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An Ignatieff Roundup

Michael Ignatieff, "Getting Iraq Wrong," NYT, 5 August, drew more commentary on the blogs than the usual NYT's piece. Much of it was highly critical, even scornful. Here are some of the more thoughtful responses:

Tim Burke, "Ignatieff," Easily Distracted, 8 August.
Phil Carter, "Ignatieff on Iraq, Intel-Dump, 4 August.
Daniel Drezner, "Michael Igatieff's Incredibly Long Learning Curve," Daniel Drezner, 7 August.
Henry Farrell, "Trahisons des clercs," Crooked Timber, 6 August.
Norm Geras, "True Ideas, Interesting Ideas and Iraq," Normblog, 5 August.
Mark Grimsley, "Holy Cow, I Was Wrong," Blog Them Out of the Stone Age, 6 August.
Daniel Larison, "Getting Specific," Eunomia, 8 August.
Joseph A. Polermo, "Michael Ignatieff ‘Getting Iraq Wrong'," Huffington Post, 6 August.
James Poulos, "Michael Ignauseaff," The American Scene, 9 August.
David Rees, "Cormac Ignatieff's ‘The Road'," Huffington Post, 7 August.
Matt Yglesias, "Blaming the Ivory Tower," Matt Yglesias, 6 August.