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Sixty years after it was dropped on Salzburg, a U.S. bomb explodes, killing the two men who tried to defuse it. Vietnamese kids keep losing fingers, toes, arms, and legs to a conflict they’re too young to have even forgotten. Hostages of last year’s Chechen theater siege are still collapsing from the elixir that set … Continue reading “Where Will Timothy McVeigh Strike Next?”

The “fence,” as the Israelis and their amen corner in the U.S. call it, is actually a wall, about 25 feet high: higher than the Berlin Wall. Like every atrocity carried out by the Israeli government, it is being sold as a “defensive” measure, but is in reality an act of aggression, cutting off large … Continue reading “Mr. Sharon, Tear Down That Wall!”

Last weekend, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz explained that the United States at times relied on "murky" intelligence in trying to link Iraq to the al-Qaeda terrorist group, but the war against Iraq was justified despite the fact that the White House is now being dogged by questions about the accuracy of its prewar … Continue reading “White House Used Info from Iraqi Exiles in Bush’s Speech”

Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, back from a whirlwind tour of Iraq, spent Sunday morning spinning the increasingly troubling aftermath of the war and occupation of Iraq. Seeking to defuse such news as that 13 Americans died during the seven days ending Saturday, he said, according to the AP, that Americans understand (or should come … Continue reading “Wolfowitz Spins the Aftermath”

Last weekend, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz explained that the United States at times relied on "murky" intelligence in trying to link Iraq to the al-Qaeda terrorist group, but the war against Iraq was justified despite the fact that the White House is now being dogged by questions about the accuracy of its prewar … Continue reading “White House Used Info from Iraqi Exiles in Bush’s Speech”

It was a moment of harmonic convergence, when the fibbers of the left and the prevaricators on the right were aligned in perfect cosmic harmony. Never mind who lied us into war, averred impeached presidential liar Bill Clinton: “What happened, often happens. There was a disagreement between British intelligence and American intelligence. The president said … Continue reading “Who Lied Us Into War?”

"I know its hard on America. And in some small corner of this vast country in Nevada or Idaho, these places I’ve never been but always wanted to go, there’s a guy getting on with his life, perfectly happily, minding his own business, saying to you the political leaders of this nation: why me? Why … Continue reading “Blair’s Bloviations in Washington”

The United States military has no role – either alone or as part of a multinational force – in Liberia. We all recognize the tragedy in Liberia. A civil war has raged there for the past 14 years, leaving thousands dead and a million without homes. Horrific stories of atrocities abound. We wish for peace … Continue reading “Stay Out of Liberia!”

Not many countries have benefited as much from 9/11 as China has. For almost a year, China stayed off of the US Most Wanted list and stayed on the Best Places to Put Your Cash list. While the US economy faltered amidst scandal, the Chinese economy gained strength from the executions and imprisonments of top … Continue reading “What Military Might?”

A half-dozen former CIA agents investigating prewar intelligence have found that a secret Pentagon committee, set up by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in October 2001, manipulated reams of intelligence information prepared by the spy agency on the so-called Iraqi threat and then delivered it to top White House officials who used it to win … Continue reading “CIA Probe Finds Secret Pentagon Group Manipulated Intelligence on Iraqi Threat”