No top official in any Western government has previously suggested that Iran is the driving force behind the terror war in Iraq.

Islamist regimes in the Middle East increasingly see the United States as a weak, retreating power. This makes war with such regimes more likely.

The story of two men involved in the Iraq war shows why the United States must reach out to the pro-Western religious element in Iraq.

Al Qaeda is counting on sapping our will and persuading America to choose to lose a war it could win.

Islamist regimes in the Middle East increasingly see the United States as a weak, retreating power. This makes war with such regimes more likely.

Someformer al Qaeda allies in Iraq are turning against the terror group.

The New York Times wrongly judges the plan and the commanders who are executing it.