Month: January 2004

You know, I’m sure, that the Bush administration has greatly exaggerated the threat of terrorism. Those who employ the tactic of terrorism do so because they are weak. They have no army. They have no great popular following. Osama bin Laden was a crank living in the mountains of Afghanistan with only a small following … Continue reading “Threat of Terrorism”

The gang that gave us this rotten war is not only stupidly reckless, as this little story makes all too clear, but also totally corrupted by greed and power-lust. The greed part is abundantly illustrated by the story of what happened to one of the biggest media companies in the world, Hollinger International, which owns … Continue reading “The Neoconservative Personality”

With apologies to Allen Ginsberg America I’ve given you all and now I’m nothing. America eightyseven billion dollars January 19, 2004. Go feed your kids with your smart bombs. America when will you be angelic? When will you be worthy of your thousand Trotskyites? America why are your libraries full of cops? I’m sick of … Continue reading “America 2004”

When both the press and the politicians resort to demagoguery, it’s pretty hard to find the truth about anything, including weapons of mass destruction. It’s been fashionable for some time now to scare people about biological weapons that could wipe out mankind. Let’s put this in perspective. When there were a lot fewer humans on … Continue reading “Everything Is Hyped”

Shine, Perishing Republic If you believe that our rights our being trampled upon and the government is now a tyranny, than why aren’t you in jail? ~ Ron Marks Justin Raimondo replies: That may come sooner than anyone thinks. Check this out: “The Neocon Case for Imprisoning and Executing Congressional War Opponents.” And also this: … Continue reading “”

LAHORE – Tribal leaders have accused Pakistani security forces of atrocities, including firing at children, in last week’s raid on Al-Qaeda militants in the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) bordering Afghanistan, alleging it is part of a US plan to create another “Israel” in their fiercely independent fief. Protesting the deployment of paramilitary forces in … Continue reading “Pakistan’s US-Backed Al-Qaeda Search Trespasses Tribal Turf”

Fear must be coursing through President Bush’s veins as he realizes the Iraqi trap in which the neocons have placed him. Bush is caught between an Iraqi civil war and a wider insurgency. Desperate to extricate himself from the weekly carnage well before the November election, Bush can neither deliver on his promise of democracy … Continue reading “Is Bush Doomed?”

It is now about as clear as it’s going to get that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction. Secretary of State Colin Powell even contradicted himself (in his U.N. speech) by admitting recently that there is no evidence of any link between Saddam and al-Qaida. Prior to the Iraq War, the Bush administration … Continue reading “Are You Going To Get Mad?”

The son of a former Iraq prime minister plans to return to Iraq next week to offer his share of leadership. Saad Saleh Jabr, whose father Saleh Jabr was prime minister in 1947-48 during the reign of King Faisal II, will return to Iraq after 35 years of exile spent in the United States and … Continue reading “Another Son Rises in the West”

As they gathered in the southern city of Basra, the cry went up from the crowd of tens of thousands: “No, no to America! Yes, yes to al-Sistani!” Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani, the leader of Iraq’s Shi’ites, isn’t happy about the Coalition Provisional Authority plan to hold provincial “caucuses” of their handpicked stooges, who … Continue reading “A Giant Awakens”