The question of the moment is not “Who lost Iraq?” but rather “Is Iraq definitely lost?”

Everyone knows presidents have larger-than-life size egos. It goes with the job. But changes on the official White House website reveal that we've never had a self-regarding narcissist quite like the oval Office's current occupant.

December 2007 marked the lowest number of U.S. casualties in Iraq since the start of the war in 2003. The “surge” strategy has pushed insurgent forces out of Baghdad and the Sunni-led “Anbar Awakening” has dramatically undercut terrorist efforts in some rural areas. The recent passage of several important pieces...

General Raymond Odierno recently announced that the surge of forces into Iraq has been completed and that the expected increase in operations has begun. Since President George W. Bush announced the new strategy in January, we have already seen some positive developments on the ground in Baghdad, but challenges remain,...

There are arguments to be made as to why an Israeli strike now on Iran’s nuclear program would be ill conceived. There are even arguments to be made for a containment regime. I may not agree with those arguments, but they represent a point of view grounded in an honest assessment of reality.

It appears that our interests were ill-served by the abandonment of Iraq by Barack Obama.

At this AEI event, Kimberly Kagan will discuss her new book, which provides readers with a thorough understanding of how the operations, widely known as "the surge," dramatically brought Iraq away from the tragedy of civil war.