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No wonder it feels so damn frustrating. It’s like 1968 all over again. The United States is bogged down in a bloody counter-insurgency war on the other side of the globe, a war that the majority of the American people believe we should have never entered. Polls consistently show it is the number one issue … Continue reading “Humphrey-Nixon Redux”

British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife, Cherie, have purchased a $6.4 million townhouse in Connaught Square and plan on spending another $900,000 fixing it up. The Blairs already own a $800,000 six-bedroom home in his Sedgefield constituency on which taxpayers have spent $3.6 million to turn it into a terrorist-proof fortress. According to … Continue reading “Blair Sells Britain, Buys a House”

TOKYO – The desperate plea by Iraq’s interim government for more funds from the international community to help stabilize the country, where bombings, kidnappings and ambushes have become a daily part of life, received a tentative nod of support from donors gathered at a conference here that ended Thursday. "This meeting has put a special … Continue reading “Iraq Funds Plea Gets Tentative Nod”

While the third and last presidential debate wasn’t supposed to be about foreign policy, it is the overriding issue in this election – and impossible to separate from supposedly “domestic” issues, such as taxes and homeland security. Wars, after all, cost money: and, these days, they also incur risks on the home front. Kerry utilized … Continue reading “George W. Bush and the Mandate of Heaven”

Word that the administration is holding talks this week with its European allies on their proposal for a deal with Iran on safeguarding its nuclear program is raising new questions about whether President George W. Bush is easing his confrontational approach to the Islamic Republic. At the same time, the administration’s reported plans to send … Continue reading “New Flexibility on the Evil Axis?”

On the eve of the third anniversary of 9/11, the U.S. House of Representatives – by an overwhelming, bipartisan majority of 406-16 – passed a resolution linking Iraq to the al-Qaeda attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. This comes despite conclusions reached by the bipartisan 9/11 Commission, a recent CIA report, and … Continue reading “Republicrats Still Linking Iraq to 9/11”

NEWARK, Delaware – Over 650 foreign affairs specialists in the United States and allied countries have signed an open letter opposing the Bush administration’s foreign policy and calling urgently for a change of course. The letter was released today by Security Scholars for a Sensible Foreign Policy, a nonpartisan group of experts in the field … Continue reading “Security Scholars Call for Change”

PARIS – Over several days now France has been home to a new consignment of 140 kg of plutonium, enough to build 20 atom bombs. The plutonium from the dismantling of U.S. nuclear weapons has been sent to France for treatment. The freight was kept at the Atlantic port Cherbourg for two days after it … Continue reading “France Gets US Nuclear Treatment”

MEXICO CITY – As of Oct. 22, an eternal flame will burn continuously outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in the capital of El Salvador, as an everlasting tribute to Catholic Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, a leading light in the struggle to bring peace to his country, whose murder remains unpunished after almost 25 years. As the … Continue reading “Archbishop Romero’s Murder Still Unpunished 25 Years On”

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – As Afghanistan gets ready to start counting votes Wednesday from a historic presidential election, after several key candidates threatened to declare the poll illegal, Afghan refugees living in Pakistan were confident incumbent president Hamid Karzai would become the first-ever legitimate head of state and speed up efforts for much-needed peace in the … Continue reading “Karzai Favored by Afghans Living Elsewhere”