The top U.S. government official in charge of arms control advocates the offensive use of nuclear weapons and has deep roots in the militarist political camp. Moving into the old job of John Bolton, the administration’s hardcore unilateralist nominee to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Robert G. Joseph is the right …
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The vanquished know war. They see through the empty jingoism of those who use the abstract words of glory, honor, and patriotism to mask the cries of the wounded, the senseless killing, war profiteering, and chest-pounding grief. They know the lies the victors often do not acknowledge, the lies covered up in stately war memorials …
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If enthusiastic White House and Congressional support could solve Washington’s public diplomacy problems, Dina Habib Powell would be well on her way to becoming a national heroine. The Egyptian-born Powell, currently the top personnel official at the White House, is about to be confirmed as Pres. George W. Bush’s choice to be assistant secretary of …
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Guess what? The man President Bush wants to be our Ambassador to the United Nations has frequently interfered – as Under-Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security – in personnel and operations matters of various UN agencies in a manner deemed "unlawful" by many UN observers and by at least one UN tribunal. …
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In case you haven’t noticed it, the Bush administration’s standard response to any criticism is to attack the critic. Ad hominem attacks are designed, of course, to avoid the subject of the criticism. Such a tactic greatly appeals to armchair patriots with petrified brains. The fact is, the Bush administration has created a gulag, as …
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RIO DE JANEIRO – The U.S. government, whose proposal was voted down this week in the Organization of American States (OAS), is piling up defeats in Latin America because of a vision of the region that is "distorted" by its "war on terrorism," according to analysts. Washington has an erroneous perception of Latin America not …
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What are the color-coded revolutions about? Who’s behind them and and why? What does the future hold for the American Empire? These were my questions for Justin Raimondo, and this is what he said: Stream wma Download mp3 Main Page
Asked why the Ethiopian government arrested 14 opposition leaders in the wake of postelection unrest – in which government troops, firing into unarmed crowds, killed 26 and wounded dozens – Ethiopia’s Information Minister Bereket Simon would not confirm the arrests, but told Reuters: “Anyone who incites violence, other than those elected, will have to face …
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Somewhere during the aftermath of the news that Mark Felt, formerly Number 2 at the FBI, was the fabled "Deep Throat" source for then-Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, I heard former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger pontificating on Fox News to this effect: "’Hero’ is not the first word that comes to …
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I happened to be in Paris on the same day that the French people rejected the proposed European Union Constitution – a vote that was described by analysts in the French capital as a defeat for U.S.-led globalization and American-style capitalism. After arriving a few days later in Washington, and reading neoconservative op-ed commentaries and …
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