Cole has been polemicized at recently for advising continued US military involvement in and over Iraq,
http://www.juancole.com/2005/08/ten-things-congress-could-demand-from.html vs. Lebanese Trotskyist, Monthly Review Press author, G. Achcar, http://www.juancole.com/2005/08/achcar-on-cole-proposals-for.html who scored effective points vs. Alex Callinicos, in another debate, on the, "Iraqi Resistance, " and European anti-war movement.
-- Michael Pugliese