Month: March 2003

Oh, this war: one day it’s a “cakewalk,” the next it’s a quagmire. Where oh where is the truth? As Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld correctly noted yesterday [March 25], the media is claiming that we’re getting “bogged down,” yet here we are barely through Day Five and already U.S. forces are on the outskirts of … Continue reading “Iraqi Pandora”

It looks as if it’s going to be a real war, not a video game, a TV "reality" show or a cakewalk. The apparent setbacks to the American battle plans over the weekend might well turn out to be less strategically significant than some would make them out to be. But they have demonstrated, as … Continue reading “Reality Discredits the Chickenhawks”

Up until Saturday our “embedded” media was projecting images of Iraqis dancing in the desert, delirious with joy at the arrival of their “liberators,” but by Sunday morning the edges were already beginning to fray around the official story of a near-seamless “Operation Iraqi Freedom.” The U.S. media kept showing feel-good agit-prop as long as … Continue reading “A No-Winner”

[Editor’s note: Matt Barganier was too shocked and awed by events in Iraq to write this week’s column. In deference to the War Party’s superior gravitas, he decided to let some of his favorite militarists use the Collateral Damage space as a forum this morning. Unfortunately, CNBC’s Kudlow and Cramer were busy, so he had … Continue reading “A Guest Column from National Review“

As Antiwar.com’s Student Coordinator, I have spent the last nine months helping students across the country find speakers and direct them to local activist events. When I receive emails that ask “What can I do?” I tend not to reply: “Run out in the streets and protest.” Rather, I first recommend a less vocal approach: … Continue reading “From the Front…of an Antiwar Rally”

The first thing you need to know is that we are not at war. Had we been truly at war, Congress – the only body empowered under the U.S. Constitution to bring us into a war – would have declared it. But they have not. Congress long ago stopped following the Constitution they formally pledge … Continue reading “What War?”

This day [March 19] has been too too depressing. Not only is the nation plunged into a horrific and unnecessary war – a war that will kill many thousands of innocents, bankrupt the country, and create a bloody chaos in the Middle East – but, to top it off, David Frum, the ex-White House speechwriter … Continue reading “COMMISSAR FRUM”

The much-anticipated "shock and awe" strategy breathlessly awaited by our image-hungry media has somehow morphed into a war of bluff and bluster. Instead of launching an all-out military assault, the U.S. military strategy is, at least initially, a political assault by the U.S. on the Iraqi leadership. The first sign of military action was a … Continue reading “Bluff and Bluster”

The story of a woman on the morning of a war/ Tell me if you could exactly what we’re fighting for – The Red Hot Chili Peppers This morning I woke up real early and practiced my minimal wu shu. It promised to be a beautiful day – the urban rooster gang was already crowing, … Continue reading “A Beautiful Morning for a War”

I believe in this beautiful country. I have studied its roots and gloried in the wisdom of its magnificent Constitution. I have marveled at the wisdom of its founders and framers. Generation after generation of Americans has understood the lofty ideals that underlie our great Republic. I have been inspired by the story of their … Continue reading “The Arrogance of Power”