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The Iraq debate that has erupted three, seven, eight, twelve years too late may end up disproving the old adage, “Better late than never.” Why? Too many glaring omissions from the conversation. Let’s start with Numero Uno: Islam. Once again,

MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell countered claims that the US was unable to keep troops in Iraq due to the Iraqi government’s refusal to negotiate an agreement with the US by stating the Obama administration “was more than willing” to take

Sen. Marco Rubio’s interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday was supposedly a disaster for the GOP presidential candidate.

The media have finally extracted from Hillary Clinton the question they have pressing her Republican rivals to answer for several weeks now: knowing what we now know about Iraq–that it did not have the weapons of mass destruction (WMD) it was thought to have–should we still have invaded Iraq? The answer journalists wish to hear is “no,” because it is a way of excusing President Barack Obama for the predictable (and predicted) mess that transpired when he withdrew from Iraq.

South Carolina Senator and prospective GOP presidential candidate Lindsey Graham argued that the Iraq War wasn’t a mistake and declared “I blame President Obama for the mess in Iraq and Syria, not President Bush” on Monday’s “Situation Room” on CNN.

On this weekend’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” host Chris Wallace questioned Sen. Marcio Rubio (R-FL) about the 2003 Iraq war and whether or not that was a mistake. Wallace asked several times if it was it a mistake. “That was not the

The media’s dogged determination to chase every Republican presidential contender down and pummel them for comments about the Iraq War is remarkable to behold, since they are simultaneously willing to let the only 2016 candidate who voted in favor of the war skate by without answering questions about it, or anything else for that matter. While Hillary Clinton is given months to prepare for her ninth question from the press since declaring a candidacy, every Republican is peppered with heavy fire from a throng of journalists on an hourly basis.

Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina said that knowing then what she knows now, she would not have gone to war with Iraq on Wednesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel She stated, “Yeah, the intelligence was clearly wrong. And so

Republican presidential candidate and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul argued that “we’re a lot worse off with Hussein gone” in Iraq and cited George HW Bush to criticize Jeb Bush’s position on the Iraq War on Wednesday’s “Wolf” on CNN. Rand

There’s been a considerable amount of talk about Hillary Clinton being a flawed candidate with the potential to self-destruct during a tough race.

Tuesday on CNN’s “New Day,” Republican strategist and Bush ally Ana Navarro discussed Jeb Bush telling  Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly he would have authorized the 2003 Iraq war “knowing what we know now” and defended her friend by explaining he

Former Florida Governor and prospective GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush stated that while “there were mistakes” in the handling of the Iraq War, he’s not sure what, in hindsight, his decision would have been on Tuesday’s “Sean Hannity Show.” Bush

Potential Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush has backed his brother George W. Bush’s authorization of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

In the run-up to the Iraq War in 2003, New York Times columnist began to reconsider his support for the military option, as he became convinced that the Bush administration was going to mishandle the war and its aftermath. Fast-forward 12 years, and Friedman is making similar moves ahead of the final talks on a nuclear deal with Iran. In his Apr. 23 column, Friedman says that while a nuclear deal is desirable, the structure and context of the deal means “it will not be easy.”

Ohio Governor and prospective presidential candidate John Kasich (R) stated “I don’t want to go back and redo that” when asked if he thought the Iraq War was a mistake in an interview set to broadcast on Tuesday’s “Hugh Hewitt

If anyone understands the Iranian mullahs’ mindset better than most, it is Alireza Jafarzadeh. If anyone misunderstands that mindset better than most, it is President Obama.

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) responded to his “neocon” critics, stating that they supported “taking out Hussein,” which he said made the US “less safe” and made the Middle East “more chaotic” on Wednesday’s “Situation Room” on CNN. Rand addressed the accusations

U.S. officials are concerned Iranian militants currently fighting ISIS in Iraq with help from U.S. air power could eventually turn on American troops in the country.

Republicans have renewed their enthusiasm for Middle East war. Okay, fine. Let’s just be sure that this time, we win. And that means doing things differently: Different from Barack Obama, of course, but different, also, from George W. Bush.

WASHINGTON—Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT), an Iraq War veteran, candidly told the moderator of a CPAC panel discussion that he would not have gone to war in Iraq.

Secretary of State John Kerry told the House Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday that the U.S. should be wary of trusting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s warnings on Iran, because Netanyahu had also backed the Iraq War. Kerry’s remarks were hypocritical, since he also supported the war. And they raise the disturbing suggestion, beloved of conspiracy theorists, that Israel is dragging the U.S. to war. Yet it is worth asking whether Kerry’s criticism has merit.

Wednesday at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, while addressing the 2003 Iraq war during his brother’s administration, former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL)  said, “there were mistakes made in Iraq.” Bush said, “There were mistakes in Iraq for sure. Using the

Tuesday on the “The Rush Limbaugh Show,” in calling out specifically Comedy Central’s  Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, host Rush Limbaugh made the point that the left’s relentless attack on President George W. Bush’s 2003 Iraq war has brainwashed a generation

The CIA, working in coordination with U.S. troops, bought and destroyed hundreds of nerve agent rockets during the occupation of Iraq under a nonproliferation plan dubbed Operation Avarice, The New York Times (NYT) reports.

Iraq War veteran Joey Hurst, who was stationed at Ayn al-Assad Air Base said he feels “disenfranchised” as ISIS threatens the base on Friday’s “CNN Newsroom.” “I feel disenfranchised. I was just talking with one of my old Army buddies that

At the opening of his Monday “The Daily Show” broadcast on Comedy Central reacted to the controversies swirling around embattled NBC “Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams. Stewart mocked the increased media scrutiny of Williams and his career, but went on

The Ronald Reagan Library debuted an exhibit on Saturday which pays tribute to California’s fallen men and women. The “Remembering Our Fallen” exhibit honors the 725 lives that perished making the ultimate sacrifice by serving to protect the United States

Iraq War veteran and fmr. US Army sniper Garett Reppenhagen argued that the film “American Sniper is “from a very particular point of view” on Wednesday’s “The Last Word” on MSNBC. “I think the major thing that we have to

While watching Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper on January 26, it occurred to the author that while the movie is primarily a film that honors the life of American hero Chris Kyle–and rightfully so–it is also a film that tells a story about the good uses of a gun — a story about a good guy with a gun stopping bad guys.

Clint Eastwood’s masterpiece, American Sniper, has shattered box office records and touched a chord in movie audiences across the country.  The film has also unleashed an unbecoming waft of snarkiness from a pair of Hollywood insiders— Seth Rogan and Michael

Salon’s Andrew O’Hehir has seen “American Sniper” twice and is now pretending he has cracked its cultural and political code. Naturally, what he discovered perfectly fits his own leftist leanings. And that must feel pretty good. After all, director Clint

The Iraq War may have been a serious mistake. Regardless, we cannot dwell on that mistake so obsessively that we fail to act–as we did in the 1930s–to stop a new threat.

In the wake of the record-breaking commercial and critical success of Clint Eastwood’s latest film, American Sniper, liberal Hollywood figures took to Twitter to excoriate the film and its protagonist, the late Navy SEAL Chris Kyle.