Tag: james baker

Five more soldiers were killed in Iraq today, bringing the October’s toll to 96 soldiers lost. The last time we had this many soldiers killed in Iraq in one month was last October, and that number is certain to go higher. Sidney Blumenthal also has an interesting piece up at Salon regarding Bush and the […]

Bush’s final gamble: giving Iraq a dictator? Andrew Sullivan The news was buried in a New York Times story last week but it confirmed what others in the Washington chattering classes have been observing lately. The context is that the White House has been inviting outsiders in to the Oval Office to discuss strategy in […]