Month: May 2004

Pfc. Staley’s backtalk I hope you understand that when soldiers like PFC Staley complain about Antiwar.com being “a slap in the face” to his brothers fighting for our country, they have no idea of what they are talking about. I felt the same way when I was a Marine in Vietnam. All the peace marchers … Continue reading “”

American citizens held since 2003 at the Abu Ghraib military prison may be among those imprisoned and tortured by the US military in Iraq. The American General in charge of U.S. prisons in Iraq, Brig. Gen Janis Karpinski, said in September 2003 that Americans being held at the Abu Ghraib prison were being interrogated by … Continue reading “Americans Being Held at US Torture Prison in Iraq?”

One year after President George W Bush declared the end of major combat in Iraq, the United States appears to be teetering on the brink of strategic defeat in its Mesopotamian adventure. Even as Bush on Friday reiterated his ambition to bring “freedom and democracy” to Iraq and the Middle East, a series of recent … Continue reading “US On the Brink Over Iraq”

The current issue of National Review advocates that the US adopt Saddam Hussein’s policies toward Iraqis. Nothing less will subdue them, says the conservative publication. To beat them, National Review says, we must become like them. No sooner said than done. The US has appointed Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard General, Jasim Muhammed Saleh to deal … Continue reading “The Great Satan”

The treatment of Iraqi prisoners apparent from the CBS pictures is not the American way of doing things, US President George W. Bush declared Friday. But the indications on the ground in Iraq are that such treatment may not be the exception. Bush said he will “take care” of the soldiers pictured laughing and lording … Continue reading “Iraq Prisoners Are at Least Survivors”

President George W. Bush has said he hasn’t made any mistakes. I can think of lots of mistakes he’s made. He failed to prevent the attacks on Sept. 11. Say what you will, those attacks occurred on his watch and are his responsibility. The Aug. 6 memo the CIA prepared for him would have told … Continue reading “Lots of Mistakes”

A year ago, the President of the United States harkened back to his days as an aviator for the Texas Air National Guard to deliver a dramatic, made-for-television speech. Eager to experience the thrill of a carrier landing, the President donned a flight suit, strapped into a jet, and rocketed off into the wild blue … Continue reading “Mission Not Accomplished”

John Negroponte, the Bush administration’s nominee to become Washington’s first ambassador to Iraq since last year’s invasion, was talking about how much “sovereignty” the country’s new government will enjoy after Jun. 30, when U.S. military forces will remain in control of security. “When it comes to issues like (the siege of) Fallujah,” said Negroponte, currently … Continue reading “Congress Ignores ‘Dirty War’ Past of New Iraq Envoy”

As the U.S. military continues to clash with Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mehdi Army in the holy city Najaf, the mid-day call to prayer sounds in the poor, Shia neighborhood Showle in Baghdad. A group of residents crowd around a cigarette stand to explain to the US army reporter what happened when the Army came … Continue reading “Iraq: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People”

The tiny Martha’s Vineyard hamlet of Tisbury, Massachusetts, this week became the 300th local or state government to denounce the USA Patriot Act, even as President George W. Bush was campaigning for Congress to make the Act permanent before its expiration next year. Tinsbury’s voters Tuesday joined New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago – the … Continue reading “300 Local Governments Slam PATRIOT Act”