Multiple suicide bombings in Iraq early this week and escalating violence against U.S.-led multi-national military forces are stymieing U.N. efforts to return to the war-devastated country. The world body pulled its international workers out of the occupied nation...
Backtalk, February 13, 2004
GoodBye Gancarski I agree 100% with getting rid of Gancarski, if anything, it should have been done a lot sooner. I'm not sure I could have been as easy on him as you were (maybe you don't think you were easy on him, but I was thinking of a Singapore-style public...
For Bush, It’s All Unraveling
One must be careful not to crow too quickly. Perceptions in a large and complex society can shift quickly, often for reasons that seem to make little sense to those of us inclined to be excessively rational or coldly analytical. But it seems more than possible that...
Both Parties AWOL
The limitless capacity of both major parties to distract us from what's really important may be their true and only function. That thesis, at any rate, is certainly on display this election season. The Democrats are now howling that President Bush has no right to call...
New US Plans for Nukes Hypocritical, Say Experts
Proposed new US curbs on the proliferation of nuclear weapons are fundamentally hypocritical, US academics, military analysts and peace activists said Wednesday. "(US) President George Bush seems committed to writing a new chapter in the grotesque saga of US nuclear...
The Irrational Empire
It is not necessary to examine Iraq or Afghanistan to realize that much of what makes up the United States' foreign policy makes very little sense. Washington's 14-year record in the Balkans reveals as much upon even a cursory examination. For example, the US demands...
Advice from a Savvy Investor in the Israeli Occupation: Go to Gaza
Do you want to make the deal of a lifetime? Go to Gaza! The government has kindly laid on armored vehicles for this purpose. Once there, you can obtain the villa you have dreamt about all your life, with two floors and a green lawn, for next to nothing. The State is...
A Matter of Trust
Most Americans yet believe President Bush did the right thing in ridding Iraq and the world of Saddam Hussein. Yet, how we were persuaded to go to war raises grave questions about the character and competence of those who led us into it. As we now know, Iraq had no...
Cyber-Campaign Demands Congress Censure Bush
Grassroots cyber-movement MoveOn.org, which claims more than two million U.S. members, has launched a major campaign demanding Congress formally censure President George W. Bush for lying to it about the threat posed by ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. Joined by...
U.S. Iraq Policy Uncovered
http://www.independent.org/tii/antiwar/e040211.html


