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One can hardly overlook the reverberation of triumph in the words of Ariel Sharon’s own chief spokesman, Ranaan Gissin on Thursday, January 29. When commenting on a suicide bombing that killed 10 Israelis and wounded others in Jerusalem, Gissin exhorted: “This terrorist attack is the best argument that we can use to defend the sacred … Continue reading “Beyond Wall and Propaganda:”

Chalmers Johnson, who is one of those people I consider interesting enough to have taken the trouble, now that I’m advanced enough chronologically to have developed a grudging and still mostly fleeting sense of mortality, to meet personally, is carving out for himself an honorable position as – Cassandra is too strong a word perhaps, … Continue reading “Lament for the Lost Republic”

Terrorism of the 9/11-type tragedy is a serious and dangerous problem that people understand, and they take caution when the color alerts are issued. What’s amazing is that the same people ignore a far greater terrorism that is on Red Alert everyday with millions of lives and a billion tears but an hour away. This … Continue reading “Red Alert Everyday”

Broadcast on NPR from WBUR in Boston, January 30, 2004. A conservative radio talk jock who says he was demoted because he was against the war in Iraq. Listen (requires Real Player). Also, check out Charles Goyette’s article in the latest American Conservative magazine, “How to Lose Your Job in Talk Radio – Clear Channel … Continue reading “Antiwar Conservative Shock Jock Feeling the Heat”

Objector.org I am currently serving my second term in the Marines and like so many I fell hook-line and sinker the lies told by the current "president," now I find myself doubting my decision to serve again. Thank you for being against this war, it is total bushit, please excuse the vulgarity but it is. … Continue reading “”

“What does that rude term [chickensh*t] signify? It does not imply complaint about the inevitable inconveniences of military life: overcrowding and lack of privacy, tedious institutional cookery, deprivation of personality, general boredom. Nothing much can be done about those things. Chickensh*t refers rather to behavior that makes military life worse than it need be: petty … Continue reading “Ready for Four More Years? They Certainly Are”

We’re on the list of top 50 news websites – and, if we don’t make a success of our quarterly fundraising drive, we’re practically down to our last dime. It’s really kind of funny, if you think about it. I mean, here we are – three guys and as many computers – up there with … Continue reading “Successful and Broke: The Antiwar.com Story”

With the announcement by India’s ruling coalition that it will ask for the dissolution of the Lower House of Parliament on Feb. 6, the country is all set for national elections to get underway probably five months before the term of the House ends. By all indications, it will be a contentious, sharp and bitter … Continue reading “India’s Ruling Party Faces Fierce Fight in Elections”

Turkish Daily News ANKARA – U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz made important gestures to Turkey on Thursday in an interview with private CNN- Turk TV channel, soothing Turkish fears over PKK existence and Iraqi Kurdish leader’s ethnicity-based federation claims in Iraq. Paul Wolfowitz responded to questions from Mehmet Ali Birand and Cengiz Candar … Continue reading “Wolfowitz: We will Completely Remove Kurdish Group From Northern Iraq”

A recent study by a Chinese Academy of Social Sciences claims the emerging Chinese middle class is a myth. All those interviewed who believe they are middle class, are actually deluding themselves or lying. Or are being lied to. A concurrent stream of research by the Henry Luce Foundation in cooperation with the Baker Institute … Continue reading “Can China Keep Up the Pace?”