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For months, the attention of the U.S. news media, pundits, and elected officials has been riveted on the aims of ultraconservative Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. President George W. Bush in particular has invoked Ahmadinejad’s alleged drive for nuclear weapons and rhetoric about Israel to justify U.S. isolation and pressure on the regime. But the almost … Continue reading “Khamenei in Control
and Ready to ‘Haggle’”

On Memorial Day, we should honor those who are buried after dying in the country’s wars, but be a little more skeptical of the U.S. government actions that put them there. It is often said that they died for "freedom" or their "country," but more often they were needlessly put at risk by their government. … Continue reading “Honor the War Dead but Question America’s Wars”

Have you ever thought how peaceful and prosperous we would be if our national leaders had followed the advice of George Washington in his “Farewell Address“? For starters, we would not be hopelessly in debt, and there would not be so many Americans buried in national cemeteries and in distant lands. Nor would we be … Continue reading “George Washington Had It Right”

Is the Bush Regime a state sponsor of terrorism? A powerful case can be made that it is. In the past three years, the Bush Regime has murdered tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians and an unknown number of Afghan ones. U.S. Marines, our finest and proudest military force, are under criminal investigation for breaking … Continue reading “The Evil Is in Our Government”

On Feb. 6, 2006, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales launched a convoluted attack on the Fourth Amendment before the Senate Judiciary Committee. This assault on the meaning of the Fourth Amendment is, in my estimation, the biggest leap forward for totalitarianism in this country. The following is an excerpt from Alberto Gonzales’ Fourth Amendment catechism … Continue reading “Gonzales Gone Wild”

NEW DELHI – The United States and India have taken yet another step toward finalizing the nuclear cooperation agreement they signed in July last year and more key lawmakers in Washington have expressed support for the deal. The agreement makes a special, one-time exception in the global nuclear nonproliferation regime for India by acknowledging and … Continue reading “India, US Tighten Nuclear Handshake”

I don’t believe a word of this tall tale from Ynet – the online version of Yedioth Ahronoth, Israel’s most popular daily newspaper – claiming that Hezbollah is planning a terrorist attack on the upcoming World Cup tournament to be held in Germany: "The terror plot is aimed at proving to the international community that … Continue reading “Showdown Over Iran”

KABUL – A sudden upsurge in Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan has seen casualties mount daily among combatants and the civilian population. The rebels, who were ousted from power by U.S.-led coalition forces in late 2001, have regrouped in the southern provinces to ambush and strike government and military targets nearly every day. Caught in the … Continue reading “Civilians Die as Taliban Fights US-Led Troops”

The mother of a murdered Belfast teenager has met U.S. diplomats to express her concerns about a Pentagon security contract in Iraq. Jean McBride’s son Peter was shot dead in 1992 by two soldiers from the Scots Guards. Their commanding officer, Lt. Col. Tim Spicer, is now the head of Aegis Specialist Risk Management, one … Continue reading “US Ambassador Pledges Full Investigation of Mercenary Videos”

JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert could not have asked or hoped for much more – surprisingly enthusiastic, if still qualified, support from U.S. President George Bush for his West Bank withdrawal plan. His speech to both houses of Congress was interrupted no fewer than 38 times by rapturous applause. And he won a … Continue reading “Israel a Winner Again in US”