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WASHINGTON – While U.S. President George W. Bush hailed Thursday’s nuclear accord with India as a major breakthrough in forging a "strategic partnership" with the South Asian giant, the pact has been broadly denounced by nonproliferation experts here as a devil’s bargain. The agreement, which must still be approved by the U.S. Congress, marks a … Continue reading “US Critics Question Nuclear Pact With India”

There is a degree of surrealism in all of this. Hamas has presented its choice for prime minister to President Mahmoud Abbas, as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine says it has agreed in principle to join a Hamas-led government. In the Arab world, such political transformation (Islamists and Socialists working together to … Continue reading “Hamas Victory Has Changed Everything”

President Bush has taken actions and made proposals that he claims were intended to “strengthen” the existing nuke proliferation-prevention regime. Ha! Last year, Bush specifically urged the Nuclear Suppliers Group to close what he claims is a "loophole," but is, in fact, one of the three pillars supporting the Treaty on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons. … Continue reading “C’est la Guerre”

Just what Iraq needs: more prisons. Never mind that the country suffers from dirty water and shortages of medicine and electricity. Never mind that raw sewage regularly spills into the streets of Baghdad. Never mind that unemployment stands at over 60 percent. Never mind that of all these essential services are less available than before … Continue reading “Just What Iraq Needs”

“Government is not reason,” George Washington reputedly said, “it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.” The fear factor works both ways: the present administration has spent a great deal of time and energy on scaring us half to death with tales of imminent terrorist … Continue reading “A Fearful Master”

As the Dubai Ports World plan continues to simmer, most congressional leaders twittering about security have ignored the potential monetary consequences of nixing the deal. By telling DP World, a United Arab Emirates corporation with willing investment dollars, to “go stuff it,” we can stop worrying about the so-called threat to dollar hegemony posed by … Continue reading “The Golden Caliphate”

Editor’s note: Harry Browne, libertarian author and activist, died Wednesday, March 1, 2006. The following piece originally appeared on Antiwar.com Nov. 20, 2001. We reprint it in memory of this great friend of peace and liberty. I love America. I love every concept the Statue of Liberty stands for – that individual liberty is held … Continue reading “I Love America. Do You?”

Note: Ray McGovern and 15 others took action Thursday in the halls of Congress. The 16 donned orange jumpsuits similar to those worn by detainees at Guantánamo Bay. They wore gags over their mouths decorated with one word – torture. Not another word needed to be said as they walked the halls of Congress. McGovern, … Continue reading “I Do Not Wish to Be Associated With Torture”

Look at the polls. When Gallup’s pollsters go out to ask Americans about the Bush administration and Iraq, they frame their questions this way: “Do you think the United States made a mistake in sending troops to Iraq, or not?”; “Do you favor or oppose the U.S. war with Iraq?”; “Who do you think is … Continue reading “Dubya’s Inferno, and Other Images From a No-Name War”

The Brutal Christ of the Armageddonites The article makes out all Christian churches that believe the Bible to be vengeful, hateful people, with pastors preaching about a God-inspired war. This is FAR from the reality, as I attend several churches and have several pastors’ kids as friends, whose churches I do not attend. Every Christian … Continue reading “Backtalk, March 2, 2006”