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Onward Christian soldiers
Max Blumenthal
Conservative fundamentalists with close ties to President Bush are planning a new missionary push in Iraq -- and they might already be converting U.S. troops to their cause.
The world press on the war
Compiled by Laura McClure
As U.S.-Syria relations deteriorate, a British newscaster protests that the Syrian president "only recently had tea with the Queen."
Joe Conason’s Journal
Salon Staff
The White House agitates -- falsely -- against Syria. Our allies keep cooler heads. But who will prevail?
Is Bush a stuffed pussy?
Lisa Gabriele
What the latest trend in taxidermy can teach us about foreign affairs.
The war over the peace
Michelle Goldberg
The Pentagon, the State Department and the U.N. are fighting over who controls postwar Iraq. It's a battle that could be more critical than the military campaign.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers respond to an interview with pro-war liberal Paul Berman on the future of Iraq.
Saddam’s horrors brought home
Tina Brown
The images out of Iraq are shaming. Why did it take so long for us to care?
“It’s a catastrophe for tyranny. It’s a great day”
Suzy Hansen
Pro-war liberal Paul Berman celebrates the fall of Baghdad. But the real fight for Iraqi freedom, he warns, lies ahead -- and will take years.
Pax Schwarzenegger
Neal Gabler
He's got the boots and the twang, but Bush is no cowboy when it comes to foreign policy. Instead, he's the Terminator, a cyborg lumbering through a very long revenge movie.
The world press on the war
Compiled by Laura McClure
There was rich symbolism in the way Iraqis celebrated the fall of Baghdad. Here's how to decode it.
How neoconservatives conquered Washington — and launched a war
Michael Lind
First they converted an ignorant, inexperienced president to their pro-Israel, hawkish worldview. Then 9/11 allowed them to claim Iraq threatened the U.S. The rest is on CNN tonight.
Syria: Hoping the U.S. fails
Ferry Biedermann
While the regime hopes the U.S. stumbles into a quagmire, Iraqi exiles argue about whether Bush or Saddam is the bigger enemy.
A meditation on sex and death
Nuala O'Faolain
Why we need to make love to the Iraqis after we've made war -- and why we won't.
The world press on the war
Compiled by Laura McClure
While Baghdad celebrates, elsewhere in Iraq a U.S.-backed Iraqi militia is terrorizing residents.
Fury and favor in the Arab world
Eric Boehlert
While Qatar welcomes Uncle Sam, Egyptian police torture antiwar protesters. If the war lasts long, some say, the scales may tip toward rage.
How to think about this war if you’re against it
Joan Walsh
I hope for a U.S. victory with minimum bloodshed and maximum freedom for the Iraqi people. But I also want the cakewalk conservatives to pay for their hubris politically.
Joe Conason’s Journal
Salon Staff
Rumsfeld wants to turn Iraq over to Ahmad Chalabi and former CIA director James Woolsey. Maybe peace and democracy aren't the defense secretary's top priorities.
Death trap
Louise Witt
Iraqis tell their American relatives of the daily horror of being caught between Saddam's death squads and the ferocious firepower of the U.S. military.
Briefing for a descent into hell
Fred Branfman
A wide-eyed extraterrestrial is instructed about how a man named Bush became the most powerful leader on Earth -- and how he led the planet into chaos.
Rebuilding Iraq
Laura Miller
American officials are squabbling over how to put post-Saddam Iraq back together again. The fate of the entire region may rest on whether they get it right.
The world press on the war
Compiled by Laura McClure
"It was insane ... I don't care if they nuke that bloody city": A harrowing report on the messy streetfighting in Nasiriya.
The world press on the war
Compiled by Laura McClure
The Israel paper Haaretz reports that thousands of Arab volunteers
are pouring across the Syrian border into northern Iraq to fight.
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