The resignation of David Kay, the CIA's chief weapons inspector, combined with statements he has made in connection with his resignation, puts something of a capstone on the crumbling of any remotely valid case for the recent (or ongoing, not to put too fine a point...
In the months following the September 11th terrorist attacks, questions arose about whether Congress could continue to function if many of its members were killed or injured in a future terrorist attack. These concerns resulted in the creation of a commission that...
The Army of World War II, you might say, was the last Army of the republic. It performed great deeds, but there was not much luxury, not even for the generals and admirals. Nobody was paid much. Travel was by military plane, troop train or warship, even for generals,...
A recent edition of Jane's Intelligence Digest maps out the next stop on this administration's road to war: Syria. Yes, everything's going according to plan. Forget George W. Bush's "road map." The real road map, plotted by a cabal of U.S. war-hawks in 1996 for then...
The invasion of Iraq was no humanitarian intervention, Human Rights Watch says in its annual report released in London Monday. The human rights organization's argument on Iraq marks the keynote essay in its annual report. The 407-page "World Report 2004: Human...
Retired Gen. Anthony Zinni began warning that ousting Saddam Hussein, let alone invading Iraq, risked destabilizing the entire Middle East back in 1998, when he led U.S. Central Command and testified against the Iraq Liberation Act that made "regime change" official...
Everything Is Hyped Thanks for this article. In it Charley commented that "Iran and Iraq used them in their war in the 1980s, but there has been no study that I'm aware of on how effective they were." Actually there was such a study done by the USMC. It can be found...
Contrary to what most Americans believe, the U.S. is in deep trouble in Iraq, and its policies are adrift. Especially ominous are problems surrounding the June 30 plan for elections. If direct elections are held, the Shi’ites, with 60% of the population, will...
Canada's decision to hold talks with Washington on a proposed US missile defense program has breathed new life into the country's peace movement. The federal government agreed earlier this month to start official talks on joining the defense shield, which would use...
Poppies, from the milky sap of which opium and heroin are derived, represent a lifeline for Afghan families and day labourers around this border crossing with Pakistan. As in other parts of the country, farmers here plough their earnings from poppy cultivation into...
