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Whenever I speak on campus, I always get the “But what about Darfur?” question. This usually comes in tandem with the inevitable Holocaust question, which goes something like this: “Yes, I agree with your opposition to the Iraq war, and your anti-interventionist sentiments in general, but what about our moral responsibility to prevent another Holocaust?” … Continue reading “What About Darfur?”

Military actions were once taken only after careful war-gaming, which sought to elucidate likely and even not-so-likely responses from the other side. Today, as the bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities looms, it seems the moral certainty that defines the administration has obviated that part of the foreign policy process. What’s right is right – regardless … Continue reading “‘Taking Out’ Iran’s Nuclear Facilities: Not So Fast”

It’s the perfect day for a march. Sunny, crisp, clear, spring-like. The sort of day that just gives you hope for no reason at all, though my own hopes are not high for New York’s latest antiwar demonstration. I haven’t received a single e-mail about it. Many people I know hadn’t realized it was happening. … Continue reading “‘I’m Already Against
the Next War’”

The recent run-up in gasoline prices has led to a number of proposals by Washington politicians. It has also caused many people to be angry toward oil companies. What we are seeing looks like a replay of discussions and policy proposals that started in 1973 and continued throughout the 1970s. In the late 1970s, I … Continue reading “Gasoline Prices and Energy Policy, True and False”

Four years into the "global war on terror," terrorism appears to be thriving, according to the 2005 edition of the annual "Country Reports on Terrorism" released here Friday by the U.S. State Department. While the control and reach of al Qaeda, which carried out the spectacular Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on New York and the … Continue reading “Terrorism Still Thriving, State Department Says”

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told reporters at a NATO foreign ministers’ meeting held Thursday in Sophia, Bulgaria, that it was “pretty clear” that Iran would not meet the requirements set by the International Atomic Energy Agency, and would likely reject a deadline set by the UN Security Council “to bring its nuclear program in … Continue reading “Mad Cow”

JERUSALEM – The Israeli government promised restraint in the wake of the bombing of a Tel Aviv falafel snack stand this month that was described as the worst suicide attack in almost two years, and which the Hamas government condoned. But the Israeli promise has not calmed fears of an attack. The Tel Aviv bombing … Continue reading “Unease Grows Over Israeli Restraint”

On the surface, the question raised by six (at last count) retired generals of whether Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld should resign has an obvious answer: of course he should. He was a key man in the cabal that lied us into the war in Iraq, and he may have been the key man in … Continue reading “Off With His Head!”

Now that Congress is back from spring break and looking ahead to Memorial Day, July 4, the August recess and adjournment early in October for elections, perhaps it can take up this question. Does President Bush have, or not have, the authority to take us to war with Iran? Because Bush and the War Party … Continue reading “Of Imperial Presidents and Congressional Cowards”

It is “a steppingstone to war,” said Rep. Dennis Kucinich, during the debate over the so-called Iran Freedom Support Act, and if this vote is any measure of the degree of congressional opposition to the looming prospect of war with Tehran, then we have a lot to worry about. Only 21 members of the House … Continue reading “Steppingstone to War”