Articles by: Bradley Peniston

Hadithah and civil-military relations

The alleged massacre of civilians by U.S. Marines in Hadithah, Iraq, touched off a firestorm of accusations in the American press and body politic. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., …

Orchestrating ‘The Interagency’ for the long war

Inside the Capitol Beltway, and particularly inside the Pentagon, if you really want to sound smart, you talk about “The Interagency.” It’s not an arm …

Abu Musab al Zarqawi is barely cold in his grave, but the gruesome torture and execution of two U.S. soldiers near the Iraqi town of Yusufiya suggests that his spirit lives on. …

Today and tomorrow President Bush huddles with top advisers and military commanders at Camp David to review U.S. strategy for Iraq. And, for the first time, the "summit" will include a fully …

Almost four years after passing the resolution that gave President Bush approval to go to war in Iraq, the leaders of the legislative branch of government have decided to renew the debate …

The war in Iraq will not, as President Bush has recognized, end with a formal, World-War-II-style, surrender ceremony. (And if U.S. troops withdraw, it will end after we’re gone, when one coalition …

It has been, to put it very mildly, a busy week in The Long War; there have been important developments on many fronts. Consider just some of the highlights:

Last Saturday, Canadian …

The indefatigable U.S. ambassador to Iraq — and, lest we forget, previously envoy to Afghanistan — for helping engineer a government of “national unity” in Baghdad and the agreement by which Nuri …

"The man was thrown backward by automatic weapons fire, his eyes blindfolded and his arms tied behind his back, his skull jerked upward at the neck, his fleshless mouth gaping, his two …

How a better Middle East would look

International borders are never completely just. But the degree of injustice they inflict upon those whom frontiers force together or separate makes an enormous difference …