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“Commuters headed to work today under the watchful eyes of police after a newly disclosed terror threat against the New York subway system raised the specter of an attack with explosives concealed in a baby stroller.” (Oct. 7, 2005) “Police with bomb-sniffing dogs interrupted a Rolling Stones show at the University of Virginia Thursday night … Continue reading “Do You Feel Any Safer?”

The Democrats Are Irrelevant There have been any number of articles on Antiwar.com in recent weeks from leftists complaining about the lack of support from leading Democrat politicians in Washington for a pullout from Iraq. They also are complaining that very few of them showed up to the recent antiwar demonstrations in Washington a week … Continue reading “Backtalk, October 10, 2005”

I just read an excellent book on World War I, and it made me incredibly sad. World War I was the beginning of all the horrors of the 20th century and of problems we still have to deal with in the 21st century. It all started there. What’s so sad is that we really learned … Continue reading “The War to End All Wars That Started Them All”

Supporters of the war in Iraq, as well as some non-supporters, warn of the dangers if we leave. But isn’t it quite possible that these dangers are simply a consequence of having gone into Iraq in the first place, rather than a consequence of leaving? Isn’t it possible that staying only makes the situation worse? … Continue reading “Staying or Leaving”

U.S. Marine Leandro Aragoncillo, a naturalized U.S. citizen who worked in the vice president’s office and later at the FBI as an analyst, was arrested last month and accused of downloading classified FBI reports and sending them to political figures in the Philippines. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has continued to make short shrift of … Continue reading “FBI Penetrated; Again!”

Police states are easier to acquire than Americans appreciate. The hysterical aftermath of September 11 has put into place the main components of a police state. Habeas corpus is the greatest protection Americans have against a police state. Habeas corpus ensures that Americans can only be detained by law. They must be charged with offenses, … Continue reading “The Police State Is Closer Than You Think”

Iran will not be deterred “by anything short of a threat of force,” said Arieh Eldad, a member of Israel’s right-wing National Union Party, part of a delegation of Knesset members visiting Washington this week. What programs is he threatening? Well, apparently the same ones Assistant Secretary Stephen Rademaker has been threatening, at the 2005 … Continue reading “Saving Face”

George W. Bush was under orders from God to invade Iraq. That’s what he told the Palestinians, according to Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, who describes what transpired during his first meeting with the American president in June 2003. According to Abbas, Bush told the Palestinian leaders: “God told me to strike at al-Qaeda and … Continue reading “Bush’s Satanic Verses”

Despite fading public – and Republican – confidence in his performance in Iraq and the wider "war on terror," U.S. President George W. Bush Thursday raised the stakes by warning that a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq would lead to a takeover by al-Qaeda and the subversion of its pro-Western neighbors. In his longest – and … Continue reading “Bush Raises the Stakes in Terror War”

The Bush administration started a conventional war over imagined chemical weapons in Iraq. It is getting ready to start a war over imagined nuclear weapons, and real chemical ones, against Iran. This time it may be a nuclear war. It is well known that Iran has chemical weapons (1), (2), (3) , as many other … Continue reading “Chemical Weapons,
Nuclear War”