Remember that Iraq election everyone was hailing last week as a triumph of democracy and a model for the region? A quagmire was transformed almost overnight into a stunning victory: when election day dawned, Iraq turned on a dime and was supposedly rendered relatively...
ARBIL, Iraq - Fresh from their success at the polls, Iraq's two main Kurdish political parties have put forward 72-year-old Jalal Talabani as their candidate for the presidency of Iraq. If he succeeds in winning the post, it will be a fitting coda to one of Iraq's...
Even some of President George W. Bush's most enthusiastic conservative Republican supporters have expressed a sense of alarm over the grandiose and expansive vision of America's mission in the world – "support[ing] the growth of democratic movements and...
Empire's Enablers, Paid and Unpaid Several weeks ago, a scandal erupted in the U.S. when it was revealed that several pundits got paid by the Bush government to support its policies. Commenting on the scandal, Lew Rockwell, president of the libertarian Ludwig von...
"Fighting should be reserved for genuine self-defense in the face of imminent attack, when no other help is available. Preemptive strikes and aggression disguised as self-defense won't pass muster under the Golden Rule." - Jesus on Parenting: 10 Essential...
Less than a week after U.S. President George W. Bush urged his Egyptian counterpart, Hosni Mubarak, to institute democratic reforms, human rights groups are worried that the long-time leader has instead launched a new crackdown against the political opposition. Since...
ARBIL, Iraq - The George W. Bush administration and the Turkish government did their best to kiss and make up this week. After days of saber-rattling from Ankara over Kurdish domination in Kirkuk, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appeared shoulder to shoulder...
Here were a few headlines from yesterday's papers: "Bush Urges Congress Join Him on Budget Cuts" (Reuters); "President Offers Budget Proposal With Broad Cuts" (New York Times); "Bush Spending Plan Hits Social Programs" (Boston Globe); "Bush: Budget Cuts Part of...
Bands played, children sang, millions of Iraqis turned out to vote, and the whole world hailed Iraq's election as an historic epiphany. Success in the voting process means that Iraq will emerge as a peaceful, democratic state. America has won its war. Sorry, but I...
Antiwar.com columnist Dr. Gordon Prather gives Scott Horton the inside scoop about Iran's "nuclear program" and the neocons who are trying to start another war. Interview conducted Feb. 5, 2005. Listen to streaming audio Download MP3 Physicist James Gordon Prather has...
