TPMtv: A chat with Juan Cole
September 18, 2007 TPMtv connected with Juan Cole, professor of modern Middle Eastern and South Asian history at the University of Michigan, and writer of the blog Informed Comment and the book "Napoleon's Egypt." We asked Juan about what's really going on in Al Anbar province (which the Bush administration persistently cites as a glimmering example of the success of the surge), whether the Sunnis are ready to concede national reconciliation, and what might happen if and when we ever leave Iraq.
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