Monthly Archives: April 2006

"One diplomat involved in the talks said the officials are focusing on the proposed U.S.-Iranian dialogue on Iraq and the implications on Arabs and Turkey of any "American-Iranian deal.""  CNN ————————————————————————————————– Zalmai Khalilzad is a native of the Islamic culture … Continue reading →

A year or so before the intervention in Iraq, one of the president’s men told me that the plan then was to invade the country with two US Army brigades (10,000 men) and rely on a local uprising to do … Continue reading →

Senator John McCain said today on "Meet the Press" that Iraqis are no longer Sunni, Shia or Kurd in their loyalties.  Instead, he believes that they are essentially Iraqi and that they feel this identity much more than they do … Continue reading →