Month: July 2005

After he died on Monday, front pages focused on the failures of William Westmoreland as commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam. Overall, the coverage faulted him for being a big loser, not a mass killer. The Washington Post noted that Westmoreland “was called a war criminal.” But the deaths of thousands of Vietnamese people each … Continue reading “General Westmoreland’s Incomplete Obit”

America’s post-9/11 foreign policies have damaged its image abroad, and this is particularly true in Japan, the home of LewRockwell.com columnist Mike (in Tokyo) Rogers. In his new book Schizophrenic in Japan, Rogers, an American expatriate living in Tokyo, provides a unique perspective on the average Japanese person’s view of American imperialism. His collection of … Continue reading “Learning From Tokyo”

More than half of the American people now believe that the Iraqi war has made the U.S. less safe. This is a dramatic shift in sentiment from two years ago. Early support for the war reflected a hope for a safer America, and it was thought to be an appropriate response to the 9/11 attacks. … Continue reading “Ending Suicide Terrorism”

The investigation into who “outed” Valerie Plame, a CIA agent formerly engaged in deep-cover operations involving weapons of mass destruction, is now threatening to bring down some of the president’s top advisers, including Karl Rove, the Machiavellian mastermind behind the White House’s political machine. This has helped to create a partisan debate that obscures the … Continue reading “Patrick J. ‘Bulldog’ Fitzgerald, American Insurgent”

This week’s agreement by U.S. President George W. Bush to sell advanced nuclear technology to India, coming three weeks after the signing of a 10-year bilateral defense agreement that makes New Delhi eligible to buy sophisticated U.S. military equipment, confirms a major policy shift with global as well as regional implications, according to experts here. … Continue reading “US Chumminess With India Roils Strategic Waters”

Those who remember recent history will not be surprised to learn that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been amassing files on the American Civil Liberties Union, Greenpeace, and other critics of the George W. Bush administration. Back in the 1960s and 1970s, the FBI, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense, and … Continue reading “FBI Targets Bush Critics”

NEW DELHI – More than 30 years after the United States walked out of a nuclear cooperation agreement with India because the latter conducted an atomic test, the two countries have agreed to resume collaboration in civilian nuclear energy. A joint-statement issued by U.S. President George W. Bush and visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh … Continue reading “US, India Open Can of Nuclear Worms”

‘PlameGate’ Hardly a Summer Squall “‘Plamegate’ Hardly a Summer Squall” is very important in making people understand that the Plame leak is only the tip of the unexposed iceberg-sized scandal of fabricated intelligence. However, what everyone except UPI’s Richard Sale is missing is that Lewis Libby’s colleague in the vice president’s office, John Hannah, was … Continue reading “Backtalk, July 20, 2005”

In yesterday’s essay, "Why Plame Matters," we suggested that the White House assault on the reputations of former ambassador Joseph Wilson and his wife had much to do with "the particular lie that Wilson exposed," and we discussed the unusual role Vice President Dick Cheney played regarding the bogus "intelligence" about Iraq seeking to acquire … Continue reading “Plamegate: Dick Cheney’s Role”

While in Beijing two weeks ago, Condi told her media sycophants that she and President Bush "have no intention to invade or attack North Korea." Furthermore, "we look forward to making progress in the six-party talks because we must all be dedicated to a non-nuclear Korean Peninsula." Condi certainly knows the truth about Bush’s intentions … Continue reading “Getting Serious About a No-Nuke Korea”