Month: May 2008

Editorial note: This is an excerpt from a pamphlet published in 1996, Into the Bosnian Quagmire: The Case Against U.S. Intervention in the Balkans. We republish it now, in successive installments, because the rise of Barack Obama as the putative Democratic presidential candidate augurs the rise of a new liberal internationalism – the very same … Continue reading “Into the Bosnian Quagmire, Part 2”

Updated at 5:25 p.m. EDT, May 25, 2008At least 14 Iraqis were killed and 41 more were wounded in the latest round of violence. Several assassination attempts only managed to kill one target but left many wounded in their wakes. No Coalition deaths were reported. In Baghdad, 11 people, mostly bodyguards, were wounded in Yarmouk … Continue reading “Sunday: 14 Iraqis Killed, 41 Wounded”

Updated at 12:08 p.m. EDT, May 24, 2008At least 27 Iraqis were killed and 29 more were wounded in the latest violence. Sadrist officials warn that the cease fire between the Mahdi Army and the al-Maliki government is in danger if Iraqi security forces do not stop violating it and harassing Sadr followers. No Coalition … Continue reading “Saturday: 27 Iraqis Killed, 29 Wounded”

Just as you thought the chances of the United States going to war with Iran were diminishing (largely because our own Iraqi sock-puppet regime has rejected U.S. accusations that Iran is directly responsible for American soldiers being killed in Iraq and because Director-General ElBaradei continues to report to the Board of Governors of the International … Continue reading “An Act of War”

It has been suggested that it is hypocritical of President Bush to implicitly attack Barack Obama for his outrageous suggestion that the United States should actually talk to its adversaries. The President likened efforts to negotiate with "terrorists and radicals" to attempts made to appease Adolf Hitler prior to World War II. Yet even his … Continue reading “Negotiating with ‘Terrorists and Radicals’ Is a Must”

President George Bush and his tag-along buddy John McCain are repeating almost word for word about Iran the pattern of lies and threats they used to justify the war against Iraq. Our intelligence agencies have said that Iran gave up the pursuit of a nuclear weapon three years ago. President Bush makes speeches as if … Continue reading “Bush and McCain’s Iran Insanity”

Updated at 9:24 p.m. EDT, May 23, 2008At least 19 Iraqis were killed and 11 more were wounded on a quiet prayer day. Sadrist officials reported that Iraqi security forces stopped Friday prayer services in Baghdad and Basra. An American soldier was killed south of Baghdad in an IED attack yesterday. Also, another American soldier … Continue reading “Friday: 2 US Soldiers, 19 Iraqis Killed; 11 Iraqis Wounded”

"Things fall apart; the center cannot hold." As the White House agenda for the Middle East continues to unravel, events over the past 24 hours seem to suggest that US allies in the region are determined to construct a new edifice based on diplomacy, with or without Washington’s help. In spite of the President George … Continue reading “As Bush Policy Crumbles, Allies Pick Up the Pieces”

The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, with its 225,000 or more deaths in 11 countries, shocked the world; so, in recent weeks, has the devastation wrought by a powerful cyclone (and tidal surge) that hit the Irrawaddy Delta of Myanmar. It resulted in at least 78,000 deaths (with another 56,000 reported missing) and a display … Continue reading “River of Resistance”

Ain’t My America: The Long, Noble History of Antiwar Conservatism and Middle-American Anti-Imperialism Bill Kauffman Metropolitan Books, 2008 284 pp. By Doug Bandow American politicians routinely chatter about peace while inaugurating war. Indeed, despite the bitter partisan wrangling over Iraq, war has more often united than divided Washington’s establishment. Today, despite the ongoing debacle in … Continue reading “Ain’t My America“