The U.S. and Iraq

Moderated by Marjorie Miller, panel members discussed the topic, “Iraq: Where Do We Go from Here?” Topics included the insurgency, the U.S. military occupation, the Iraqi government, the varieties of Islamic politics, U.S. foreign policy, and the future of Iraq. After their presentations the panelists answered audience members' questions.

Mark Danner is the author of The Secret Way to War: The Downing Street Memo and the Iraq War’s Buried History. Scott Ritter is the author of Iraq Confidential: The Untold Story of the Intelligence Conspiracy to Undermine the U.N. and Overthrow Saddam Hussein. Robert Scheer is the author of Playing President: My Relationships with Nixon, Carter, Bush I, Reagan and Clinton...and How They Did Not Prepare Me for George W. Bush. John Arquilla is the author of The Reagan Imprint: Ideas in American Foreign Policy from the Collapse of Communism to the War on Terror. close