Will Obama Stand Up to the War Party?

If you want to know what the future holds in store, just take a look at what John McCain said recently to the AIPAC conference: "Rather than sitting down unconditionally with the Iranian president or supreme leader in the hope that we can talk sense into them, we must...

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Iran Accusations Merit Skepticism

There are a lot of bad things that one might say about Iran. The rule of the mullahs would be an unpleasant experience for most people, so much so that few outside of Hezbollah apparently want to emulate it. Opinion polls that attempt to assess favorable versus...

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How Cheney Outfoxed His Foes on Iran and EFPs

For many months, the propaganda line that explosively formed projectiles (EFPs) that could penetrate U.S. armored vehicles were coming straight from Iran has been embraced publicly by the entire George W. Bush administration. But when that argument was proposed...

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Last Call at Gitmo

Like alcoholics queuing up for drinks at closing time, the U.S. government is pressing charges against prisoners at Guantánamo at a frantic rate, anxious to be seen as validating the chronic lawlessness of the last seven years before November's presidential...

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McCain Vows to Stay the Course in Middle East

In a major address on Middle East policy Monday, Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican candidate for president, pledged to maintain the Bush administration's hard line against Iran and expressed strong skepticism about the ability of the current Palestinian...

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The Occupation Corrupts

I cannot say that I ever liked Ehud Olmert. But now I almost feel sorry for him. It is not pleasant to see how they pounce on him, like jackals and hyenas fighting over a carcass. And that also raises some questions. Was Olmert the only fallible human being in this...

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McClellan’s Warning on Iran

Stop! Please. Get beneath the hype over former White House press secretary Scott McClellan's book, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception. Don't miss the forest for the trees. Not since John Dean told the truth about President...

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