According to New Yorker columnist Seymour Hersh, the Bush administration is contemplating "the use of a bunker-buster tactical nuclear weapon, such as the B61-11, against [Iran's] underground nuclear sites." Presumably, the B61-11 nuclear bomb can be...
Iran Showdown Tests Power of Israel Lobby
One month after the publication by two of the most influential international relations scholars in the United States of a highly controversial essay on the so-called "Israel Lobby," their thesis that the lobby exercises "unmatched power" in...
The Unbearable Smugness of Being
Balkans "Endgame" on Schedule or Is it? For a region with more history than it can handle, the Balkans is wrought with anniversaries and commemorations no matter the season. The end of March brought the seventh anniversary of NATO's attack that ended...
Backtalk, April 12, 2006
Networks, Terrorism, and Global InsurgencyMr. Deliso,It is way past time to stop the bullsh*t. Do not call them "private military contractors," nor "private security contractors." Call them what they are: mercenaries! Guns for hire. Why should I give a sh*t if some...
Psy-War or Serious? Washington Mulls Iran Attack
Three years after the fall of Baghdad to U.S. forces, Washington is abuzz about new reports that the administration of President George W. Bush is preparing to attack Iran, possibly with nuclear weapons. In just the past few days, lengthy articles detailing planning...
US Wonks Warming to Iran, Arab Roles in Peace Talks
Foreign policy circles in Washington, including some figures considered close to the George W. Bush administration, have begun talking privately and in off-the-record meetings about the need to give both Iran and Iraq's Arab neighbors key roles in peace negotiations,...
Blowing Cheney’s Cover
When you invest so much effort into tangling the web in this case, corrupting intelligence analysis in the 2002 National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq it becomes hard to know when to stop. Vice President Dick Cheney went to inordinate lengths, including...
Is Veneration of the Military Good for the Republic?
http://www.independent.org/tii/antiwar/e060411.html
America’s Newest Strategic Partner
"The U.S.-India civil nuclear deal is a strategic win," according to Secretary of State Condi Rice, and "seen in the larger context of the elevation of India-United States relationship" to "a strategic partnership," she urged Congress this week to approve it. How can...
GOP Congressmen: Time to Debate
Iraq Endgame
Last week, Republican Congressmen Ron Paul (Texas), Walter Jones (N.C.), and Wayne Gilchrest (Md.) declared their support for a bipartisan resolution demanding the full House debate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. The resolution's sponsor, Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii),...


