Month: October 2005

Iraq by the Numbers George Bush stated that he would rather fight terrorism in Iraq than in the United States. But what if the result is the same? The next big number in Iraq is going to be when the number of American soldiers killed there is equal to the number of people killed in … Continue reading “Backtalk, October 29, 2005”

Last week, James Moore, a former television news correspondent and the co-author of the bestselling Bush’s Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential, wrote an op-ed piece entitled “Fitzgerald’s Historic Opportunity” that appeared originally at HuffingtonPost.com and has since been reposted elsewhere. Quoth James Moore: “Patrick Fitzgerald has before him the most important … Continue reading “Historic Opportunity”

“It’s not over.” Out of Fitzgerald’s hour-long press conference, these three words had the most resonance. Before we get into that, however, let’s look at the man who has come out from behind the screen of this very closely-held investigation. Fitzgerald’s debut at the press conference put on display a character who might have been … Continue reading “Libby: The War Party’s Kamikaze”

From a military or strategic standpoint, to be sure, there’s not that much significance to the figure of 2,000 U.S. military personnel – Staff Sgt. George Alexander Jr., 34, of Killeen, Texas, was the sad milestone, although some will dispute whether he was # 2,000 or "only" #1,993 – who have died in Iraq. However, … Continue reading “A Time for Reconsideration”

On Oct. 19, 2005, the American secretary of state, AKA the Tea Lady, did something extraordinary for the Bush administration. She told the truth. According to the Oct. 20 Washington Times, in testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Ms. Rice said “that it was always the Bush administration’s intent to redesign the Middle East … Continue reading “Condi’s True Confessions”

  Watch Ron Paul’s speech on video.     We have been warned. Prepare for a broader war in the Middle East, as plans are being laid for the next U.S.-led regime change – in Syria. A UN report on the death of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri elicited this comment from a senior U.S. … Continue reading “Rethinking Failed Policies”

Powell Aide Blasts Rice, Cheney-Rumsfeld ‘Cabal’You once disputed my insistence that we are face to face with fascism. Do you still feel that we are not?~ Hal O’LearyJim Lobe replies:I think fascism has a number of attributes that don’t apply, the most important perhaps being the fuehrerprinzip, and, while there’s an effort to exalt Bush, … Continue reading “Backtalk, October 28, 2005”

With the announcement that there would be no announcement Thursday in the CIA leak case, Patrick J. Fitzgerald is giving me an ulcer – so you can imagine what he’s doing to Scooter Libby. Oh, we know he and his little elves are working assiduously to make sure we have a very merry Fitzmas as … Continue reading “On Hold…”

Those in the anti-fascist struggle of the 1930s who went off to fight in the Spanish Civil War were later termed “premature antifascists.” Perhaps, in the same spirit, I might be considered a premature Bush-administration implodist. On Feb. 1, 2004, reviewing the week just passed, I imagined us trapped in “some new reality show in … Continue reading “Bush’s October Surprise”

Just before the January 2005 Iraqi elections, I was quoted in one media outlet: “Those who believe that the elections will result in a calming effect in Iraq are just wrong. The violence will increase and get uglier.” I went on to say: “And if 150,000 U.S. troops can’t put down the insurgency, what makes … Continue reading “Iraq by the Numbers”