Corruption has its own motivations, and one has to thoroughly study that phenomenon and eliminate the foundations that allow corruption to exist.
Eduard Shevardnadze

MSNBC ~ Associated Press

PM designate signals crackdown on militias

“There’s going to be more tough fighting ahead in Iraq and there’ll be more days of sacrifice […]

Slide of early sighting of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in remote Montana wilderness.

Washington Post ~ By Thomas E. Ricks

Military Plays Up Role of Zarqawi

That slide, created by Casey’s subordinates, does not specifically state that U.S. citizens were being targeted by the effort, […]

“Peace is our Profession”

Wisconsin State Journal ~ By Bill Wineke

Could Iran become classic case of crying wolf?

Vice President Dick Cheney says the United States is “keeping all options on the table. We will not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.”

So the question is, would you support […]

Yahoo News ~ By SINAN SALAHEDDIN, Associated Press Writer

Shiites Ask: Why Convene Iraq Parliament?

Al-Khuzai said Shiite politicians were asking for representatives of each political bloc to meet Sunday to discuss names for the key positions, which include the president, the parliament speaker and deputies.

If […]

Hold, Hold, repeat HOLD YOUR POSITIONS; our war planners and commanders had miscalculated on how effective their ally’s advance would be, irrespective of the motley and disorganized appearance the Northern Alliance gave as soldiers. Like wild Afghan ponies that would never be corralled by a sometimes cowboy, the fighters broke away rather easily from instructions […]

Salon.com ~ by Tim Grieve

George W. Bush on the lessons learned in Iraq

During a talk today at Johns Hopkins University, the president of the United States was asked to share with aspiring policymakers “some wisdom or some insight” based on his experience with the “very […]

Was the war against the Taliban carried out with the fullest vigor of our military? Of course not, never a need to; the Afghans fought on the ground and we bombed with our Air Force… as you recall we bombed them out of the Stone Age (as only Christopher Hitchens could quip). The Taliban fled […]

New York Times ~ by ERIC SCHMITT
and EDWARD WONG

U.S. Study Paints Somber Portrait of Iraqi Discord

WASHINGTON, April 8 — An internal staff report by the United States Embassy and the military command in Baghdad provides a sobering province-by-province snapshot of Iraq’s political, economic and security situation, rating the overall […]

“For every act of violence, there is encouraging progress in Iraq that’s hard to capture on the evening news,” President Bush told a news conference March 21.

Washington Times ~ by Clarence Page

Blaming press won’t win war

Earlier, Vice President Dick Cheney complained on CBS-TV’s […]

CBS News ~ Associated Press

Rumsfeld: U.S. Losing War Of Ideas

“The enemy we face may be the most brutal in our history,” Rumsfeld said. “They currently lack only the means — not the desire — to kill, murder millions of innocent people with weapons vastly more powerful than […]