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Bush Continues the ‘Big Lie’ in the Face of Mountains of Contrary Evidence
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Israel’s Intelligence Scandal
Two weeks ago, the international community made a shocking declaration. Giving in to a demand by George Bush, the "Quartet" accepted the "Revised Disengagement Plan" of Ariel Sharon. This means that the United Nations, the European Union, the Russian Federation and...
Dealing with Iran’s Nuclear Challenge
Over the coming months, few Middle Eastern issues are likely to become more pressing than Iran's nuclear program. Admitting only to the pursuit of civilian energy, the Iranians are now preparing to complete a heavy water reactor at Arak from which the fissile material...
A Wreck Will Be Hard to Drive
BAGHDAD – The authorization was in writing. Brigadier-General Amer Ali, the second most senior officer of the Iraqi Police had given IPS permission to interview officers inside the Asha'ab police station in Baghdad. When I showed up at the police station, U.S....
The Wrong War
There exists "no credible evidence that Iraq and al-Qaeda cooperated on attacks against the United States." There were contacts between al-Qaeda and Iraq, but "they do not appear to have resulted in a collaborative relationship." In 1994, Baghdad rebuffed approaches...
More Neocraziness
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission – a bipartisan Commission established by Congress in 2000 "to investigate, analyze and provide recommendations to Congress on the economic and national security implications of the U.S.-China relationship"...
Afghanistan: The Forgotten War
The headline of the UPI story detailing President Hamid Karzai's recent trip to Washington – "Afghanistan is Bush's good news" – was in stark contrast to content of the piece, which started out tellingly: "Standing beside President George W....
Colin Powell’s Vanishing Credibility
Memo To: Tim Russert, Meet the Press From: Jude Wanniski Re: Your Powell interview It has been a week since I watched you interview Secretary of State Colin Powell on Meet the Press June 13, but I did want to calm down before I wrote some complaints in this space. I...
Was Reagan the First Neoconservative? I've listened to a lot of talk from just about everybody this past week, but this piece by Buchanan is by far the most evenhanded, the best yet. Thanks for your insight – and your fairness. The quicker we remove the neocons...
Saddam’s Enablers May Also Go on Trial
ARBIL – A year after the fall of Saddam Hussein, the mountains and plains of northern Iraq are still covered in landmines planted by the former Iraqi dictator's regime during the 1980s. That is when he fought a decade-long war with Iran and many battles with...
