In today’s Backtalk:
Carl Webb, a soldier protesting the Iraq Stop Loss Program, announces his new website: CarlWebb.net.
Monica Nouwens seeks Iraq veterans in southern California for her documentary: monicano@earthlink.net.
Tim Gillin continues the “peak oil theory” discussion: Why are Iraq hawks driving Priuses?
Michael Austin directs a reader to AWC’s quotes archive.
Phil Crincoli and Sam Koritz discuss the politics of retracted news reports.
Justin Raimondo and Nebojsa Malic reply to critics.
Paul Craig Roberts replies to William S. Lind’s relatively optimistic "The Dangers of Abstract Nationalism" and asks, "…What becomes of the American police state that the war on terror has put in place? … How do we get rid of it in the event the new nationalism deflates as Bill Lind suggests?" Abstract nationalism or fascism? Ian Bell reminds us of Mussolini’s definition of the latter: the merger of state and corporate power.