Iran’s Growing Sway in Iraq Defies Neocons’ Logic

Anyone who still believes that the U.S. neoconservatives who led the drive to war in Iraq are diabolically clever geo-strategic masterminds should now consider Iran's vastly improved position vis-à-vis its U.S.-occupied neighbor. Not only did Washington knock...

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For Immediate Withdrawal

President Bush’s speeches this week before a couple of carefully selected military audiences indicate that even the administration is becoming aware that in terms of domestic opinion we may be getting close to a tipping point in terms of support for the Iraq war....

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Iraq: The Democrats Are
Just As Bad

Terry Michael, the founder-director of the Washington Center for Politics and Journalism, bemoans the "nondebate" over the Iraq war that takes place in the "mainstream" media: "The most influential interpreters of our public affairs are accepting, rather than...

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Democrats Fumble Iraq Policy

While Republicans voice growing unease over U.S. President George W. Bush's vow to "stay the course" in Iraq, Democrats remain deeply divided about their position on a conflict that most of them privately describe as a major foreign policy disaster. Despite...

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Iraqi Draft Constitution

PREAMBLE We the sons of Mesopotamia, land of the prophets, resting place of the holy imams, the leaders of civilization and the creators of the alphabet, the cradle of arithmetic: on our land, the first law put in place by mankind was written; in our nation, the most...

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Realism in Washington? Don’t Hold Your Breath

Some American pundits are suggesting that a major transformation has been taking place in the direction of the Bush administration's foreign policy. "The Bush Doctrine has collapsed, and the administration has consequently embraced realism," Gideon Rose, editor of...

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Dying for Israel

You find anti-Semitism in the strangest of places – the Democratic Leadership Council, for example. Perusing the online pages of Blueprint, the DLC house organ, I came upon this filthy piece of anti-Semitic propaganda from Will Marshall, the head of the...

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Trapped in His Own Roach Motel

President Bush has shown a remarkable persistence in defending his ongoing Iraq mission. "Our troops know that they're fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere to protect their fellow Americans from a savage enemy. They know that if we do not confront these...

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