After nearly seven years in a country that we were originally only going to invade for six months at most, the United States Marine Corp. completed their mission in Iraq and began to turn over command of Anbar province to the U.S. Army. This was the first move to truly signal the beginning of the United States’ withdrawal from Iraq and a shift in focus to Afghanistan.

While military officials have been happy with the security situation in most of Iraq, the move also comes in the middle of an election scandal in which 500 politicians have been ...continue reading]]> http://www.nycmagazine.com/2010/01/22/marines-end-mission-in-iraq/feed/ 0 http://www.nycmagazine.com/2009/11/30/bush-lost-afghanistan-bin-laden-from-the-start/ http://www.nycmagazine.com/2009/11/30/bush-lost-afghanistan-bin-laden-from-the-start/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:00:19 +0000 Igor Derysh http://www.nycmagazine.com/?p=758

Though most people already knew, a Senate Foreign Relations Committee report made the fact that the United States missed a perfect opportunity to capture or kill Osama bin Laden at the very beginning of the war in Afghanistan official.

According to the report ordered by Foreign Relations Committee Chairman and former Presidential candidate John Kerry, the United States had an opportunity to capture bin Laden but blew it by sending much fewer troops than necessary, allowing bin Laden and his deputies to escape into the treacherous mountains of the region.

The report also makes it clear that ...continue reading]]> http://www.nycmagazine.com/2009/11/30/bush-lost-afghanistan-bin-laden-from-the-start/feed/ 0