In a Tuesday interview in Britain, Sky News editor Adam Boulton asked George W. Bush: "There are those who would say look, lets take Guantanamo Bay, and Abu Ghraib, and rendition and all those things and to them that is the complete opposite of freedom." BUSH: "Of...
Anti-Terrorist Raids
Any given day in Iraq includes a distressingly long list of casualties, but what about the stories behind those incidents? Here's one from today which I thought warranted some expounding on: Under the headline Terrorist hideout destroyed, a military press release...
Rule of law vs. rule of flaw
"[Chief Justice] John Marshall has made his ruling," President Andrew Jackson famously blustered after the US Supreme Court overruled him on the issue of US treaty obligations with the Cherokee. "Now let him enforce it." We've come a long way, baby -- these days,...
The Feminization of the Military
Because it is getting harder to meet recruiting goals, the Marines are looking for a few good women--literally. The Marine Corps is marketing itself to women in magazines like Shape and Self and Fitness. The latest ad campaign shows a female marine in front of some...
Voinovich: ‘Get the hell out’
Republicans are already beginning to defect from the McCainiac party line on Iraq. Here's George Voinovich, speaking before the Chamber of Commerce, in Howland, Ohio: “We need to get the hell out of Iraq. Do you hear me?†Voinovich decried the impending bankruptcy...
Tom Engelhardt Interview
Our own Tom Engelhardt is interviewed about his new book, The World According to TomDispatch, and the plan to put 58 US bases in Iraq.
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Tue., June 10: Tell Congress You Want Dialogue, Not War with Iran
An action alert from the Campaign for a New American Policy on Iran. The same people who called for attacking Iraq now are raising the drumbeat for military action against Iran. Despite the November 2007 U.S. National Intelligence Estimate concluding that Iran had...
Ledeen: It’s 1938-1941, Hitler is Hezbollah, al-Qaeda, Khomeinists, Wahabis, Etc.
Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal editorial page is as hard-line as ever, today featuring a lengthy and by now familiar meditation by AEI “Freedom Scholar†and perennial intrigue entrepreneur Michael Ledeen on “Iran and the Problem of Evil.†Actually, the...
Daniel Pipes: If Obama Wins, Bush Will Attack Iran in November
Leading neocon Daniel Pipes (director of the Middle East Forum) said in an interview posted Wednesday at National Review Online, that if Barack Obama is elected, George Bush would attack Iran in the remaining ten weeks of his term. "Should the Democratic nominee win...
