Hallelujah! In response to a specific question, John Kerry declared that if elected president his number one priority would be preventing nuke proliferation. How do we know Kerry really means it? After all, President Bush told you that the reason he had to invade Iraq...
Imperial Hubris
In his scathing indictment of the Bush administration's policies in the "war on terrorism," Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry twice made a telling point during the debate on national security matters, one that drove home the Bushies' incompetence...
The Election Isnt about Vietnam
What a topsy-turvy election! One candidate chose to fight in Vietnam. One candidate avoided it. So which candidate is supported by opponents of the Vietnam war? As I said, topsy-turvy. We hear lots of people say that the election should be about terrorism, Iraq,...
If You Harbor Terrorists, You Are a Terrorist
While delegates to the GOP convention were congratulating themselves for their candidates tough stand against terrorism, the Bush administration was creating an international incidentlittle publicized in the United Statesby harboring a notorious...
The Nationalization of the American People
With military manpower shortages arising out of the war in Iraq, there is talk in the air that the federal government might reinstitute the draft, most likely sometime after the November election. Such a prospect should cause every American to reflect not only on the...
Saddam as the Twentieth Hijacker
The 9/11 commission reported in June that there was no collaborative relationship between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda, and thus that Bushs Enemy No. 1 had no role in the 9/11 attacks. Far from finding any partnership between the two, the report noted...
Backtalk, October 3, 2004
Putin, the PatriotMr. Raimondo: Very telling and interesting article indeed. Another interesting fact I found about the involvement of the U.S. neocon cabal in the Chechen conflict and their desire to weaken and isolate Russia through the Chechen rebels, arises from...
The Grand Illusion
When asked for their solution to the mess in Iraq, both of America's presidential candidates – Tweedledumb and Tweedlephony – advance the same line: "train more Iraqi security forces." Once enough Iraqis have been trained, they suggest, American...
Afghanistan Baiting the Well-Heeled Diaspora to Return
DUBAI - While the influential U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan predicts terrorist attacks before the presidential elections next week, he urged investors not to shy away from the war-ravaged country. "Enemies of Afghanistan's success have initiated an effort...
India, Pakistan Turning a New Leaf?
NEW DELHI - Before Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met last Friday in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations, no one could have forecast how their first-ever talks would turn out. As it happened, their scheduled...


