Stephen J. Hadley: “I think the Arab states have largely been very shortsighted about this and very stingy.”

Maliki is either ignorant of what is going on, misrepresenting his intentions, or that his capabilities are not yet sufficient to turn his good intentions into action.

President Bush early on in his administration said that the U.S. policy of trying to purchase stability at the price of supporting these authoritarian regimes was a bad bargain; that authoritarian regimes are not stable, and they needed to…

An American withdrawal or stepping back right now would be a prescription for fast failure and chaos that would envelope not only Iraq but also the region.

We need to show that our politics can actually, on a bipartisan basis, solve some of the problems we face.