Imagine you're selling a product and a large gang – call it Gang A – comes along and tells you to stop and threatens to kill you, or at least destroy your property, if you don't. Gang A, though far way geographically, is very well-funded: I'll tell you why...
Among the Democratic Party's liberal antiwar wing, hopes were high that Barack Obama would become their voice when he made an impressive speech in which he called attention to the likely consequences of an invasion and characterized the entire project as a "dumb war."...
Updated at 12:30 a.m. EST, Dec. 19, 2006 At least 97 Iraqis were killed or found dead today and another 58 were wounded. Many of them were hurt and killed when several small bombs rocked Baghdad. Also, four people were kidnapped. One U.S. soldier was killed and...
Updated at 9:25 a.m. EST, Dec. 18, 2006 Another mass kidnapping occurred in Baghdad where over two dozen people were kidnapped from the offices of the Red Crescent aid group. At least 69 Iraqis were killed or found dead today and six more were wounded. One American...
Updated at 12:15 p.m. EST, Dec. 17, 2006 Today, military authorities reported that three GIs were killed and another wounded by a roadside bomb in Baghdad yesterday. Another U.S. soldier died from small arms gunfire in Ramadi. At least 57 American servicemembers have...
The problem facing the Palestinian leadership, as they strive to bring the millions living in the occupied territories some small relief from their collective suffering, reduces to a matter of a few words. Like a naughty child who has only to say "sorry" to be...
Now that John Bolton, our undiplomatic ambassador to the United Nations, will be stepping down, the Senate ought to take a hard look at the world body before confirming a replacement. The U.N. was cobbled together toward the end of World War II, and it is clear from...
The U.S. military subpoenaed an independent journalist Thursday, demanding she testify as a witness for the prosecution of First Lt. Ehren Watada, the first commissioned officer to be court-martialed for refusing to serve in Iraq. "This morning at 8:45 someone...
Well, our esteemed President has decided that he won’t make any adjustments, whether cosmetic or substantive, to his policy in Iraq until after the first of the year, so perhaps I’ll leave the topic alone for a while as well. Although it no doubt means more...
Two weeks ago, during his Senate confirmation hearings, nominee Robert Gates was asked if he believed the Iranians were trying to acquire a nuclear weapons capability. Gates said he did. He was then asked if he believed "the Iranians would consider using that nuclear...
