The Iraq Study Group Report  —  As most folks are aware by now, I've posted a HTML version of the Iraq Study Group Report here.  Why?  Because a monolithic PDF document is rather unwieldy, and makes it difficult for bloggers to comment on particular sections of the document and refer their readers to that exact section.

'I'll flee the country as soon as the US leaves'  —  The Iraqi sergeant has dodged bullets from the al-Mahdi Army and traded fire with Sunni insurgents.  —  Yet in his years with the Iraqi Army he has learnt one simple lesson: once the US military pulls back in Iraq, he should leave the country if he wants to survive.

Will Iraq Study Group's Plan Work on the Battlefield?  —  The military recommendations issued yesterday by the Iraq Study Group are based more on hope than history and run counter to assessments made by some of its own military advisers.  —  Ever since the invasion of Iraq in 2003 …

Baker panel's mention of Palestinian "right of return" raises eyebrows  —  A reference to Palestinians' "right of return" in the report issued by the high-level Iraq Study Group broke a diplomatic taboo which sparked immediate concern in Israel and surprise among Middle East policy experts.

What Rumsfeld's Critics Don't Get  —  Many Iraq war supporters greeted the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld with a sigh of relief, if not a quiet cheer.  —  Neoconservatives like the Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol and war historian Frederick Kagan began clamoring …

Our Pearl Harbor  —  On Dec. 7, 1941 — 65 years ago this week — pilots from a Japanese carrier force bombed Pearl Harbor.  They killed 2,403 Americans, most of them service personnel, while destroying much of the American fleet and air forces stationed in Hawaii.