Archive: Iraq

Bush's Least Favorite Anniversary

By tradition, the proper gift for a fifth anniversary is something made of wood. Jack Murtha seems to know this, for in observing the fifth anniversary of President Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech today, he presented the president with a rhetorical two-by-four to the head. "Five years ago today, President Bush...

By Dana Milbank | May 1, 2008; 01:05 PM ET | Comments (75)

Iraq and the Theory of Relativity

You can't tell the enemy in Iraq anymore without a scorecard. When the United States invaded Iraq five years ago, the enemy was Saddam Hussein and his Baathists. When Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ryan C. Crocker, respectively the U.S. commander and the ambassador to Iraq, came to testify...

By washingtonpost.com | April 9, 2008; 08:05 AM ET | Comments (0)

 

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