Month: May 2006

The Bush regime has killed tens of thousands of people in Iraq and Afghanistan, mainly women and children. The deaths are excused as unintended “collateral damage” of the ongoing war, but the deaths are nonetheless important to the tens of thousands of relatives and friends. An equally important casualty of the Bush regime is truth. … Continue reading “The Administration That Won’t Stop Lying”

Perhaps it’s appropriate in a world of wheels within wheels, secrets within lies, and deeper shadows in the shadows. But the sources I tapped in Washington and elsewhere about Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden’s appointment as CIA director didn’t offer a whole lot of clarity. For an ordinary citizen, even one with an ability to … Continue reading “Spooks and Libya”

“Court-martialed,” says one highly-respected former DIRNSA (which, for the uninitiated, stands for “director, National Security Agency”). The comment came amid a private burst of indignation at the news that Gen. Mike Hayden had bowed to administration pressure to skirt the law and violate what until then was the NSA’s “First Commandment” – Thou Shalt Not … Continue reading “Should Gen. Hayden Be Confirmed – or Court-Martialed?”

In yet another apparent episode of the inability of the White House to steer a consistent diplomatic course in the Middle East, a new report says that the George W. Bush administration ordered U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad in March to postpone indefinitely the talks with Iran on Iraq for which Khalilzad had previously gotten White … Continue reading “Reversing Policy, U.S. ‘Froze’ Iran Talks in March”

Human rights organizations here are hailing the recommendations of the United Nations Committee Against Torture that the United States close its Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center, cease holding detainees in secret prisons, and stop the practice of "rendering" prisoners to countries where they are likely to be tortured. The committee – a panel of 10 … Continue reading “U.S. Groups Hail Censure of Washington’s ‘Terror War’”

NEW DELHI – Iran’s rebuff to a European "package of incentives," including a light-water nuclear power reactor, in return for halting uranium enrichment, marks a serious escalation of tensions with the West. But it does not close the doors to solving the Iran nuclear crisis through diplomacy. Iran’s snub to the EU is noteworthy for … Continue reading “Iran’s Snub Calls for New EU Offer”

How do you persuade a man who has a wife and children and who works hard but can barely make ends meet to take a pay cut and go do something that has a high probability of getting him killed or seriously injured? Clearly, it is not in a man’s self-interest to go to a … Continue reading “What People Believe”

Judy, Judy, Judy! Undeterred by her 85 days in jail, the neo-crazy media sycophant is at it again, this time in the Wall Street Journal. According to Judith Miller: “When Libya dramatically declared on Dec. 19, 2003, that it was abandoning its rogue ways, President Bush and other senior officials praised Libya and Moammar al-Gadhafi, … Continue reading “Judy-Baby vs. Time“

What is Prof. Dr. Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Ward Casscells’ mission in the Middle East? In February 2002, Ambassador Joseph Wilson was sent by the CIA on a mission to Africa. This became publicly known in July 2003, when he published a New York Times OpEd, “What I Didn’t Find in Africa.” Joseph Wilson’s failure to … Continue reading “What I Didn’t Find in the Middle East”

April 18, 2006: America’s Step Off the Nuclear EdgeMr. Hirsch:If I thought shouting from the rooftops, wearing T-shirts, blogging until the cows came home, or protesting in front of the White House or Congress would stop the nuking of Iran, I would. But it won’t, not even if 100 million Americans did it. If Bush … Continue reading “Backtalk, May 20, 2006”