Month: August 2005

Medical ethics have been corrupted because doctors and medical bodies have taken direct and indirect part in abusing prisoners detained as part of what U.S. and other officials call the "war on terror," a senior British Medical Association (BMA) official said Thursday. "Governmental and medical bodies have begun adjusting and blurring their ethical guidance, tilting … Continue reading “Medical Professionals Bending Ethics in Terror War”

A lot of people want to believe that the current war on Iraq is some kind of aberration – a radical departure from the previous baseline of U.S. foreign policy. That’s a comforting illusion. Yes, the current administration in Washington is notable for the extreme mendacity and calculated idiocy of its claims. But – decade … Continue reading “Big Star-Spangled Lies for War”

Who’s Behind the Coming War With Iran? An otherwise informative article was badly damaged by your repeated reference as a Trotskyite someone in the State Department. I fail to see the necessity to dredge up this red-baiting with references to a Bolshevik who has been dead for one hundred years. The whole argument is irrelevant … Continue reading “Backtalk, August 9, 2005”

“Asked about continued political challenges such as Iraq and Social Security, Bush said he doesn’t care about the polls. “Q: But power is perception. “THE PRESIDENT: Power is being the president.” –George Bush in an interview with Texas reporters G-SAVE Yourself! Last week, the State Department issued an “updated worldwide caution” about “extremist violence” against … Continue reading “The Bush Administration’s Not-so-Silly Season”

Cindy Sheehan is on a mission. The death of her son in combat in Iraq has sent her on her own personal odyssey, a quest for the answer to the question: Why? The latest stop in that journey: Crawford, Texas, right outside the presidential ranch, where she and a few intrepid antiwar protesters marched in … Continue reading “Bizarro Iraq”

Editor’s note: Following is a letter by Army Sgt. John Bruhns, excerpts of which were read on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) on July 19, 2005. I am a concerned veteran of the Iraq war. I am not an expert on the vast and wide range of … Continue reading “Letter From an Iraq Vet”

While making courtesy calls, John Bolton, our newly appointed ambassador to the United Nations, reportedly "raised possible Security Council action on Iran’s announcement that it plans to resume enriching uranium, said one diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity." Wow! Here we go again. President Bush accuses an Islamic state of pursuing an illicit nuclear weapons … Continue reading “The EU vs. Iran: Who’s Right?”

As of this writing, more than 1,800 young Americans have died in Iraq. The combined cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is $340 billion. This is what happens when we elect people who refuse to accept the limits set by the United States Constitution. The Constitution gave us a government to govern America, … Continue reading “The Neocons’ Childish Theory”

CARACAS – The atomic bomb that was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima 60 years ago, on Aug. 6, 1945, may have been the most crucial event of the 20th century. But it was not the top news story. That was because censorship and the manipulative media treatment of the tragic event, managed by … Continue reading “Hiroshima, the Top News Story That Wasn’t”

The deadly terror attacks in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheik Red Sea resort in July and the earlier October 2004 bombings at two other Red Sea resorts seem to have disrupted the consistency of the rationale that links the current terrorism upsurge in the Middle East to the US war effort in Iraq. The Christian Science Monitor … Continue reading “Blaming the Mosques for the Sins of Governments”