Bush's decision to appoint a commission to examine why government officials averred with certainty that Iraq had "weapons of mass destruction" underscores the political side of globalization, and, as such, is not too surprising. After all, he had a model on the other...
Linking the Occupation of Iraq With the ‘War on Terrorism’
Reuters is one of the more independent wire services. So, a recent news story from Reuters flatly describing American military activities in Iraq as part of "the broader U.S. war on terrorism" is a barometer of how powerfully the pressure...
Kurd Bombing Adds New Uncertainty
The suicide bombing Sunday in the normally tranquil north of Iraq has brought new uncertainty five months before the United States is due to cede political power to Iraqis. The bombing at the offices of two Kurdish groups allied closely to the United States spread...
WMD-gate: Bush Wants to Scapegoat CIA
Badly wounded by the total collapse of its prewar contentions that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had large stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, the administration of President George W. Bush has embarked on a strategy of diversion and delay. It hopes to divert...
Beyond Wall and Propaganda:
One can hardly overlook the reverberation of triumph in the words of Ariel Sharon's own chief spokesman, Ranaan Gissin on Thursday, January 29. When commenting on a suicide bombing that killed 10 Israelis and wounded others in Jerusalem, Gissin exhorted: "This...
Lament for the Lost Republic
Chalmers Johnson, who is one of those people I consider interesting enough to have taken the trouble, now that I'm advanced enough chronologically to have developed a grudging and still mostly fleeting sense of mortality, to meet personally, is carving out for himself...
The Slow Strangulation of Democracy in Slovakia
"Invitations to NATO are open to all countries that have democratic systems of government, market economy, civilian control over military, and where there is a sign that the democratic system is working." ~ U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright NATO and...
Red Alert Everyday
Terrorism of the 9/11-type tragedy is a serious and dangerous problem that people understand, and they take caution when the color alerts are issued. What's amazing is that the same people ignore a far greater terrorism that is on Red Alert everyday with millions of...
Antiwar Conservative Shock Jock Feeling the Heat
Broadcast on NPR from WBUR in Boston, January 30, 2004. A conservative radio talk jock who says he was demoted because he was against the war in Iraq. Listen (requires Real Player). Also, check out Charles Goyette's article in the latest American Conservative...
Objector.org I am currently serving my second term in the Marines and like so many I fell hook-line and sinker the lies told by the current "president," now I find myself doubting my decision to serve again. Thank you for being against this war, it is total...


