Bibliography – My Writings on U.S. Policy toward Iraq

With some consistency, I have been arguing since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein that coalition forces should have limited strategic purposes, leaving Iraq in the hands of Iraqis. In addition to an automated listing by category, here is a listing of my policy recommendations in reverse chronological order, to be updated as needed:

• "White Elephant in Baghdad." National Review Online, March 30, 2010.
• "T. E. Lawrence, American Strategist." History News Network, January 18, 2010.
• "Iraq's Cosmetic Election." National Review Online, March 9, 2010.
• "Wasted U.S. Spending in Iraq: $53 billion and Counting." DanielPipes.org, November 21, 2009.
• "Limping away from a Shattered Iraq." National Post, July 8, 2009.
• "The Latest about Mosul Dam." DanielPipes.org, December 17, 2007
• "Saddam's Damn Dam [i.e., The Mosul Dam]." Jerusalem Post, November 7, 2007.
• "Salvaging the Iraq War." New York Sun, July 24, 2007.
• "James Baker's Terrible Iraq Report." New York Sun, December 12, 2006.
• "Does Rumsfeld Favor Getting U.S. Troops out of Iraqi Inhabited Areas?" DanielPipes.org, December 3, 2006.
• "'Could a New Strongman Help?'" DanielPipes.org, November 12, 2006.
• "Tempering Ambitions [in Iraq]." National Interest, November/December 2006.
• "President Bush Replies to My Iraq Critique." DanielPipes.org, October 25, 2006.
• "In Iraq, Stay the Course - but Change It." New York Sun, October 24, 2006.
• "Hugging Iraq's Leaders." New York Sun, May 2, 2006.
• "About Those Iraqi WMD." New York Sun, April 25, 2006.
• "Civil War in Iraq?" New York Sun, February 28, 2006.
• "What If the United States Had Not Invaded Iraq." Philadelphia Inquirer, September 11, 2005.
• "Is the Iraqi Government an American Puppet?" DanielPipes.org, July 7, 2005.
• "Thoughts on the Forthcoming Iraqi Elections." DanielPipes.org, January 26, 2005.
• "U.S. Needs To Learn Patience [in Iraq]." New York Sun, November 30, 2004.
• "Iraq's Leader Asserts Strongman Powers." DanielPipes.org, July 8, 2004.
• "Jordan's King Abdullah II Echoes My Thoughts on Iraq." DanielPipes.org, May 18, 2004.
• "Another Argument for my 'Democratically-Minded Iraqi Strongman'." DanielPipes.org, May 16, 2004.
• "Settle for a Stable Iraq." DanielPipes.org, May 9, 2004.
• "Is an Iraqi Strongman Emerging?" New York Sun, May 4, 2004.
• "[Samuel Huntington and] American Purposes In Iraq." New York Sun, April 27, 2004.
• "The Roots of Iraq's Rebellion." New York Sun, April 13, 2004.
• "The Bush Administration, Member of OPEC." DanielPipes.org, April 1, 2004.
• "'The Largest Embassy Ever Run by any Country'." DanielPipes.org, March 9, 2004.
• "How Much Will the Iraqi Constitution Matter?" DanielPipes.org, March 4, 2004.
• "Islamic Law Rules In Iraq." New York Sun, March 2, 2004.
• "What Changes in Iraq on July 1, 2004?" DanielPipes.org, February 23, 2004.
• "Let Iraqis Take Responsibility for Iraq." DanielPipes.org, February 2, 2004.
• "'Iraqi Symphony Performs for Bush'." DanielPipes.org, December 9, 2003.
• "The case for 'Iraqification'." Jerusalem Post, November 19, 2003.
• "Let Iraqis run Iraq." Jerusalem Post, October 15, 2003.
• "The Dangers of Occupying Iraq." DanielPipes.org, July 21, 2003.
• "A Strongman for Iraq?" New York Post, April 28, 2003.

(December 12, 2006)