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Propaganda’s Forward March
In pursuit of their agenda, neoconservatives have shown no respect for facts or persons. Neocons have lied to the President, the Secretary of State, Congress, the UN, our allies, and the public. In order to fabricate a case for a "preemptive" US invasion of...
Will Bush Exit – or Escalate?
"Watch what we do, not what we say," was the retort of Attorney General John Mitchell to reporters questioning Nixon's commitment to desegregation. Though mocked for cynicism, Mitchell was right. Even as Nixon's men were railing at the radical idiocy of forced busing...
The Bizarro Effect
Something quite sinister is happening. But you knew that. As we know all too well, since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, everything changed: the earth somersaulted on its axis, and reality became …inverted. I first broached, somewhat tentatively,...
Murder of UN Worker Spotlights Resurgence of Taliban
The killing of a French UN relief worker Sunday in the Afghan provincial city of Ghazni underscores both the deteriorating security situation in much of the country two years after the ouster of the Taliban regime, and the degree to which the United Nations and aid...
American, Israeli Hawks Worried Over Peace Moves
Middle East peace activists are seeing rays of hope for the first time since pro-Likud neo-conservatives grabbed control of US policy toward the region after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on New York and the Pentagon. The specific focus of those hopes lies with two...
Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Well, praises be! It's not exactly utopia yet, and I wouldn't put it past Dubya to veer once again toward the messianic vision presented so forcibly by various neoconservatives, including people in his administration. But the quick turnaround last week on the...
Hold the Neocons Accountable
Will neoconservatives be held responsible for orchestrating a war in order to pursue their Middle Eastern agenda? Will they get away with inflicting death and injury on thousands of Iraqis and Americans? Colin Powell put his reputation on the line when he gave the UN...
Pre-Emptive Killing
Former Secretary of State George Shultz talked with Charlie Rose a few weeks ago and said this, or words to this effect, in defense of pre-emptive war. "Well, if you knew someone intended to kill you and had the means to do so, you wouldn't wait until they...
The Neocons Are Losing
As George W. Bush gets ready to hightail it out of Iraq – or at least tries to convince the American people that's what he's doing with his "Iraqification" policy – the neocons are up in arms and poor little Billy Kristol is in a veritable tizzy. In a piece...