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As George W. Bush prepares to formally accept the presidential nomination from his Republican Party in New York City while protesters gather outside a midtown arena, it seems that the polarization of politics in the United States is hitting its zenith. The protests, which have continued all this week, swelled to hundreds of thousands last … Continue reading “Kerry Hobbled by Iraq Record”

When President Al Gore was inaugurated in January 2001, few Americans imagined that before his first term ended, our country would be at war with Sweden. Indeed, Mr. Gore’s campaign suggested he would reduce American commitments abroad, avoid foreign adventures and forgo “nation building,” which American voters long ago realized costs heaps of money and … Continue reading “How Gore Lied Us Into War”

Silly me! When President Bush told Matt Lauer on Monday that you can’t really "win" the vaunted war on terror in the way we have viewed winning traditional state-on-state wars, I thought that it might have been the opening gambit in a shift to more candor about the problems that confront the United States around … Continue reading “Misunderstanding Terrorism”

Let’s exercise a thought experiment for a moment. Sept. 11, 2001 was just a normal day and not a tragic historical event, we do not have a presidential election in less than three months, Bush’s only lead in the polls is not in regard to the fight against terrorism, and the wars in Afghanistan and … Continue reading “Be Prepared for the Fearmongers”

NAIROBI – The crisis in the Sudan‘s western region of Darfur has overshadowed the peace process in the south of the country, where more than 2 million people have been killed since 1983. "[Darfur] is receiving a lot of attention and it’s like the peace process [in the south] has been forgotten," Samson Kwaje, spokesperson … Continue reading “Darfur Overshadows Peace Process in South Sudan”

JERUSALEM – Three yellow Palestinian taxi vans stand forlornly near the checkpoint between Israel and the West Bank a day after Tuesday’s suicide bombing in the city of Beer Sheva. The attack caused 16 fatalities, and Israel closed the approach to the city for Palestinians. Normally, the drivers say, they earn a living ferrying people … Continue reading “Sharon Speeds Up Wall After Attack”

The neoconservative New York Sun is reporting that Attorney General John Ashcroft halted arrests in the Israeli spy case last Friday. From the Sun: "According to sources familiar with the investigation, the U.S. district attorney in charge of the probe, Paul McNulty, has ordered the FBI not to move forward with arrests that they were … Continue reading “Ashcroft Nixes Arrests in Israeli Spy Probe”

I write to ask that the Judiciary Committee commence an immediate full investigation and examine substantial and credible evidence that Pentagon officials have engaged in criminal wrongdoing in their handling of classified material and have engaged in unauthorized covert activities. Press reports have recently disclosed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is currently examining whether … Continue reading “Congress Must Investigate Spy Scandal”

Slobodan Milosevic’s defense at the Hague Inquisition began this week, after several delays. Reporters in The Hague, who are without exception partial to the Tribunal and scornful of Milosevic, described his opening statement as “defiant” but pointless, as he supposedly did not address the actual charges. But the prattling of Tribunal camp-followers notwithstanding, even the … Continue reading “The Hague Showdown”

The conviction of British mercenary Simon Mann by a Zimbabwean court could not have come at a worse time for Tim Spicer, Mann’s fellow former Scots Guards officer and erstwhile colleague in security firm Sandline International. Mann’s alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea drew unprecedented scrutiny to the international mercenary trade, in the same week … Continue reading “Kerry Joins Campaign Against Iraq Contract”