Fabius Maximus

The Iraq War - articles by Fabius Maximus

The other reference materials about the Iraq War have been moved to their own pages;

  1. The iraq war — other valuable articles and reports
  2. Our Goals and Benchmarks for the Expedition to Iraq

Articles by Fabius Maximus about the War in Iraq

  1. How well are we doing in Iraq? How well is our opposition doing?  (22 September 2003)
  2. Scorecard #2: an Iraq Update, October 31  (31 October 2003)
  3. Scorecard #3: A look at the Coalition’s Progress in Iraq, November 9  (9 November 2003)
  4. Scorecard #4: War in Iraq: New developments & Implications (22 November 2003)
  5. Forecasts for the American Expedition to Iraq  (30 November 2005)
  6. Lessons Learned from the American Expedition to Iraq   (29 December 2005)
  7. Forecasts for the American Expedition to Iraq – the Sequel  (7 March 2006)
  8. Part I – Situation Report on the Expedition to Iraq ( 12 November 2006)
  9. Part II – What Should We Do in Iraq?   (9 December 2006)
  10. Part III – More Paths to Failure in Iraq  (19 December 2006)
  11. Part IV – Why We Lose at 4GW  (4 January 2007)
  12. Part V – The Iraq insurgency has ended, which opens a path to peace  (13 March 2007)
  13. The Core Competence of America’s Military Leaders  (22 May 2007)
  14. News from the Front: America’s military has mastered 4GW!   (2 September 2007)
  15. Stories or statistics? Read and compare to find the truth!  (5 September 2007)
  16. Beyond Insurgency: An End to Our War in Iraq (21 September 2007)
  17. The Iraq War as a warning for America (1 October 2007)
  18. Kilcullen explains all you need to know about the Iraq War  (6 October 2007)
  19. How to accurately forecast trends of the Iraq War  (15 October 2007)
  20. Why we are winning in Iraq…  (9 November 2007)
  21. Matthew Yglesias asks a good question about Iraq  (4 January 2008)
  22. Three blind men examine the Iraq Elephant  (6 February 2008)
  23. How the Iraq and Vietnam wars are mirror images of each other  (7 February 2008)
  24. Truly cracked advice to the State Department, receiving wide applause   (13 February 2008)
  25. Surrender in Al Anbar province  (14 February 2008)
  26. Good news about Iraq   (18 February 2008)
  27. Today’s ABCD’s: About Blitzkrieg, COIN, and Diplomacy   (21 February 2008)
  28. Quote of the day: this is America’s geopolitical strategy in action  (26 February 2008) — George Friedman of Statfor on the Afghanistan War.
  29. Another perspective on Afghanistan, a reply to George Friedman  (27 February 2008)
  30. Another perspective on Cordesman’s “A briefing from the battlefield”  (29 February 2008)
  31. A look at the next phase of the Iraq War: 2009-2012  (1 March 2008)
  32. Stratfor’s analysis of US reasons for invading and occupying Iraq   (4 March 2008)
  33. The oddity of reports about the Iraq War  (13 March 2008) — Some theories why after 5 years we still debate basic things about the Iraq War. 
  34. General McCaffery reports about conditions in Iraq  (21 March 2008)
  35. How long will all American Presidents be War Presidents?  (21 March 2008)
  36. Imperial viceroys in Iraq  (22 March 2008)
  37. Stratfor again attempts to explain why we invaded Iraq  (24 March 2008)
  38. War porn   (25 March 2008) – Discussing the strengths and weaknesses of the war-bloggers’ reporting in Iraq.
  39. Different voices discussing about the events in Basra  (27 March 2008)
  40. More views of the events at Basra (1) - experts  (28 March 2008)
  41. More views of the events at Basra (2) — bloggers and war-bloggers  (28 March 2008) – Contrast the war bloggers’ reports with those of some experts.
  42. More views of the events at Basra (3) — background information   (28 March 2008)
  43. A rebuttal to “War Porn” (it takes 2 sides to have a discussion)  (29 March 2008)  – A defense of the war bloggers, and the author’s reply.
  44. Two comparisons of Vietnam and Iraq   (30 March 2008)
  45. A look at the writings of “war blogger” Michael J. Totten  (31 March 2008) — excerpts of his posts from 2003 - 2005.
  46. News you can trust about the fighting in Basra!  (31 March 2008) — Two perspectives on recent events.
  47. An email discussion with Michael Totten  (31 March 2008) – How has his reporting changed? What does he wish he had done differently?
  48. Evidence of the war bloggers’ growing influence  (2 April 2008)
  49. Basra, a test case: war blogger’s vs. experts  (2 April 2008)
  50. Experts’ views about the recent fighting in Basra  (2 April 2008)
  51. Some comments by Bill Roggio  (3 April 2008)
  52. Sources of the Instapundit’s knowledge about Iraq — analysis or cartoons?  (3 April 2008)
  53. Bill Roggio comments on this series about “war bloggers”   (4 April 2008)
  54. Why are we are fighting in Afghanistan?  (9 April 2008) — A debate with Joshua Foust.
  55. We are withdrawing again from Iraq, forever  (12 April 2008) — a survey of the Stratfor database from 2003 to now shows 21 articles about promises or hints of reducing US forces in Iraq.
  56. “The Price of the Surge”  (17 April 2008)
  57. Another volley in the battle of the anthropologists  (18 April 2008)
  58. We are withdrawing from Afghanistan, too (eventually)  (21 April 2008)
  59. The media discover info ops, with outrage!  (22 April 2008)
  60. Two views of Fallujah - which tells us more about the future?   (23 April 2008)
  61. Only our amnesia makes reading the newspapers bearable  (30 April 2008)
  62. Mocking the “culture clash” reporting about the Iraq War  (6 May 2008)
  63. Is Iraq like “Groundhog Day” or “whack a mole”?   (11 May 2008)

 

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