Month: October 2005

President Bush, showing in full bloom the instincts that make it clear that whatever he is politically he is not a conservative of the traditional limited-government or Constitutionalist variety, has lofted a trial balloon to promote the idea of having the military play a more extensive, earlier and perhaps even primary role in handling future … Continue reading “Posse Comitatus: Remembering Why”

The mother of one of the soldiers killed in Iraq caused a commotion near the Veterans for Peace photo display of the fallen soldiers at last weekend’s big antiwar protest in Washington, DC. She stood in front of the pictures crying and yelling, demanding a piece of tape to cover her son’s face. She said … Continue reading “I Gave My Copy of the Constitution to a Pro-War Veteran”

JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was doing his best to dispel the impression that another disengagement plan, from the West Bank this time, was in the works. "Yesterday a rumor spread that we were considering other plans," he told an economic forum in Tel Aviv Thursday. "We are not, we already have one: … Continue reading “Sharon Leaves Everyone Guessing”

The so-called war against terrorism is unwinnable. It was designed to be unwinnable so that it can be carried on for an indefinite duration and thus support the vast military-industrial-anti-terrorism complex. The end of the Cold War scared this complex half to death. It can only survive with an enemy at the gates. Conventional wars … Continue reading “Unwinnable War”

The news that yet another Army private, Lynndie England, 22, of Fort Ashby, W. Va., has been convicted and sentenced for posing for the infamous photos of torture at Abu Ghraib, while her superiors duck responsibility, is a sad commentary on the degenerating ethos of the U.S. Army. The reminder of the photos of those … Continue reading “Abu Ghraib: Command Responsibility”

Mired in interminable conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Bush administration is moving toward initiating two more wars, one with Iran and one with North Korea. With no US troops available, the Bush administration is revamping US war doctrine to allow for “preventative nuclear attack.” In short, the Bush administration is planning to make the … Continue reading “Bush Is Cooking Up Two More Wars”

Last week the United States bullied, blackmailed and/or intimidated members of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency into passing a Resolution that, among other things: "Finds that Iran’s many failures and breaches of its obligations to comply with its NPT Safeguards Agreement, as detailed in GOV/2003/75, constitute "non compliance" in the … Continue reading “US-Israeli Diplomatic Triumph Over Iran”