Stay the course/articles & commentary 2003-2005

The following are articles & commentary for 2003 - 2005 related to the main article stay the course.

Also see articles & commentary for 2006.

2003

• Kenneth R. Timmerman, "Iraq: Removing Saddam Hussein from power might turn out to have been a cakewalk compared to the challenge ahead—making Iraq democratic," Hoover Digest/Hoover Institute, 2003 No. 3 (Summer Issue).

2004

• Stephen Crockett and Al Lawrence, "Staying The Course In Iraq Is Wrong," The Free Press, April 12, 2004.
• "Staying the Course in Iraq," Voice of America News, April 19, 2004.
• "The Insanity of Staying the Course with Blind Men at the Helm!" TV News Lies, May 2004.
• Hans Nichols, "Murtha signals Dem sea-change on Iraq. Respected hawk says conflict may be now 'unwinnable'," The Hill, May 6, 2004.
• "How to Get Out of Iraq: A Forum," The Nation, May 6, 2004 (posted); May 24, 2004 (issue).
• Stephen Dinan, "Democrat says Bush war doomed," Washington Times, May 7, 2004.
• Jim Lobe, "Rummy on the Rocks," Inter Press Service (Common Dreams), May 7, 2004.
• Ted Barrett, "'Unwinnable' comment draws GOP fire. Democratic lawmaker says changes needed for victory," CNN, May 10, 2004.
• P.H. Crowley, "Staying - and Failing - the Course," Center for American Progress, May 25, 2004.
• Brian Gifford, "The Costs of Staying the Course. Conditions in Iraq and in Past Wars Cast Casualty Tolls in a Different Light," Washington Post, November 29, 2004.
• Patrick J. Buchanan, "'Staying the Course' Won't Do," Antiwar.com, December 27, 2004.

2005

• Matthew Ygelsias, "Get It Right or Get Out. Staying the course is the worst option. Somebody better tell the president," The American Prospect, January 18, 2005.
• Paul Krugman, "War in Iraq: Staying What Course?" New York Times (Common Dreams), May 16, 2005.
• Raymond McGovern, "Stay the Crooked Course. Bush, Ft. Bragg and 'Disassemble'," CounterPunch, June 29, 2005.
• Editorial: "Staying The Course In Iraq," Voice of America News, June 30, 2005.
• E.J. Dionne, "Republicans know they can't 'stay the course' in Iraq," San Francisco Chronicle, August 26, 2005.
• Barry Schwartz, "The Sunk-Cost Fallacy. Bush falls victim to a bad new argument for the Iraq war," Slate, September 9, 2005.
• Jeff Huber, Op-Ed: "Top 10 Bad Reasons for 'Staying the Course' in Iraq (and One Good One)," ePluribus Media, October 3, 2005.
• Stephen Crockett, "Staying a wrong course," The Free Press, October 17, 2005.
• Leader, "Staying the course," The Guardian (UK), October 22, 2005.
• Gene Healy and Justin Logan, "Stay What Course? After 2,000 deaths, muddling through is no longer an option," Reason Online, November 2, 2005.
• "Call for Withdrawal," PBS Online NewsHour, November 17, 2005: "Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., ranking Democrat on the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee and a former supporter of the Iraq war, said Thursday that U.S. troops should leave within six months."
• jesselee, "Murtha in Full," The Stakeholder, November 17, 2005. Full Murtha statement, "Murtha Resolution To Redeploy U.S. Forces from Iraq," and video clip (at end of posting).

• "House Republicans Respond to Murtha," New York Times, November 17, 2005.

• Liz Sidoti, "Republicans seek vote on withdrawal proposal," Associated Press (Chicago Sun-Times), November 18, 2005.
• Joe Gandelman, "Murtha's Anti-War Comments: A Turning Point In More Ways Than One?" The Moderate Voice, November 18, 2005.
• "House spurns calls for immediate Iraq pullout. GOP-orchestrated bill fails, as intended; Dems deride it as a political stunt," Associated Press (MSNBC), November 19, 2005.
• John R. Bomar, "Staying the Course on 'Freedom's Frontier'. A Vietnam Vet on Iraq," CounterPunch, November 19/20, 2005.
• Victor Davis Hanson, "The Crying Game. So near in Iraq, so far at home," National Review Online, November 23, 2005.
• Howard Fineman, "Bush at the Tipping Point. A hawkish Democrat calls for an Iraq withdrawal, setting off a bitter fight in Washington over how, and when, the troops should come home," Newsweek (MSNBC), November 28, 2005 (issue).
• Bruce Morton, "Staying the course... but for how long?. Iraq and Afghanistan are not sprints, but are they marathons?" The Last Word/CNN, November 29, 2005.
• Seymour M. Hersh, "Up in the Air. Where is the Iraq war headed next?" The New Yorker, November 28, 2005 (posted); December 5, 2005 (issue).
• Robert Dreyfuss, "What 'staying the course' really means," Asia Times, December 1, 2005.
• Alexander Cockburn, "The Revolt of the Generals. 'Broken, Worn Out' and 'Living Hand to Mouth'," CounterPunch, December 3/4, 2005. See Rumsfeld and the Generals.
• Steve Chapman, Opinion: "Desperate Arguments For Staying the Course," RealClearPolitics.com, December 4, 2005.
• "Murtha on Iraq: 'Staying the course is not a plan'. Congressman says secret wiretaps violate Constitution," CNNAccess/CNN.com, December 21, 2005.