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Realists, Neocons in New Iran Argument
A new round in the ongoing battle between realists and neoconservative hawks over Iran policy got underway here Monday with the publication by a task force of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) of a new report urging Washington to engage Tehran on a selected range...
Risk-Transfer Militarism and the Legitimacy of War After Iraq
A renaissance of warfare is one of the most striking features of the early twenty-first century. War, it seems, is not the prerogative of international criminals, but the first resort of the righteous. After September 11, 2001, it was widely believed that might could...
Where the Taliban Once Tread
LONDON Dr. Massaouda Jalal is not a winner yet, but she has won at least something just by contesting the presidential elections in Afghanistan as the only woman candidate. Dr. Jalal, 41, just about qualified to contest past the minimum age of 40. This makes...
US Sikhs Shocked by ‘Inflammatory’ AP Article
"The FBI is intensifying efforts nationwide to enlist Muslims, Arab-Americans and Sikhs to help thwart a possible terrorist attack this summer or fall." So says the first line of a July 9 Associated Press story that was picked up by numerous newspapers, radio and...
The New Credibility Gap
The infinite chutzpah of the War Party is exemplified by its taking out after Joe Wilson for having a credibility problem. Look who's talking! These are the same people who stovepiped lies cooked up by a bunch of Iraqi exiles and passed it off as...
War Is No Blank Check
"A state of war is not a blank check for the president when it comes to the rights of the nation's citizens." Those words from Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day OConnor are music to the ears of every friend of freedom. That line is a direct slap at...
Padilla, Hamdi, and Rasul: Charge Them or Release Them
Now that the Supreme Court has ruled that Yaser Hamdi and Shafiq Rasul (and other Guantanamo detainees) are entitled to seek habeas corpus relief in U.S. federal district courts to challenge their detention by U.S. military officials, the question naturally arises:...
Backtalk July 17, 2004
Condoleezza Needs to Call Anonymous Great piece. I think it very wise for Antiwar.com to post articles by people who have worked for the state and recognize the missteps. And like other recent pieces by former intel analysts, this one reminds me of Sam Adams' book...
Asia Tops Economic Freedom Survey
Hong Kong, followed closely by Singapore, retains the highest rating in the latest edition of the "Economic Freedom of the World" annual report released here Thursday by the Cato Institute and more than 50 other libertarian think tanks around the world. The United...


