An excerpt from Curveball: Spies, Lies and the Con Man Who Caused a War by Bob Drogin (and a review). Make Walls, Not War: Iraq cannot be reconstructed as a unitary state, and the sooner we face up to this reality, the better. War is over, if you want it: Is the war in Iraq moving from folly to victory? How are we doing? A look at what Iraqis think of the US occupation. Walking the Freedom Trail: What can the experiences of General Thomas Gage, commander of British forces in North America from 1763 to 1775, teach the United States Army in Iraq? An excerpt from The Sandbox: Dispatches From Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Straitjacket Bush: The president's warmongering remarks on the Iranian threat suggest he is psychotic — really. A review of Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S. and the Twisted Path to Confrontation by Barbara Slavin; Iran and the Rise of its Neoconservatives: The Politics of Tehran's Silent Revolution by Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Mahjoob Zweiri; and Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States by Trita Parsi. A review of The Iran Agenda: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Middle East Crisis by Reese Erlich. Martin van Creveld on why Iran is highly vulnerable to attack. It may sound counterintuitive but it could just be that Israel is overlooking what is possibly the best option available for avoiding a nuclear Iran. Various branches of the United States armed forces have issued directives to their members to use the term "Arabian Gulf" when operating in the Persian Gulf.
