Justin Raimondo is taking the holiday weekend off. His column will return Monday. The continuing propaganda campaign directed at Vladimir Putin's Russia has taken a bizarre turn with the alleged "poisoning," in a London restaurant, of Alexander Litvinenko, a former...
George Orwell warned us, but what American would have expected that in the opening years of the 21st century the United States would become a country in which lies and deception by the president and vice president were the basis for a foreign policy of war and...
Updated at 7:55 p.m. EST, Nov. 22, 2006 There was less reported violence on Wednesday than in previous days, but at least 106 Iraqis were killed or found dead and another 11 were wounded. Also, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq released a report...
In the wake of the recent crushing Democratic election victory, most pundits in Washington have been expecting the Bush administration to change course in Iraq. For those people, last week's testimony by Gen. John Abizaid, the U.S. commander ultimately in charge of...
With Ali al-Fadhily BAGHDAD - The arrest warrant issued last week by the Iraqi government for Sunni leader Dr. Harith al-Dhari has sent shock waves through the government and galvanized much of the Sunni population. Iraq's Minister of the Interior Jawad al-Bolani told...
Updated 9:50 p.m. EST, Nov. 22, 2006 As Iraq formally renewed diplomatic ties with neighboring Syria today, at least 144 Iraqis were killed or found dead and 55 more were injured. No foreign deaths were reported, but Coalition forces killed six in separate incidents...
Robert Gates is a poor choice for secretary of defense, but by now everyone should be accustomed to George W. Bush making poor choices. Gates was so notorious for politicizing intelligence so that it matched the policy decisions of the higher-ups that the first time...
The Baker commission – or more accurately, the Geriatric Squad – is not likely to come up with a solution to the Iraq War. The commission consists of some old political types – two ex-secretaries of state, Jim Baker and Lawrence Eagleburger; two...
The Mugging of Murtha Damn bad news about your ailing fundraising! Real change in U.S./coalition policies seems as unlikely as ever. In my humble opinion, the only way change will happen is via the U.S. citizenry acting in enlightened self-interest and saving lots of...
"In the course of his [General Westmoreland's] testimony, he made the statement that he did not want to command an army of mercenaries. I [Milton Friedman] stopped him and said, 'General, would you rather command an army of slaves?' He drew himself up and said, 'I...
