Seven Questions: The Urge to Surge
JOHN MOORE/Getty Images Everyone’s anticipating President Bush’s big address on Iraq, which takes place tonight at 9 PM EST. To help understand what to expect and how to interpret the speech, FP turned to security strategist Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Cordesman has been one of the most insightful commentators ...
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Everyone’s anticipating President Bush’s big address on Iraq, which takes place tonight at 9 PM EST. To help understand what to expect and how to interpret the speech, FP turned to security strategist Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Cordesman has been one of the most insightful commentators on Iraq and counterinsurgency strategy, so be sure to check out his comments in this week’s Seven Questions. And don’t miss our live-blogging later tonight, starting a little bit before 9 o’clock.
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Blake Hounshell is a former managing editor of Foreign Policy.
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