Month: September 2003

by Nebojsa Malic KLA leader Hashim Taqi, Viceroy Bernard Kouchner, General Sir Michael Jackson, KLA commander Agim Ceku, and General Wesley Clark celebrate the victory of their joint enterprise; Pristina, 1999, credit unknown It is normally not within the bounds of this column to offer commentary on internal American issues, with the notable exception of … Continue reading “Citizen Clark?”

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There’s a falling out among neocons, reports Jim Lobe of Interpress News Service, and you can bet it isn’t going to be pretty. Considering their zeal to purge and smear dissidents on the Right for the slightest deviation – an insufficient devotion to the cult of Lincoln, taking the “wrong” position on McCarthy (Joe, not … Continue reading “DONALD RUMSFELD, PEACENIK?”

Anyone interested in the War on Terrorism must read James Bovard’s newest book: Terrorism and Tyranny: Trampling Freedom, Justice and Peace to Rid the World of Evil. For critics of the War on Terrorism there are two major problems: there’s too much information to keep track of, and we risk losing ourselves in the effort. … Continue reading “The Most Important Book Since 9/11”

The president plans to request another $87 billion from Congress to fund operations in Iraq, a number that not surprisingly is much higher than originally called for by the administration. It’s not surprising because everything government does costs more than originally expected, but it’s important to note that some in the administration who warned about … Continue reading “War and Red Ink”

It is unlikely that the veil will be parted long enough for the great casserole of prejudice, misinformation, partial information and (occasionally) accurate perception that pollsters and political scientists are pleased to call “public opinion” to process and absorb the perception completely. But the vaguely worded Israeli Cabinet decision that the time might have come … Continue reading “Lifting the Wool: Governments Are Mafias, War Is Their Racket”

China was the undisputed star of last week’s Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) conference in Vienna, leaving Uncle Sam hiding in the wings. The US has always been somewhat impatient with international non-proliferation agreements. Despite a 1992 self-imposed moratorium, in the past six years the States has conducted 19 nuclear tests, dismissing them as sub-critical … Continue reading “China Upstages US at Nuclear Non-Proliferation Conference”

A recent essay by Jonathan Turley demonstrates how pervasive, and subtle, government propaganda can be. For instance, few Americans realize how much sway the Defense Department has in Hollywood. The military edits films for negative content, denies access to filmmakers who refuse to be censored, and even writes scripts for television shows. Sadly, our fantasies … Continue reading “What Every Person Should Know About War”

Since everything else about this war is a lie – the shifting rationales, the mendacious propaganda, the promises of “democracy” and “liberation” – is anyone really surprised that they’re lying about the number of American casualties as well? The British Guardian reveals the truth: “The true scale of American casualties in Iraq is revealed today … Continue reading “COUNTDOWN TO CATASTROPHE IN THE MIDDLE EAST”

Democrats in Congress have abandoned their efforts to investigate the White House’s use of questionable intelligence information about Iraq’s alleged stockpile of weapons of mass destruction, saying the issue has been "eclipsed" by President Bush’s request for $87 billion from Congress to continue funding the war. David Helfert, a spokesman for Congressman David Obey, D-Wisconsin, … Continue reading “Dems on Intel Investigation: That Was Then, This is Now”