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You didn't have to be Nostradamus to predict the Iraq war would come to this. Heck, even I was able to predict it clearly. In a column for Antiwar.com as the Iraqi invasion began (March 2003), I wrote the following: "I'm not afraid of our troops conquering in Iraq....

When in 1970 Life magazine published photos taken by Senator Tom Harkin, then a lowly congressional aide, of the infamous "tiger cages" in which suspected Viet Cong men, women and even children were kept secretly – and crippled – by the U.S.-run South...

The temperature in Washington heated up today as more news about torture in Iraq surfaced. Perhaps seeking a respite, President Bush escaped Washington, heading for South Bend, Indiana, and a campaign event. Elsewhere, in response the growing world-wide dismay over...

I don't believe in democracy. In some liberal circles this makes me a heretic who should be shot. Less reactive liberals smiled blankly at my consternation at our British government's collaboration with America in raining down hell on Yugoslavia – for...

There isn't time to write this, which is why I'm tapping it out an hour or so into a return flight to San Francisco from New York, where I've just spoken to a group of 150 or so. And a most appreciative group it was. I was astonished to discover, however, that my...

During the Cold War, Soviet intelligence agencies sometimes provided us "disinformation" – false information, intended to obscure the truth. Hence, there were frequently sharp differences of opinion within our own intelligence community as to whether or...

On the 25th of April, Australia commemorated Anzac Day – a day that pays tribute to all Australian servicemen in general, but particularly pays homage to those Australians who died during World War I.  It was, predictably, used by the Australian Prime Minister...

US Army Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, the officer who has been at the center of a storm about abuse and torture by US soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, broke her silence Saturday. General Karpinski was the commander of Abu Ghraib prison. Speaking to the...

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...