The unilateral Israeli withdrawal or "disengagement" from the Gaza Strip and the evacuation of about 9,000 Jewish settlers from that region have helped produce dramatic media images, including mass demonstrations being held by the evicted settlers and their political...
"I have come to the conclusion that the Creator does not want us to fight wars or to leave our brothers to die in hunger or disease. We have been given the things we need to provide all men on the planet with what they need to get by in this world. Why should I...
The surge of antiwar voices in U.S. media this month has coincided with new lows in public approval for what pollsters call President Bush's "handling" of the Iraq war. After more than two years of a military occupation that was supposed to be a breeze after...
Laboring to Please the Empire The blistering August heat has but little to do with the constantly rising temperature of the boiling cauldron that is Balkans politics. Ever since the court of Bush II announced a "new" Balkans policy in May, the region has seen furious...
All the usual suspects are lining up to slime Cindy Sheehan: Mr. Smarm, AKA James Taranto; the pretentious twits over at Powerline blog; and of course Matt Drudge, who ought to make his role as a sounding board for the Republican National Committee official. Yet none...
When Iraq's elected leaders approve their country's new constitution next week, will it make any difference in the lives of the Iraqi people? I doubt it – the Bush administration rarely pays attention to what the Iraqi people want and has little respect for...
Civil libertarians and the Pentagon appear headed for yet another trainwreck in the ongoing dispute over the so-called second batch of photos from Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. In response to a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Center for...
JERUSALEM - "This plan is good for Israel in any future scenario," Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said of the Gaza pullout. And it may not be as good for Palestinians as it seems. Israel's disengagement from Gaza is a historic twist in the...
Aug. 15, 2005I went back out to Crawford this week to see for myself how things are going and what it's like there now. I couldn't believe my eyes. It was just absolutely amazing. I left in the wee hours of the morning Saturday in a caravan with members of Military...
According to Reuters' Louis Charbonneau – a neo-crazy media sycophant if ever there was one – those despicable Iranians "broke UN seals at a uranium processing plant" last week. According to Charbonneau, the International Atomic Energy Agency...
