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The Secret’s Out Now What?
Yesterday, London's Sunday Times published the text of another SECRET UK EYES ONLY briefing document prepared for senior British officials. This one was dated July 21, 2002, two days before British intelligence chief Richard Dearlove gave Prime Minister Tony Blair and...
A Palliative for Neo-Crazy Lies
Because Bush-Bolton and the neo-crazies have legions of sycophants ensconced at all major media outlets, feeding you a daily diet of lies, misrepresentations, and false innuendo about among other things Iran's nuclear programs, you're probably in need of...
Backtalk, June 14, 2005
Who Cares About Iraqis? I am a soldier currently stationed in Camp Ar-Ramadi. I do not believe this war is justified and feel that there should be a timetable set for a withdrawal. However, I do not totally agree with the article, "Who Cares About Iraqis?" I do not...
The Scourge of Militarism: Rome and America
In September 2003, only four months after our president's "Mission Accomplished" moment on the USS Abraham Lincoln, it was already evident to some of us that neocon dreams of establishing a robust Pax Americana on the planet were likely to be doomed in the sands of...
Solzhenitsyn’s Maxim
Terrorists chose Russia's "National Day" the celebration of Russia's rebirth in the ashes of the Soviet Union to strike once again, as they did at Beslan. As the passenger train coming from Grozny, capital of war-torn Chechnya, approached the village of...
American Gulag
In case you haven't noticed it, the Bush administration's standard response to any criticism is to attack the critic. Ad hominem attacks are designed, of course, to avoid the subject of the criticism. Such a tactic greatly appeals to armchair patriots with petrified...
Bolton, the Unlawful
Guess what? The man President Bush wants to be our Ambassador to the United Nations has frequently interfered as Under-Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security in personnel and operations matters of various UN agencies in a manner...
White House Seeks Softer, Gentler Liaison to Arab World
If enthusiastic White House and Congressional support could solve Washington's public diplomacy problems, Dina Habib Powell would be well on her way to becoming a national heroine. The Egyptian-born Powell, currently the top personnel official at the White House, is...
War: Realities and Myths
The vanquished know war. They see through the empty jingoism of those who use the abstract words of glory, honor, and patriotism to mask the cries of the wounded, the senseless killing, war profiteering, and chest-pounding grief. They know the lies the victors often...


