Why do Americans who talk about freedom and democracy rely on coercion? The political left is all for coercion against the rich. Freedom and democracy mean taking the rich's money and giving it to those who have a "right" to it. For conservatives, freedom and...
War Propaganda
If you step back a moment and think about it, you will realize that you are constantly being propagandized to approve of war not just the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, but war generically. We should resist. War is killing, maiming and disfiguring human beings....
Pfc. Staley's backtalk I hope you understand that when soldiers like PFC Staley complain about Antiwar.com being "a slap in the face" to his brothers fighting for our country, they have no idea of what they are talking about. I felt the same way when I was a Marine in...
300 Local Governments Slam PATRIOT Act
The tiny Martha's Vineyard hamlet of Tisbury, Massachusetts, this week became the 300th local or state government to denounce the USA Patriot Act, even as President George W. Bush was campaigning for Congress to make the Act permanent before its expiration next year....
Iraq: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
As the U.S. military continues to clash with Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army in the holy city Najaf, the mid-day call to prayer sounds in the poor, Shia neighborhood Showle in Baghdad. A group of residents crowd around a cigarette stand to explain to the US...
Congress Ignores ‘Dirty War’ Past of New Iraq Envoy
John Negroponte, the Bush administration's nominee to become Washington's first ambassador to Iraq since last year's invasion, was talking about how much "sovereignty" the country's new government will enjoy after Jun. 30, when U.S. military forces will remain in...
Mission Not Accomplished
A year ago, the President of the United States harkened back to his days as an aviator for the Texas Air National Guard to deliver a dramatic, made-for-television speech. Eager to experience the thrill of a carrier landing, the President donned a flight suit, strapped...
Lots of Mistakes
President George W. Bush has said he hasn't made any mistakes. I can think of lots of mistakes he's made. He failed to prevent the attacks on Sept. 11. Say what you will, those attacks occurred on his watch and are his responsibility. The Aug. 6 memo the CIA prepared...
Iraq Prisoners Are at Least Survivors
The treatment of Iraqi prisoners apparent from the CBS pictures is not the American way of doing things, US President George W. Bush declared Friday. But the indications on the ground in Iraq are that such treatment may not be the exception. Bush said he will "take...
The Great Satan
The current issue of National Review advocates that the US adopt Saddam Husseins policies toward Iraqis. Nothing less will subdue them, says the conservative publication. To beat them, National Review says, we must become like them. No sooner said than done. The...


