Who Is 'We'? Valid and valued argument in general, but I'm afraid that it becomes slightly irrelevant, considering that 50 percent-plus (of voting American individuals) returned Mr. Bush to the White House barely two years ago – are they "innocent victims"? ~...
Sunday: 148 Iraqis, 5 GIs Killed; 58 Iraqis, 7 Brits, 2 GIs Wounded
Updated at 1:00 a.m. EST, Nov. 27, 2006 Although violence was light in the capital, at least 148 Iraqis were killed or found dead today and another 58 were wounded during violent acts there and throughout Iraq. Five more American servicemembers were reported dead. Two...
Saturday: 158 Iraqis, 2 GIs Killed; 55 Iraqis, 1 GI Wounded
Updated at 1:00 p.m. EST, Nov. 27, 2006 As Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Saudi Arabia to discuss the volatile Middle East situation, 158 Iraqis were killed or found dead and at least another 55 were wounded during violent acts in the restive country....
Bonkers Diplomacy
Well, if nothing else, be thankful that Bonkers Bolton doesn’t stand any chance of remaining our ambassador to the United Nations, come January 2007. It’s also beginning to look like President Hu Jintao has outsmarted Bonkers Bolton (and his nominal boss,...
Boogeymongering
There are over a half-million foreign students at American colleges and universities; the U.S. borders, for all practical purposes, remain wide open; only 6 percent of the shipping containers are checked; and there is still a generous number of legal immigrants...
Bitterness, Irony, and Hope
Bosnia, Year 11 Eleven years since the Dayton Accords were finalized at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, Bosnia-Herzegovina is not at peace. Though military operations stopped in 1995, hostility among the country's ethnic communities – Muslims, Serbs...
Attacks Leave Hundreds Dead in Iraq
The deaths of over 400 Iraqis on Thursday and Friday renewed fears that that the sectarian violence will ripen into a full-blown civil war. Efforts to tamper attacks met with limited success as Shi’ite militiamen ignored an indefinite curfew in order to pay back...
Friday: 98 Iraqis, 1 UK Soldier Killed; 93 Iraqis Injured
Updated at 10:50 p.m. EST, Nov. 24, 2006 A day after the single largest attack since the occupation of Iraq began, Baghdad remains under an indefinite curfew. However, some retaliatory violence already has occurred and more is expected. So far today, 98 Iraqis have...
Syria: Convenient but Unlikely Fall Guy for Gemayel’s Death
Commentators and columnists are agreed. Pierre Gemayel's assassination must have been the handiwork of Syria because his Christian Phalangists have been long-time allies of Israel and because, as industry minister, he was one of the leading figures in the Lebanese...
Teens Frustrate Military Recruiter’s ASVAB Scam
With MySpace.com bulletins and a handful of homemade flyers, two teens have struck a blow against the American Warfare State, Lindale, Georgia Division. On a Friday afternoon the 17th of November, 17-year-old high school seniors Robert Day and Samuel Parker decided to...