Telling it like it isn't Robert Fisk, ROBERT FISK is Middle East correspondent for the London Independent and the author, most recently, of "The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East," published last month by Knopf.
Iraq and the fortunes of war Richard N. Haass, RICHARD N. HAASS is president of the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of "The Opportunity: America's Moment to Alter History's Course" (Public Affairs, 2005). He was director of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff from 2001-03.