Radical Departure: Toward A Practical Peace in Iraq. Can the "new" approach to the Iraq mission succeed where the previous effort failed? This report answers "no". Nor will Senator Kerry's alternative work. The fundamental problem is mission goals that are overly ambitious, intrusive, and polarizing. The report analyzes the failures of the US postwar mission in Iraq and proposes essential steps toward peace, stability, and US withdrawal. By Carl Conetta.
Outsourcing Torture and the Problems of ?Quality Control?. The numbers of prisoners for processing in Iraq were so great that government interrogators began to rely on the assistance of under-trained and youthful soldiers who were so ?shockingly undisciplined? that they took photos of their activities to send home -- yet another indicator of how poorly prepared for a large scale occupation the United States was before going into Iraq. By Charles Knight.
The Bush Doctrine: Origins, Evolution, Alternatives. The Bush administration's national security doctrine represents the most sweeping change in U.S. foreign policy since World War II and was the conceptual underpinning of the President's decision to invade Iraq. Yet few Americans realize where the policy came from, who crafted it, or even what it is. By Mark Gerard Mantho.
