Editor's note: Justin Raimondo is sunning himself on the beach today, but we've gotten permission from the kind editors of The American Conservative to reprint this article from the August 2 issue. But, hey, if you haven't subscribed, you ought to: TAC is the best,...
Bush Wins, We Invade Iran
If not getting nuked in your jammies is high on your priority list, then maybe your best bet is to vote for John Kerry. Kerry has just endorsed last October's Brit-French-German agreement with Iran, whereby they pledged to facilitate "the fullest possible...
Taiwan’s Independence Gambit
A few days ago, Taiwan Premier Yu Shyi-kun spoke with think tank scholars at a breakfast gathering in New York. When the conversation turned to China, the Premier was solemn: “If the United States can help overthrow the regime of Saddam Hussein to establish democracy...
Hearsay Convictions at Guantanamo
The Pentagon’s decision to admit hearsay evidence at its military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay flies in the face of one of the most important principles in the administration of criminal justice — the right to confront one’s accuser and cross-examine him...
Neocons Preparing the Sequel to Plan of Attack
You might want to re-read Bob Woodward's Plan of Attack now that you know the FBI has been attempting for at least two years to determine whether or not the development of that plan and/or associated National Security Presidential Directives (NSPD) involved any acts...
The Endless War on Terrorism
It feels good when a public official, especially the president of the United States, speaks the truth, which is what happened on Monday when President George W. Bush uttered words that The Future of Freedom Foundation has been publishing ever since 9/11 — “I...
Nepal Wracked by Religious Violence After Iraq Murders
KATHMANDU – A haunting specter grips Nepal as the Himalayan kingdom mourns the deaths of 12 of its workers murdered in Iraq. There is a strong possibility that the relatives of the dead will never see the return of the bodies of the victims, and this has incensed...
Headscarves Become a Life or Death Issue
PARIS - The French ban on Muslim headscarves at school was to have been a domestic, if controversial move when it came into force this week. But the abduction of two journalists over the issue has turned it into an international crisis. The so-called Islamic Army in...
Inept President, Craven Congress
I'm going to vote against the president because I think he is dangerously inept and quite likely to crash the economy, get us into a bigger war or both. There is nothing personal about it. President George Bush is an affable man. He was probably fine as a governor in...
Baghdad Residents Want Their Neighborhood Back
BAGHDAD - Mohammad Rabat is a farmer in his seventies. He lives with his wife and nine children in a single story cement house in what has come to be known as the Green Zone. The Green Zone, or the International Zone as it is also called, is a three square mile area...