washingtonpost.com - David Ignatius -- Washington Post Columnist (washingtonpost.com)David Ignatius writes about international affairs and U.S. foreign policy for The Washington Post op-ed page.Two Fronts, Same Worries- April 27, 2008 KABUL -- For many Americans who are weary of Iraq, Afghanistan is the "good war" in which the United States and its European allies are destroying what's left of al-Qaeda and the Taliban. That view certainly holds with the Democratic presidential candidates, who talk of adding troops in Afghanistan next year even as they pull troops out of Iraq.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/25/AR2008042502779.html?nav=r... Running on Sweet Nothings- April 24, 2008 Maybe it's in the nature of politics to sugarcoat reality, but this year's political campaign is becoming an escape to Fantasy Island, rather than a real exploration of the serious problems facing the United States.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/23/AR2008042302981.html?nav=r... Obama and the Chicago Insider- April 20, 2008 The trial of Barack Obama's wheeler-dealer friend, Antoin "Tony" Rezko, was back in the news last week because of a disagreement over whether Obama did or didn't attend a party at Rezko's house for an Iraqi-born billionaire named Nadhmi Auchi.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/18/AR2008041802707.html?nav=r... A Blast Still Reverberating- April 17, 2008http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/16/AR2008041602900.html?nav=r... Bailout Nation- April 13, 2008 As every parent knows, the danger of cutting a special break for one child is that all the other children will demand the same thing. "It's not fair," goes the inevitable refrain. "You said Susie could eat ice cream and watch TV until midnight, so why can't I" The parents start caving, and family discipline is shot.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/11/AR2008041103253.html?nav=r... The Iran Problem- April 9, 2008 The language that Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker used yesterday to describe the Iranian role in Iraq was extreme -- and telling. They spoke of Tehran's "nefarious activities," its "malign influence" and how it posed "the greatest long-term threat to the viability" of the Baghdad government.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/08/AR2008040802901.html?nav=r... Repairing America's Spy Shop- April 6, 2008 Listening to members of Congress, you might think the biggest problem at the Central Intelligence Agency is that one of its officers destroyed videotapes that showed waterboarding of suspected al-Qaeda operatives. I wish the problems out at Langley were that simple and that easy to fix.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/04/AR2008040403090.html?nav=r... Perils in The Price Of Rice- April 3, 2008 You may have missed the front-page article in the New York Times last Saturday, with the one-column headline written in clipped newspaperese: "High Rice Cost Creating Fears of Asia Unrest." But this little story could be an early warning of another big economic problem that's sneaking up on us.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/02/AR2008040202997.html?nav=r... |