http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php Ramblings of the Antiwar.com Staff en-us Fri, 09 Jun 2006 07:28:37 PDT Fri, 09 Jun 2006 07:28:37 PDT matt@antiwar.com pMachine 2.3 http://backend.userland.com/rss 20 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/antiwarblog150rss.gif http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php 144 90 Ramblings of the Antiwar.com Staff http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2764 If we are waiting until Afghanistan can take over its own security before we can pull out, we may have a significantly longer wait than anticipated as illustrated in this BBC news article. We could hope that this is an isolated incident, but my gut feeling says it isn't.British commanders say it is significant that the Taleban stood and fought and that they earned the grudging respect of the parachute regiment soldiers. According to British sources, the Afghan police fired... http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2764 Fri, 09 Jun 2006 07:11:37 PDT http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2763 There is always a remedy for those pompous know-it-all asses of the world. http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2763 Fri, 02 Jun 2006 06:50:24 PDT http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2762 RSS readers, please change your feed to http://www.antiwar.com/blog/feed/ or http://www.antiwar.com/blog/feed/atom/ http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2762 Sat, 20 May 2006 18:42:26 PDT http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2761 After a long day, one can always look forward to a good beer and, if truly lucky, a good laugh. Yesterday I was blessed with both. I have finally received – yes! - the dubious honor of being mentioned by that very devious lobby interest, the Albanian-American Civil League - that is, not so much mentioned as smeared (in not so many words) as being a paid Serbian lobbyist, in a slimy article by Shirley Cloyes DioGuardi, wife of the famous former congressman Joe “how can I profit... http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2761 Sat, 20 May 2006 07:08:32 PDT http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2760 Saddam's Mercedes Federal agents seized a Mercedes-Benz from an Army reservist who said the armor-plated, bulletproof luxury car probably belonged to Saddam Hussein. First Sgt. William von Zehle said he bought the car while serving in Iraq. U.S. Immigration and Customs enforcement agents said the car, which was also equipped with loudspeakers and hidden microphones, was being treated as a “possible war trophy.” “It belonged to the former Iraqi regime,” ICE spokesman Dean Boyd said. He... http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2760 Fri, 19 May 2006 17:16:26 PDT http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2759 Our newest columnist, Doug Bandow, a trenchant critic of interventionism, was formerly a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. He worked as special assistant to President Reagan and editor of the political magazine Inquiry. He is the author of The Politics of Envy: Statism as Theology (1994) Tripwire: Korea and U.S. Foreign Policy in a Changed World (1996), and Beyond Good Intentions: A Biblical View of Politics (1988), and served as editor for several books. His articles have appeared... http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2759 Fri, 19 May 2006 01:34:52 PDT http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2758 Retired Col. Sam Gardiner lays it out for Steve Soto at the Left Coaster:"I. Period of Building Pressure: This could be 60 days or even six months in which the US and European leaders continue to talk to their publics on the failure of the Iranians to comply with "the wishes of the international community." There will be talk and work on sanctions but those, will be for the purpose of building US and international support; they will not be done with any hope of changing... http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2758 Thu, 18 May 2006 02:25:20 PDT http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2757 Thirty months ago, the NYT's Tom Friedman wrote,The next six months in Iraq—which will determine the prospects for democracy-building there—are the most important six months in U.S. foreign policy in a long, long time.He likes that six-month time frame. A lot. Via. http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2757 Wed, 17 May 2006 21:49:30 PDT http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2756 Another new book that may be of interest to AWC readers is Greg Grandin's Empire's Workshop: Latin America, The United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism, which examines the roots of that "Salvador Option" the neocons have been so keen to employ in Iraq. http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2756 Wed, 17 May 2006 20:10:54 PDT http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2755 Bill Kauffman's new book, Look Homeward, America: In Search of Reactionary Radicals and Front-Porch Anarchists, looks mighty interesting. From the Introduction:Look Homeward, America—and yes, the echoes of Thomas Wolfe and George McGovern are intentional—offers an alternative to the American Empire whose subject no true-hearted American would wish to be. Mine is a Middle American, profoundly un-imperial patriotism based in love of American music, poetry, places, quirks and... http://www.antiwar.com/blog/index.php?id=P2755 Wed, 17 May 2006 19:57:17 PDT