We have now reached another of those recurring tinderbox moments relating to Iran. Yesterday, the Iranians officially relaunched their nuclear program, beginning a suspended process of uranium conversion at a facility near Isfahan. In this, Iran’s emboldened clerical regime defies the European troika – France, Germany, England – with which it has been in negotiations, …
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A lot of people want to believe that the current war on Iraq is some kind of aberration – a radical departure from the previous baseline of U.S. foreign policy. That’s a comforting illusion. Yes, the current administration in Washington is notable for the extreme mendacity and calculated idiocy of its claims. But – decade …
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Medical ethics have been corrupted because doctors and medical bodies have taken direct and indirect part in abusing prisoners detained as part of what U.S. and other officials call the "war on terror," a senior British Medical Association (BMA) official said Thursday. "Governmental and medical bodies have begun adjusting and blurring their ethical guidance, tilting …
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This morning I sit at my keyboard in awe of the events of this past weekend. Cindy Sheehan’s trip to Crawford to talk to President Bush started out as just a small idea Wednesday evening. None of us thought for even a minute that it would snowball into the media and historic event that it …
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BUENOS AIRES – Although Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay have formally accepted the fact that Paraguay has allowed U.S. troops to enter the country and granted them immunity from prosecution, the decision has become a thorn in the flesh of South America’s Mercosur trade bloc. "The position taken by Paraguay has marked a difference" with the …
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Who’s Behind the Coming War With Iran? An otherwise informative article was badly damaged by your repeated reference as a Trotskyite someone in the State Department. I fail to see the necessity to dredge up this red-baiting with references to a Bolshevik who has been dead for one hundred years. The whole argument is irrelevant …
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Cindy Sheehan is on a mission. The death of her son in combat in Iraq has sent her on her own personal odyssey, a quest for the answer to the question: Why? The latest stop in that journey: Crawford, Texas, right outside the presidential ranch, where she and a few intrepid antiwar protesters marched in …
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“Asked about continued political challenges such as Iraq and Social Security, Bush said he doesn’t care about the polls. “Q: But power is perception. “THE PRESIDENT: Power is being the president.” –George Bush in an interview with Texas reporters G-SAVE Yourself! Last week, the State Department issued an “updated worldwide caution” about “extremist violence” against …
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As of this writing, more than 1,800 young Americans have died in Iraq. The combined cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is $340 billion. This is what happens when we elect people who refuse to accept the limits set by the United States Constitution. The Constitution gave us a government to govern America, …
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