The final draft of the US-Iraq Status of Forces agreement on the US military presence represents an even more crushing defeat for the policy of the George W. Bush administration than previously thought, the final text reveals. The final draft, dated Oct. 13, not only...
The unlikely political journey of Andrew J. Bacevich has been one of the most potent symbols of the transformation in foreign policy debates wrought by the George W. Bush years. A Vietnam veteran, retired US Army colonel, and Boston University professor, Bacevich came...
Updated at 6:49 p.m. EDT, Oct. 23, 2008 Bomb blasts in Baghdad and Baquba left dozens killed or injured. Overall, 23 Iraqis were killed and 43 more were wounded across the country. No Coalition deaths were reported. Also, today marks two years since an Iraqi-born U.S....
"The man of system … seems to imagine that he can arrange the different members of a great society with as much ease as the hand arranges the different pieces upon a chessboard…" - Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments One reason it has taken me so long...
Leading human rights groups reacted with outrage Tuesday to media reports that the administration of President George W. Bush has decided not to close the iconic prison at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Quoting anonymous senior Bush administration...
Updated at 6:31 p.m. EDT, Oct. 22, 2008For the fifth day in a row, a mass grave has been discovered. This one contained at least 34 victims. Overall, at least 44 Iraqis were killed and 14 more were wounded in violence across Iraq. No Coaltion deaths were reported....
There are only so many catastrophes a citizen can deal with. Canada's election started off as a non-election based on The Strong Leadership of Stephen Harper, but as it turned out, Strong Leadership hadn't counted on the environment being a hot button, which it was....
The five-day Russo-Georgian war in the Caucasus brought into sharp focus many conflicts rooted in the region's history and in aggressive U.S.-NATO policies since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Notable among these were the military encirclement of Russia and...
In the midst of a softball interview with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, New York Times reporter Deborah Solomon hurls this zinger: "For all your lofty talk about democracy, last November you shut down the opposition television station in Tbilisi."...
On the brief occasions when the president now appears in the Rose Garden to "comfort" or "reassure" a shock-and-awed nation, you can almost hear those legions of ducks quacking lamely in the background. Once upon a time, George W. Bush, along with his top officials...
