This particular piece seems to be a solid effort to report with, for the WSJ, less editorial content than appears to be the norm.
Good work. McClatchy is among the few newspaper chains that have invested the resources necessary to adequately report the Iraq story.
Since I expected an ultimate bad end to Iraq, this is pretty much what I have expected. The peace we've seen was due to the presence of large numbers of US troops, putting thousands of insurgents on the US payroll (the Awakening Councils), and the fact that a few million Iraqis have left the country, have otherwise been displaced or have been killed (some might call it ethnic cleansing). Thus it was reasonable to expect it all to unravel as refugees attempt to return, US troops are ... More »
Yes. Discusses the subjects intelligently. Presents information needed to make a personal judgment on the topic - from the perspective of an average PC/Internet user.






Funny that some people complain that the President is trying to do too much. Given the mess he inherited ...