“Nothing—not even the US Army—more threatens the future of a democratic, pluralistic and (dare we wish, secular) Iraq than the political ascendancy of Islamic fascists like Al Sadr.” WarPoliticsUnited StatesDemocracyIslamIraqFascismSecularismIraq WarPluralismIslamismUnited States ArmyMahdi ArmyMuqtada Al Sadr Author:Marc Cooper
“Could there possibly have been an incumbent more easy to knock-off than George W. Bush? A real-life opposition party would have been insulted to be matched with a such an unworthy and frail rival. The Democrats, by contrast, got their lights punched out.” Has BeensRealLightPoliticsEasyPartyDemocratReal LifeOppositionContrastRivalsUnworthyFrailInsultedMatchedIncumbentsOpposition Parties Author:Marc Cooper