Missile Tests Foment New Rivalries

As the beat of America's war-drums against Iraq gets louder, the Indian government finds itself in an untenably contradictory situation: should it support a United Nations-endorsed attack against Iraq's "terrorist" Saddam Hussein regime, as part of US...

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Iraq – First Stop on the Road to Empire

We're ki cking off our Fall campus tour, and Justin Raimondo is on the road: what follows is the text of a speech delivered on October 9, 2002, at Washington University, Missouri. Why war? Why Iraq? And why now? As the editorial director of Antiwar.com, and a...

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Khan Yunis: Before the Juggernaut

A mobile watchtower, lifted into the air by a crane, surveys Khan Yunis day and night. An ambulance from the city waits behind a nearby concrete building day after day; it waits so that the next child shot for playing too close to the wall can make it to the local...

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Forward to The Past

Results of the Bosnian general elections should be official by now, though it was already obvious on Tuesday that ethnic parties triumphed convincingly. Though agency reports over the past several days have made a great deal of that outcome, as usual they refused to...

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Opposing the Use of Military Force Against Iraq

I oppose the resolution authorizing military force against Iraq. The wisdom of the war is one issue, but the process and the philosophy behind our foreign policy are important issues as well. But I have come to the conclusion that I see no threat to our national...

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Weary Lonesome Blues

Through stupidity, forgetfulness, poor geography and bad luck as much as anything, I found myself caught up in the 'great' anti-war march in London last week. Can't say the crowd was anywhere near as congenial as the pro-Palestine lot earlier in the year, nor was the...

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Congress Must Say Yes or No to War

Last week, during a hearing in the House International Relations committee, I attempted to force the committee to follow the Constitution and vote to declare war with Iraq. The language of Article I, section 8, is quite clear: only Congress has the authority to...

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War For Frivolous Reasons

This is being written before President Bush’s address to the nation Monday night, but news reports say he doesn’t expect to deliver any startling new evidence beyond what has already been widely reported. He seems to think that what is already known about...

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CALL CONGRESS!

What is there left to say about this onrushing war? It isn't in our interests; it has nothing to do with getting the terrorists responsible for 9/11; it's a war for Israel's sake, not ours; it's the first step on the road to Empire; it'll wreck our economy, embolden...

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