Three years of the Bush administration's "war on terrorism" appears to have reduced the appetite of the U.S. public and its leaders for unilateral military engagements, according to a major survey released Tuesday by the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations...
Fact-Checking Bush’s UN Address
Commentators in the mainstream media seem genuinely perplexed over the polite but notably unenthusiastic reception given to President George W. Bush's Sept. 21 address before the United Nations General Assembly. Why wasn't a speech that emphasized such high ideals as...
The President’s Comedy Routine
President George Bush's denial of the reality of Iraq is beginning to sound like a stand-up comedy routine. "Mr. President, the insurgency has spread to the whole country." "We're making great progress." "But Mr. President, the attacks against coalition forces have...
More Bureaucracy, Less National Security
http://www.independent.org/tii/antiwar/e040928.html
Man Arrested for Videotaping Buildings May Stand Trial
Police arrested Kamran Akhtar, a Pakistani national accused of living in the U.S. illegally, on July 20 while videotaping skyscrapers in Charlotte, N.C. Today, Akhtar remains in Mecklenburg County Jail in Charlotte waiting to see if he will be convicted of violating...
Blowhards, Left and Right
Watching MSNBC's Joe Scarborough reporting from West Palm Beach, Florida, yelling over the storm, and momentarily drowning out the hurricane winds – until his microphone connection was cut – gives new meaning to the word blowhard. Joe's a typical...
Jimmy Carter Is Right
Former president Jimmy Carter recently issued a gutsy call on the U.S. government to pull out of Iraq as soon as possible. While a distinct minority in Congress has voiced this sentiment, it's refreshing to hear an ex-president say what almost no one else in the...
India’s Security Council Bid a Long Haul
NEW DELHI – While India has thrown its hat into the United Nations Security Council ring, the process of actually gaining a permanent seat on the body – which has the power to introduce sanctions and authorize the use of force in conflicts – may prove...
Whose Fault Is It?
Out of almost 1,400 words, it was the following short sentence that attracted almost all the readers' reactions to my previous column: "The Arab states and the Palestinians have in fact acknowledged Israel's right to exist in peace, if it withdraws from the occupied...
A Choice Without an Alternative
Will you be offered a choice without an alternative in November? By now you must know that the Republican Party has been taken over by the neo-crazies, hell-bent on establishing American Hegemony in the Middle East on behalf of our "allies." But maybe you...