. Embassy employees fearful over Green Zone attacks (15 replies)
DoD vs. State Dept on Reviving Iraqi Industry (5 replies)
General Says He Needs More Troops (1 replies)
25 Strategies for Coalition Leadership (1 replies)
President Open to Benchmarks in Iraq Measure (1 replies)
War Debate Cited as Aiding al Qaeda (1 replies)
Leadership or reactionary? (16 replies)
Official Takes Case to U.S., but Skeptics Don’t Budge (0 replies)
Commanders in Iraq See 'Surge' Into '08 (1 replies)
September Could Be Key Deadline in War (0 replies)
Open Letter: My Burden of Conscience (7 replies)
Plan B? Let’s Give Plan A Some Time First (43 replies)
At Meeting on Iraq, Doubt and Detente (2 replies)
Bing West's Latest Trip Report... (0 replies)
Bush Keeps Vow to Veto War Funding Bill (0 replies)
Why Congress Should Embrace the Surge (1 replies)
War Called Riskier Than Vietnam (0 replies)
Rebuilt Iraqi Projects Found Crumbling (3 replies)
Rose Colored Exit Strategy (5 replies)
A Council of War at Camp Fallujah (0 replies)
Confronting Iran: Securing Iraq's Border (16 replies)
Thoughts? (23 replies)
The Perils Of Pulling Out (3 replies)
The Surge: First Fruits (17 replies)
IISS comment about plans B, C and D (1 replies)
Patterns of War Shift Amid U.S. Force Buildup (0 replies)
McCain Discusses Iraq Market Visit (0 replies)
Politics Collide With Iraq Realities (3 replies)
A Chat with David Petraeus (4 replies)
Counterinsurgency Expert Argues U.S. Must Stay in Iraq (4 replies)
Great idea on a Measure of Effectiveness (9 replies)
How to Win in Iraq and How to Lose (11 replies)
From the Advisors -- Bombs in Baghdad (1 replies)
Petraeus Strategy Takes Aim at Post-Vietnam Mind-set (1 replies)
The Night of the Generals (10 replies)
Iraq Trip Report (1 replies)
Guardian Article Misrepresents the Advisers' View (1 replies)
FMSO "Dealing with the Iraqi Populace" (12 replies)
In For the Long Haul (6 replies)
Basra transition (50 replies)
Like Churchill and Ike (4 replies)
Violence, Progress Mark 2006 in Iraq (0 replies)
Keys to a Successful Surge (11 replies)
Military Wants More Civilians to Help in Iraq (31 replies)
Officers With PhDs Advising War Effort (126 replies)
RAND's commentary "Put Iraqi Insurgents Out of Business" (10 replies)
Rules of Engagement for Conscience and Sense (16 replies)
Not This Time (0 replies)
Red Teaming Iraq (45 replies)
The New Plan for Iraq (19 replies)
Stratfor's Approach to OIF phase 5,6,7? (4 replies)
Thoughts on a possible "surge" in Iraq (33 replies)
Victory in Iraq (25 replies)
What should we do in Iraq? (7 replies)
Iraq Options (5 replies)
Vote: have we lost in Iraq? (48 replies)
Iraq: Strategic and Diplomatic Options (32 replies)
5 Ways To Prevent Iraq From Getting Even Worse (16 replies)
The CPA, Bremer and Year One in Iraq (16 replies)
How will we know when (if) we have "won" in Iraq? (7 replies)
Iraq: Pre-War Planning (30 replies)
Radical Ideas for Iraq (14 replies)
Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq (16 replies)
Cobra II (21 replies)
Iraq: "Recent History" (25 replies)
The Next Iraq Offensive (0 replies)
U.S. Forces Using 2-Track Approach in Iraq (1 replies)
President Outlines Strategy for Victory in Iraq (3 replies)
Rapid Pullout From Iraq Urged by Key Democrat (10 replies)
General Decries Call For Timetable in Iraq (2 replies)
A Better Strategy For Iraq (2 replies)