The Buck Stops … Where? Mr. Kaplan's article confirmed something that even I would have been hard-pressed to really believe about the government, though I don't know why it should surprise me. His reference to the March 2 NBC report that the administration...
We would do better if, instead of being sheep and complacently accepting the words of politicians as edicts from God, we were like children who always ask that innocent question, "Why?" Over and over we hear the statement "The United States cannot afford to fail in...
As U.S. forces fought the Shia forces of Muqtada Al- Sadr in the south, they broke into the Sunni Abu Hanifa mosque in Baghdad Saturday. Amid moves by Shia and Sunni leaders to come together against the occupation, US forces have chosen to attack both at the same...
The horrifying photos of young Iraqi men abused by young American men and women have shocked the world in their vivid depiction of human degradation in much the same way as the explosive televised images of the terrorists’ destruction of the World Trade Center...
Thank the gods for Seymour Hersh, that's all I can say. Without him, the truth about what went on at Abu Ghraib prison – and the dark forces behind it – would probably still be locked away in a safe somewhere deep in the bowels of the Pentagon. His latest...
Contrary to US President George Bush's recent statement that electricity in Iraq "is now more widely available than before the war," Iraqi officials say the power supply in their country has not yet been repaired to pre-war levels. Bush made the claim in his May 1,...
Recent days have been hectic ones for the Supreme Rulers in Washington, D.C. President George W. Bush and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld have ceased their accustomed swaggering, put on their most somber faces, and issued one apology after another for the...
Statement on H. Con. Res. 398: Expressing the concern of Congress over Iran's development of the means to produce nuclear weapons, 6 May 2004. I rise in strong opposition to this ill-conceived and ill-timed legislation. Let's not fool ourselves: this concurrent...
George W. Bush The White House Washington, DC 20500 Re: Inhumane treatment of prisoners produces blowbacks and backlashes Dear Mr. President: The reported widespread abuse of prisoners by your Administration adds another condition that reflects on your failure of...
We ain't seen nothing yet, the congressional censors warn. The pornographic pictorials from Abu Ghraib prison, starring some sadistic and slutty servicemen and women, are soft core compared to the X-rated fare that has yet to go public. The members of the 800th...
