Twilight in Iraq

On an increasingly valuable news and opinion portal, The Huffington Post, Simon Jenkins, a columnist and former editor of The (London) Times, and Karen Kwiatkowski, Ph.D, retired USAF lieutenant colonel last stationed in the Pentagon, give their perspectives on the latest in Iraq. Click on their names to read their respective predictions.

UPDATE: Republican Congressman (and physician, and former Libertarian presidential candidate) Ron Paul's October 7, 2005, speech on the floor of the House, "Staying or Leaving." If you need a teaser:

Supporters of the war in Iraq, as well as some non-supporters, warn of the dangers if we leave. But isn’t it quite possible that these dangers are simply a consequence of having gone into Iraq in the first place, rather than a consequence of leaving? Isn’t it possible that staying only makes the situation worse? If chaos results after our departure, it’s because we occupied Iraq, not because we left.

UPDATE: The Real Choice in Iraq by Zbigniew Brzezinski

UPDATE: Check out the Karen Kwiatkowski Archives, especially her piece on "Our Inscrutable Iraq Policy."

UPDATE: Chomsky: 'There Is No War on Terror'

UPDATE: Might the Arabs Have a Point? by Patrick J. Buchanan

UPDATE: USAID Paper Details Security Crisis in Iraq

UPDATE: Islamists gain ground from American push for Mideast democracy

UPDATE: Nearly half of Iraqis support attacks on U.S. troops, poll finds

UPDATE: Intelligence, Policy, and the War in Iraq

UPDATE: "It Didn’t Work" -- William F. Buckley Jr.

UPDATE: State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 - Iraq

UPDATE: Iraq through the prism of Vietnam -- Lt. Gen. William E. Odom, U.S. Army (Ret.) (NSA Director, 1985-88).

UPDATE: Iraq: Next Steps for U.S. Policy -- Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski

UPDATE: Stay the Course? What Course?