Anyone who believes the attack on Iraq is about defending the U.S. against terrorism should listen to veteran FBI agent Coleen Rowley. Rowley, you'll recall, caused a sensation when her testimony in front of Congress fingered higher-ups in the Bureau who inexplicably...
The U.S. military is doing its best to bluff it out, but Turkey's decision to opt out has dealt the War Party a crushing blow. They were counting on Turkish compliance, and when that didn't come through, you could almost hear the shifting of gears – or was that...
[The following is the text of a speech delivered to the Libertarian Party of Illinois state convention, March 1, 2003.] I want to start off by thanking the Libertarian Party of Illinois for the invitation to speak here today. It has been almost twenty years since I...
Is it just a coincidence that the President's speech to the American Enterprise Institute, in which he outlined an ambitious strategy of "democratization" in the Middle East, was delivered on the anniversary of the day Napoleon escaped from Elba? On Feb 26,...
While war may be inevitable – at least, that's what we're supposed to believe – the War Party's propaganda campaign is stupefyingly unconvincing. What was billed as a "Support the Troops" rally at the Alamo was held the other day, where...
Two-hundred and twenty-five years ago, the French were instrumental in aiding the American revolutionaries in their fight against the British Empire. Today, they are once again playing a key role in aiding American fighters against another sort of Empire – this...
Who benefits from our rush to war? Forget the oil companies: Iraqi oil is being kept off the market by the draconian sanctions, and its postwar release will drive the price down. That oil, in any case, will be utilized for the reconstruction of Iraq, and the profits...
Millions marched for peace this weekend in an outpouring of anger, frustration, and defiance at the conventional wisdom that war with Iraq is "inevitable." One million in London; half a million in Berlin; two million in Rome; 1.3 million in Barcelona;...
The Washington Times headline said it all: "Hysteria runs riot; networks fuel the fear." London’s Heathrow airport is surrounded by what one UK newspaper called a ring of steel, and anti-aircraft missiles are in position around Washington to defend...
Colin Powell launched a preemptive strike early Tuesday morning against the latest evidence that the alleged Bin Laden-Al Qaeda link is a lot of malarkey. The first indication that anyone had of a new message from Osama bin Laden was Powell's statement to a Senate...
