Saddam, Stalin, Hitler, and History

Even the harshest Bush-bashing pundit tends to qualify his or her criticism of the war in Iraq with the line, "There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein was an evil man and we should all be thankful that he and his cronies have been deposed, but…" In fact, you can...

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In Iraq, Another Occupation Day

As the United States celebrated its independence this weekend, Iraq celebrated another week under foreign occupation. So I thought it useful to look at Thomas Jefferson's case against England's King George III and compare it with the Iraqi case against our own...

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‘Withdrawal Would Cripple US Credibility’

Obsession with seeming unequivocal and immovable has been frequent in the Oval Office. During the Vietnam War, such fixations were indifferent to the fact that the war was losing the U.S. government moral credibility around the world. But from the outset, Lyndon...

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Chasing Zarqawi

Just in the last few days, according to USA Today, a "propaganda video purportedly made by al-Qaeda-linked terror suspect Abu Musab al-Zarqawi" has been released showing suicide attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq supposedly inspired by or ordered by him. Since George...

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Iraq: A Right-Wing Alternate Reality Show

Never mind all that folderol about Iraq's burgeoning insurgency: those bombs going off everywhere, the kidnappings, and the complete inability of the U.S.-installed Iraqi government to keep order in the streets of their own capital city – "The war is over," says...

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Defining Proliferation Downward

President Bush will no doubt have UN Ambassador John Bolton – once ensconced – demand the Security Council endorse the implementation of his Proliferation Security Initiative. That is, demand the Security Council endorse the use of (1) economic sanctions;...

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