Exit Strategy from Iraq: External Links 2006

The following are external links for 2006 for articles & commentary related to Exit Strategy from Iraq.

See external links for articles & commentary for : 2003-2005.


 * Also see stay the course

March 2006

 * Vanessa Arrington, "Update 8: Senators to Iraqis: U.S. Losing Patience," Associated Press (Forbes), March 25, 2006.
 * Jonathan Finer, "McCain, Feingold Air Views in Iraq. Visiting Legislators Debate U.S. Policy as Violence Rages," Washington Post, March 26, 2006.
 * "Iraq told to expedite unification," Associated Press (The Calgary Sun (Canada)/Canoe News), March 26, 2006.

June 2006

 * Rod Nordland, "Maliki's Master Plan. A national reconciliation plan for Iraq calls for a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops and, controversially, amnesty for insurgents who attacked American and Iraqi soldiers," Newsweek (MSNBC), June 24, 2006.
 * Jim Miklaszewski, "U.S. military confirms plan to reduce troops. Plans to pull 28,000 combat troops from Iraq may begin this summer," NBC News (MSNBC), June 24, 2006.
 * Michael R. Gordon, "U.S. general in Iraq outlines troop cuts," New York Times (International Herald Tribune), June 25, 2006.
 * "Report cites plan to begin reducing US forces in Iraq," Reuters (Boston Globe), June 25, 2006.
 * Eric Schmitt, "U.S. Not Expected to Cut Troops in Western Iraq," New York Times, June 25, 2006.
 * Michael Abramowitz and Thomas E. Ricks, "Democrats Cite Report On Troop Cuts in Iraq. Pentagon Plan Like Theirs, Senators Say," Washington Post, June 26, 2006.
 * "Democrats seize on Iraq pullout report. Levin: Bush will use withdrawal as political tool in election," CNN, June 26, 2006.

July 2006

 * Jonathan Darman, "The War's Left Front. The Daily Kos thinks the politics of Iraq will help him shape the Democratic Party," Newsweek (MSNBC), July 3-10, 2006 (issue).
 * George Lakoff, "Occupation: The Inconvenient Truth About Iraq," BuzzFlash, July 5, 2006.
 * Peter Spiegel, "Is U.S. Winning? Army Chief Is at a Loss," Los Angeles Times, July 15, 2006.

August 2006

 * "Kean, Hamilton: Iraq War a Mistake," NewsMax, August 13, 2006.
 * Judd Legum, "Bush Not Leaving," Think Progress, August 21, 2006.
 * Patricia Wilson, "Cheney: Early Iraq pullout 'ruinous' to US security," Reuters, August 28, 2006.
 * Editorial: "Our Agora: The American Legion and the public square," Salt Lake Tribune (Utah), August 28, 2006.
 * "Cheney Brings His Alternative Universe to Reno," Desert Beacon, August 28, 2006.
 * Julian E. Barnes, "Bush Shields U.S., Cheney Says. The vice president says 'sound policy decisions' by the president, and a vigilant government, have deterred terrorist strikes since 9/11," Los Angeles Times, August 29, 2006.
 * John Amato, "Rumsfeld says war critics are Nazi appeasers," Crooks and Liars, August 29, 2006.
 * E.J. Dionne Jr., "Slowly Sidling To Iraq's Exit. Many GOP Candidates Part Company With Bush," Washington Post, August 29, 2006.
 * Ann Scott Tyson, "Rumsfeld Assails Critics of War Policy," Washington Post, August 30, 2006.
 * Peter Baker and Jim VandeHei, "Bush Team Casts Foes as Defeatist. Blunt Rhetoric Signals a New Thrust," Washington Post, August 31, 2006.

September 2006

 * Steve Gilliard, "The last, desperate gasp," The News Blog, September 1, 2006.
 * Allen L. Roland, "Americans No Longer Support the Big Lie," OpEdNews, September 2, 2006.
 * Sridhar Krishnaswami, "Iraq pullout would be like handing it over to terrorists: Bush," PTI (DNA India), September 2, 2006.
 * Julie Mason, "Bush shifts back to terror message. President again tries to subtly link 9/11 with Iraq," Houston Chronicle, September 2, 2006.
 * Partial Transcript: "Team Bush Ramps Up Rhetoric on Iraq and War on Terror," Beltway Boys/Fox News, September 3, 2006.
 * Cragg Hines, "Playing politics with Iraq? Where'd you get that idea?" Houston Chronicle, September 3, 2006.
 * "Bush compares Bin Laden to Hitler" (and Lenin) "in a speech to US military officers," BBC, September 5, 2006.
 * Bill Hutchinson, "Condi uses Civil War to slap Iraq critics," New York Daily News, September 5, 2006. re Condoleezza Rice
 * Jim Abrams, "Senate: No Prewar Saddam-al-Qaida Ties," Associated Press (Forbes), September 8, 2006.
 * Dana Priest and Ann Scott Tyson, "Bin Laden Trail 'Stone Cold'. U.S. Steps Up Efforts, But Good Intelligence On Ground is Lacking," Washington Post, September 10, 2006.
 * Judd Legum, "Cheney Ignores Senate Intel Report, Cites Zarqawi As Evidence of Iraq/Al Qaeda Connection," Think Progress, September 10, 2006. Includes video and transcript.
 * Andrew Sullivan, "The Rove Campaign," The Daily Dish Blog/TIME, September 10, 2006.

October 2006

 * Tom Raum, "Bush Keeps Revising War Justification," Associated Press (1010 WINS), October 14, 2006.
 * Simon Hooper, "Is it time to hit 'mission abort' in Iraq?" CNN, October 19, 2006.
 * "Bush strategist Rove says military's should be flexible in Iraq, withdrawal not an option," Associated Press (International Herald Tribune), October 28, 2006.
 * Walter Pincus, "Timetables? Depends on Who's Talking," Washington Post, October 29, 2006.
 * Amit R. Paley, "In Baghdad, a Force Under the Militias' Sway. Infiltration of Iraqi Police Could Delay Handover of Control for Years, U.S. Trainers Suggest," Washington Post, October 31, 2006. re Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq

November 2006

 * Peter Goodspeed, "Gates sees Iraq exit by 2008. 'A real risk of even greater bloodshed,' U.K. Foreign Secretary says," National Post (Canada), November 10, 2006. re Robert M. Gates
 * Ben Feller, "Iraq exit strategies under review," Associated Press (Denver Post), November 13, 2006.
 * Sudarsan Raghavan, "Scores Kidnapped At Iraqi Ministry," Washington Post, November 15, 2006.
 * Robin Wright, "Bush Initiates Iraq Policy Review Separate From Baker Group's," Washington Post, November 15, 2006.
 * Chuck Hagel, "Leaving Iraq, Honorably," Washington Post, November 26, 2006.
 * John Nichols, "A Republican Takes the Lead on Iraq," The Nation, November 27, 2006.

December 2006

 * Edward Luce, "Washington looks to ‘blame Iraqis and run’," Financial Times, December 11, 2006.