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CARACAS – The atomic bomb that was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima 60 years ago, on Aug. 6, 1945, may have been the most crucial event of the 20th century. But it was not the top news story. That was because censorship and the manipulative media treatment of the tragic event, managed by … Continue reading “Hiroshima, the Top News Story That Wasn’t”

Writing in The American Conservative‘s Aug. 1 issue, former military intelligence and CIA counterterrorism officer Philip Giraldi, now a partner in Cannistraro Associates, says that the vice president (who, according to the U.S. Constitution, has no authority but to break a tie vote in the U.S. Senate up to and until the day the president … Continue reading “Who’s Behind the Coming War With Iran?”

It now appears likely that the Iraqis will come up with some sort of written constitution by the Aug. 15 deadline. Although President Bush has expressed aversion to strict deadlines for the United States, both Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the new U.S. ambassador to Iraq (what ever happened to John Negroponte, whose veteran savvy … Continue reading “Constitution: How’s Chances?”

The other shoe has finally dropped in the case of the spy scandal involving the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). In addition to five espionage-related charges filed against former Pentagon analyst Larry Franklin, two counts of conspiracy to communicate classified information to a foreign power have been lodged against former AIPAC foreign policy director … Continue reading “AIPAC Spy Nest Exposed”

Pledge WeekOK, Justin, I’m doing the right thing and contributing money to Antiwar.com now. I check the site every day and routinely “talk up” Justin’s columns so much among my friends that my wife refers to him as my “buddy Justin.” As in, “So, what does your buddy Justin have to say today?” I’m sure … Continue reading “Backtalk, August 5, 2005”

Anniversary of a Victorious Crime In the early morning hours of Aug. 4, 1995, on the heels of an incessant artillery and air bombardment, some 200,000 Croatian troops moved in to “liberate” Krajina, a stretch of mountains inhabited by Serbs who had rejected Croatia’s secession from Yugoslavia four years prior. Overrunning the token UN observation … Continue reading “Remembering the Storm”

Whatever plans Dick Cheney and his neoconservatives may have had to conjure up a nuclear threat from Iran as “justification” for military action have been sharply undercut by some timely leaks to the Washington Post. In a redux of President George W. Bush’s spin on the “grave and growing” danger from Iraq, Cheney protégé and … Continue reading “Preempting Cheney”

The “world’s democratic movement” is not another one of the transnational citizens’ movements, like the anti-globalization or antiwar movements, that prides itself on having no central structure, no dogma, or even an office. This movement is highly organized, better funded, and even has its own “secretariat.” Unlike other leaderless but world-shaking transnational citizens’ networks that … Continue reading “World Movement for Democracy: Made in the USA”

It is just about the oldest plot cliché there is. As you eagerly anticipate the climax, the villain appears to have subdued everyone who ever thought of standing in his way and is on the precipice of triumph, when suddenly, from out of nowhere, his first victim who everyone forgot about ends up turning the … Continue reading “Labor Takes Its Stand Against Empire”

The George W. Bush administration may soon resume production of antipersonnel land mines in a move that is at odds with both the international community and previous U.S. policy on the weapons, says a leading human rights organization. In December of this year, the Pentagon will decide whether or not to begin producing a new … Continue reading “After 10-Year Hiatus, Pentagon Eyes New Landmine”