The rituals of Empire have their own meaning and structure, and, as we morph from a republic to an imperial hegemon, these are becoming more formalized. Note the proliferation of grandiosely named agencies and other offices, staffed by a multitude of officials with...
U.S. Pres. George W. Bush issued his second-term National Security Strategy Thursday, a document outlining the administration's strategy for using diplomatic, economic, and military tools to deal with global challenges. Ironically, the 47-page document that outlines a...
It is almost unfair to analyze the president’s speeches on Iraq these days. It seems increasingly apparent that most Americans aren’t listening any more. Even if Dubya were to defy all expectations and deliver a convincing argument for staying the course...
It is fashionable to believe that the intelligence community "failed" on 9/11 and that if it is "fixed," future terrorist attacks can be prevented – and by implication, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks could have been prevented. Such thinking assumes that...
Untitled Document Was Serbia a Practice Run for Iraq?Thank you Mr. Paul Craig Roberts for being a light in the darkness, writing of the American experience for the last 20 years.In my opinion, attacking Serbia and winning the Balkans was an integral part of getting...
Three years after Pres. George W. Bush ordered U.S. troops into Iraq, public confidence in the operation is dwindling ever smaller, as is the belief that Bush's stated reasons for going to war were sincere, according to a new poll released here Wednesday by the...
*with Isam Rashid BAGHDAD - Talk of withdrawal has been dogging the administrations of the United States and Britain for months. Recently the Sunday Telegraph in Australia and the Daily Mirror in Britain ran reports quoting a senior British official that the two...
JERUSALEM - The overcrowded Gaza Strip has routinely been described as a big prison following the onset of the second Palestinian rising, the Intifadah, six years ago and the virtual closing of crossing points to and from Israel. Life for the 1.4 million Palestinians...
If you were President George W. Bush with all available US troops tied down by the Iraqi resistance, and you were unable to control Iraq or political developments in the country, would you also start a war with Iran? Yes, you would. Bush’s determination to spread...
GENEVA - As the United States began making the case in the UN Security Council this week for what its Ambassador John Bolton calls "painful consequences" if Iran continues with its controversial nuclear program, Washington is facing a familiar dilemma: What to do if...
