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Escaping the Afghan Quagmire
In his campaign, Obama pointed out that instead of finishing the job in Afghanistan, the actual origin of 9/11, we had squandered resources, lives, and reputation on an unnecessary war in Iraq. He pro… more →
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Additional Outcries of Russian Manipulations
eldercato wrote 6 months ago: There are an increasing number of reports that Russia is somehow involved in the crisis enveloping I … more →
Escaping the Afghan Quagmire
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R. D. Gastil wrote 10 months ago: In his campaign, Obama pointed out that instead of finishing the job in Afghanistan, the actual orig … more →
Iranian Access Routes into Afghanistan
R. D. Gastil wrote 11 months ago: In a recent item in the NYT (December 31), there was extensive discussion of the need for alternativ … more →
Iran in Iraq
R. D. Gastil wrote 2 years ago: In the last few days the Times has given us a summary of the recent economic penetration by Iran int … more →
British Withdrawals
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R. D. Gastil wrote 2 years ago: The announcement that the British intended to evacuate nearly half of their forces cast a gloomy sha … more →
Afghanistan: Our First Responsibility
R. D. Gastil wrote 2 years ago: In the January/February Foreign Affairs Barnett Rubin has summarized in excellent and disheartening … more →
We Must Negotiate with Iran
R. D. Gastil wrote 2 years ago: In a recent New York Times Op-Ed (January 30), Viorst makes a case for involving the Arab League in … more →
Escape from Iraq Through Iran
R. D. Gastil wrote 2 years ago: Many in Washington believe that the alternatives to a disastrous retreat from Iraq are few. One of t … more →
Ahmad Chalabi, Iran, and War in Iraq
R. D. Gastil wrote 2 years ago: I have recently realized that the war in Iraq may have been carefully nursed into flame by the Irani … more →
Juan Cole and the Middle East
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R. D. Gastil wrote 2 years ago: The reader of this blog can probably be as well informed as any about Iraq and its situation if he r … more →
University Projects for Iraq
R. D. Gastil wrote 2 years ago: Recent reports are that the United States and the Kurdish enclave have developed a plan for an … more →
An Iran - Iraq Project for an International University
R. D. Gastil wrote 3 years ago: A recent article has discussed the attempt to raise money throughout Asia for an international unive … more →
The Iraq Study Group: Partial Evaluation
R. D. Gastil wrote 3 years ago: For the last several days many of those concerned with Iraq have been commenting on the Study Group … more →
Insurgency or Civil War? When Will It End? How Will It End?
R. D. Gastil wrote 3 years ago: Today’s paper discusses at great length the controversy over whether what we have in Iraq is a … more →
Understanding Iraqis
R. D. Gastil wrote 3 years ago: When I was doing field work in Shiraz in 1958, interviewing a wide variety of people on aspects of I … more →
Understanding Iraq's Neighbors: Our Negotiating Partners?
R. D. Gastil wrote 3 years ago: The present discussion of how we might escape unscathed from Iraq centers around two issues: a possi … more →
Would more troops on the ground have made a critical difference?
R. D. Gastil wrote 3 years ago: Just after 9/11 when the Administration was thinking big thoughts, I wrote a short paper entitled … more →
