E-mail a friendSeptember 30, 2008
Former U.S. Army Brigade Commander (Ret.) Col. Peter Mansoor describes what it's like to fight a war while being "consistently under-resourced."The Wall Street Journal's Middle East deputy bureau chief Farnaz Fassihi, author ofWaiting for an Ordinary Day, explains why Americans should care about the people of Iraq.
Col. Peter Mansoor
Col. Peter Mansoor
Former U.S. Army Brigade Commander explains why the dual-containment strategy in Iraq failed and how that led to the proxy war being fought today. (2:58)
Full interview. (11:01)
(Ret.) Army Col. Peter Mansoor is a highly decorated officer with more than 25 years of military service. He's served as executive officer and advisor to Gen. Patraeus and was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Strategy Group that proposed the surge in Iraq. A West Point grad, Mansoor teaches at Ohio State, where he earned his master's and doctoral degrees in military history. In his memoir, Baghdad at Sunrise, he addresses the military, political and cultural impact of staging the war.
Farnaz Fassihi
Farnaz Fassihi
Journalist tells how the war affected one family in Iraq and explains the feelings of the country's general population towards Americans. (2:08)
Full interview. (11:42)
Farnaz Fassihi is known for penning an '04 e-mail to family and friends about what was really happening in Iraq. She grew up in Iran and Portland (OR) and, at one time, was a translator for Western reporters visiting Iran. Now the Beirut-based Middle East and Africa deputy bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, she's covered three wars. Fassihi has degrees from Tehran and Columbia Universities and is also author of Waiting for an Ordinary Day, a memoir of her four years covering the Iraq war.