Month: February 2004

"Invitations to NATO are open to all countries that have democratic systems of government, market economy, civilian control over military, and where there is a sign that the democratic system is working." ~ U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright NATO and the European Union (EU) have invariably approached the subject of admitting new members by … Continue reading “The Slow Strangulation of Democracy in Slovakia”

Chalmers Johnson, who is one of those people I consider interesting enough to have taken the trouble, now that I’m advanced enough chronologically to have developed a grudging and still mostly fleeting sense of mortality, to meet personally, is carving out for himself an honorable position as – Cassandra is too strong a word perhaps, … Continue reading “Lament for the Lost Republic”

One can hardly overlook the reverberation of triumph in the words of Ariel Sharon’s own chief spokesman, Ranaan Gissin on Thursday, January 29. When commenting on a suicide bombing that killed 10 Israelis and wounded others in Jerusalem, Gissin exhorted: “This terrorist attack is the best argument that we can use to defend the sacred … Continue reading “Beyond Wall and Propaganda:”

Badly wounded by the total collapse of its prewar contentions that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had large stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, the administration of President George W. Bush has embarked on a strategy of diversion and delay. It hopes to divert attention from the role played by senior administration officials in influencing and … Continue reading “WMD-gate: Bush Wants to Scapegoat CIA”

The suicide bombing Sunday in the normally tranquil north of Iraq has brought new uncertainty five months before the United States is due to cede political power to Iraqis. The bombing at the offices of two Kurdish groups allied closely to the United States spread shock waves through Kurdish areas. In one attack a man … Continue reading “Kurd Bombing Adds New Uncertainty”

We’re on the list of top 50 news websites – and, if we don’t make a success of our quarterly fundraising drive, we’re practically down to our last dime. It’s really kind of funny, if you think about it. I mean, here we are – three guys and as many computers – up there with … Continue reading “Successful and Broke: The Antiwar.com Story”

“What does that rude term [chickensh*t] signify? It does not imply complaint about the inevitable inconveniences of military life: overcrowding and lack of privacy, tedious institutional cookery, deprivation of personality, general boredom. Nothing much can be done about those things. Chickensh*t refers rather to behavior that makes military life worse than it need be: petty … Continue reading “Ready for Four More Years? They Certainly Are”

Objector.org I am currently serving my second term in the Marines and like so many I fell hook-line and sinker the lies told by the current "president," now I find myself doubting my decision to serve again. Thank you for being against this war, it is total bushit, please excuse the vulgarity but it is. … Continue reading “”

Broadcast on NPR from WBUR in Boston, January 30, 2004. A conservative radio talk jock who says he was demoted because he was against the war in Iraq. Listen (requires Real Player). Also, check out Charles Goyette’s article in the latest American Conservative magazine, “How to Lose Your Job in Talk Radio – Clear Channel … Continue reading “Antiwar Conservative Shock Jock Feeling the Heat”

Terrorism of the 9/11-type tragedy is a serious and dangerous problem that people understand, and they take caution when the color alerts are issued. What’s amazing is that the same people ignore a far greater terrorism that is on Red Alert everyday with millions of lives and a billion tears but an hour away. This … Continue reading “Red Alert Everyday”