Month: September 2004

An excerpt from his Senate statement for Vietnam Veterans Against the War on April 22, 1971.  Mr. Kerry: Thank you very much, Senator Fulbright, Senator Javits, Senator Symington, Senator Pell. I would like to say for the record, and also for the men behind me who are also wearing the uniforms and their medals, that … Continue reading “What John Kerry Said in 1971”

The Washington Post is confirming the analysis, posted here two days ago, that Israel’s spy nest in the Pentagon involves a lot more than neocon ideologue Larry Franklin leaking the text of a draft presidential directive on Iran to AIPAC employees, who then passed it on to Israel: “For more than two years, the FBI … Continue reading “Friends in High Places”

UNITED NATIONS – As the 53-member African Union (AU) prepares to bolster its peacekeeping force in Sudan tenfold, UN chief Kofi Annan is appealing for funds, equipment and other support to sustain the body mandated to stem the rising number of atrocities and killings in violence-prone Darfur province. But senior UN officials and representatives of … Continue reading “UN Tries to Drag World Into Darfur”

As George W. Bush prepares to formally accept the presidential nomination from his Republican Party in New York City while protesters gather outside a midtown arena, it seems that the polarization of politics in the United States is hitting its zenith. The protests, which have continued all this week, swelled to hundreds of thousands last … Continue reading “Kerry Hobbled by Iraq Record”

When President Al Gore was inaugurated in January 2001, few Americans imagined that before his first term ended, our country would be at war with Sweden. Indeed, Mr. Gore’s campaign suggested he would reduce American commitments abroad, avoid foreign adventures and forgo “nation building,” which American voters long ago realized costs heaps of money and … Continue reading “How Gore Lied Us Into War”

Silly me! When President Bush told Matt Lauer on Monday that you can’t really "win" the vaunted war on terror in the way we have viewed winning traditional state-on-state wars, I thought that it might have been the opening gambit in a shift to more candor about the problems that confront the United States around … Continue reading “Misunderstanding Terrorism”

Let’s exercise a thought experiment for a moment. Sept. 11, 2001 was just a normal day and not a tragic historical event, we do not have a presidential election in less than three months, Bush’s only lead in the polls is not in regard to the fight against terrorism, and the wars in Afghanistan and … Continue reading “Be Prepared for the Fearmongers”

NAIROBI – The crisis in the Sudan‘s western region of Darfur has overshadowed the peace process in the south of the country, where more than 2 million people have been killed since 1983. "[Darfur] is receiving a lot of attention and it’s like the peace process [in the south] has been forgotten," Samson Kwaje, spokesperson … Continue reading “Darfur Overshadows Peace Process in South Sudan”

JERUSALEM – Three yellow Palestinian taxi vans stand forlornly near the checkpoint between Israel and the West Bank a day after Tuesday’s suicide bombing in the city of Beer Sheva. The attack caused 16 fatalities, and Israel closed the approach to the city for Palestinians. Normally, the drivers say, they earn a living ferrying people … Continue reading “Sharon Speeds Up Wall After Attack”

The neoconservative New York Sun is reporting that Attorney General John Ashcroft halted arrests in the Israeli spy case last Friday. From the Sun: "According to sources familiar with the investigation, the U.S. district attorney in charge of the probe, Paul McNulty, has ordered the FBI not to move forward with arrests that they were … Continue reading “Ashcroft Nixes Arrests in Israeli Spy Probe”