Senator Robert Bennett (R-Utah) has denounced the widespread call for the U.S. to account for the "weapons of mass destruction" Iraq was supposed to have as "historical revisionism." This is odd phraseology. Our understanding of history is being...
In the aftermath of the Iraq war, intense scrutiny has fallen on the search for weapons of mass destruction. The peace camp can barely suppress its glee as each day passes with no smoking vials or reactors, and that's perfectly understandable. It's nice to see one's...
With each passing day, the questions surrounding Iraq's missing weapons of mass destruction take on added urgency. Where are the massive stockpiles of VX, mustard, and other nerve agents that we were told Iraq was hoarding? Where are the thousands of liters of...
Whence comes the asserted power of the current President and his new Sicherheitsdienst to inspect, search, spindle, mutilate, etc., everything and everyone found within the generous bounds of their authority? Leave aside the claim of these people that US law prevails,...
"If it was an accident, it was the best planned accident I've ever seen." - USS Liberty Survivor The repurcusions of American foreign policy affect not only third world nations and the American taxpayer, but also the American servicemen at the front lines. One...
China finds itself once again in a tight spot vis-à-vis her "proxies." North Korea has rarely left the spotlight after being enshrined in the Bush Administration's Hall of Evil, but China has avoided any direct accusations flowing from the West...
'Tis the time for transitions and reflections in China these days. Next week, infamous photos of the "June 4th Incident" will emerge from the heap of glowing statistics that China shovels onto the world stage day in and day out. Old Deng will drift in from...
Let's see: a con-man makes up a few non-facts, invents some quotes, and passes off his minor lies as legitimate news over a period of some 18 months. Result: the executive editor and the managing editor of America's newspaper of record resign in disgrace. On the other...
While the hawks in the Bush administration attempt to justify the logic behind a preemptive strike against Iraq as the likelihood of finding the country's alleged weapons of mass destruction grows increasingly remote, the truth behind the war is finally coming to...
This article from a year ago is no less relevant today. Some of the players have changed: Zoran Djindjic is no longer among the living. There's been a change of scenery as well, with Iraq supplanting Afghanistan as the next stage of Perpetual War. The chain of...
