No news in the case of the Marine who allegedly humiliated some Iraqi kids, but the following story is part of why I'm already tired of the former.Marines get suspended sentences for assault Two Marines stationed at Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Station received suspended...
Ilana Mercer Replies
In his April-25, Antiwar.com blog post, Mr. Epstein does his utmost to misrepresent my argument in "Blame Bush, Not the Jews, For Iraq." (Note that I say "Jews," not "Neoconservatives.") Readers should read the said column and The Jewish...
Re Mercer
Ilana Mercer often defends Israel, which is fine, but she has also hammered neoconservatism and its proponents. Nothing contradictory about that, since we have pointed out time and again that "neoconservative" does not mean "Jewish." Why, then, does she now imply just...
Re: Ilana Mercer
Marcus Epstein calls our attention to the latest Ilana Mercer word salad. In addition to the point Marcus makes about the way Mercer excuses all neocons and Jews for the war, it seems to me she should be taken to task for her own anti-semitic views. Mercer: President...
Iraqi Intifada, Phase II?
Apparently, the Bush administration, in consultations with Abizaid and the military commanders in Iraq, has decided to do something about the stalemates at Najaf and Fallujah. The game plan that they've made public seems vague and it is unclear what they intend to...
Support Sibel Edmonds Monday in DC
Sibel Edmonds, the FBI translator who is trying to tell the truth about pre-9/11 warnings that were supressed by the Feds, is appering in court in Washington, DC tomorrow (Monday). Edmonds is currently under a gag order and the FBI is moving to block her giving a...
Follow-Up
Reader S. Melmoth sends the following thoughts on yesterday's "Let's Call Fallujah Their Yorktown and Be Done with It."South Korea also has the misfortune of having their national founding being grounded in humiliation and subservience as their liberation from Japan...
Let’s Play “Name That Statesman”!
Quotation #1:The unnatural and increasingly rapid growth of the feeble-minded and insane classes, coupled as it is with a steady restriction among the thrifty, energetic and superior stocks, constitutes a national and race danger which it is impossible to exaggerate...
Raed’s Iraqi Road Map
Raed Jarrar has a plan and it starts with a confession: The current pattern of failures and policy changing will not lead to any real solutions, the American administration must admit that the last year was a total mess, that nothing positive will come out if the...
Let’s Call Fallujah Their Yorktown and Be Done with It
A valuable insight from a Paul Robinson piece on Iraq:Actually, withdrawing might be the best thing we could do for them. Far from provoking civil war, the sight of us running from a combined Shia-Sunni offensive could provide Iraqis with a unifying myth of...


