I was watching U.S. President George W. Bush during a live televised press conference as he was trying to give his interpretation of the victory of the radical Hamas movement in the Palestinian elections. And I was feeling kind of embarrassed for my president as he...
Iran Confrontation in the Cards
NEW DELHI - Now that the Western powers have reached a deal with Russia and China to refer Iran's nuclear activities to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), a serious escalation of tensions with Tehran is in the cards. While Russia and China are sending...
He’s Not Your
Commander in Chief
Like many Americans, I've heard it so many times in casual conversations that I can cite it verbatim: "I'm not sure Bush is doing everything the best way, but he is our commander in chief, and we need to stand behind him during this time of war." I used to...
War, Profit, and the State
It has been often said that war is the health of the state but the argument could also be made that the reverse is more true: that the state is the health of war. In other words, that war the greatest of all human evils is impossible without the...
Unlike Bush, bin Laden Keeps His Word
Now that he's under pressure to defend his domestic spying program, President Bush is suddenly very worried about Osama bin Laden. And Bush says if we had any sense, we'd also be worried about bin Laden and stop bitching about the loss of our Fourth Amendment rights....
Political Earthquake in Palestine
http://www.independent.org/tii/antiwar/e060131.html
To MOX or Not to MOX
After four years of intense debate, President Bush has apparently decided to override President Carter and Greenpeace and "close the fuel cycle." Carter had essentially prohibited the "recycling" of "spent" nuclear fuel and required all...
Realists, Isolationists, and Neocons: A Primer
Scott McConnell is the editor of The American Conservative, a magazine he founded with Pat Buchanan and Taki Theodoracopulos in 2002. McConnell has a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University and was formerly the editorial page editor of The New York Post. He has been...
US Realignment With Sunnis Is Far Advanced
Two major revelations this past week show how far the George W. Bush administration has already shifted its policy toward realignment with Sunni forces to balance the influence of pro-Iranian Shi'ites in Iraq. U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad revealed in an interview...
Does Democracy Boulevard Lead to Islamism?
The neoconservatives who dreamed up the Bush Doctrine promoting "democracy" would be the U.S. mission in the Middle East may be about to hold yet another "Seconds Thoughts" conference. Certainly, Israel must be having second thoughts on the folly of...


