Liberals, Bush Unite in Ethnic Cleansing of Iraq
The number of Iraqis fleeing their homes has soared since the American troop increase began in February, according to data from two …
Empire or Freedom?
The 9/11 attacks brought to the surface a dilemma that everyone, especially libertarians, must now confront: whether to choose a pro-empire, pro-intervention …
History Will Not Absolve Us
While the Democratic Congress has yet to begin a serious investigation into what many European legislators already know about American war crimes, …
Options on the table
In Washington a remarkable and ominous campaign is under way to "contain Iran," which turns out to mean "containing Iranian influence," in …
Myths about Congress’s war powers
Rumors about the role of the US Congress in starting and stopping America’s wars needs grounding in fact. It’s enough to make …
Which Past War Is Iraq?
Analogies are designed as a shortcut to reality, but as everyone knows, shortcuts often lead elsewhere than their planned destination. So it …
Who’s the Real Sectarian?
Nobody loves Nouri Kamal al-Maliki. In his own country, the Iraqi prime minister heads a government of, by and for fractious Shiites, …
George of War Cometh
As polls show support for the Iraq war at an all-time low, US President George W. Bush made his last-ditch effort to …
The General’s Best Chance
FOR EIGHT years, Pakistan’s autocratic leader, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, has refused to come to terms with the country’s secular political parties, preferring …
Good news, but not for Democrats
IT’S A WAR, and it’s the Middle East, so glad tidings can go sour and there are never any guarantees. But for …
Has Bush boxed himself in?
As Americans anguish over how to extricate this country from Iraq without a disaster greater than what we now have, and without …
Israel urged US to attack Iran – not Iraq
Israeli officials warned the George W Bush administration that an invasion of Iraq would be destabilizing to the region and urged the …
The waning power of the War Myth
Bush’s entire presidency has been propped up by the War Myth. By aggressively presenting himself as a war leader, by wrapping himself …
Did Chertoff lie to Congress about Guantánamo?
He told the Senate that Pentagon interrogation methods were "plain vanilla," but e-mails reveal his top staff met weekly with FBI officials …
An Israeli Perspective on Partition
This is an interesting question from an Israeli perspective, since the UN voted on a partition plan for Palestine the same year, …
Why did Gonzales resign?
Without Karl Rove around to give him his orders, and with the investigations closing in, "Fredo" had nowhere to turn. Photo: AP/Pablo …
The dismal legacy of Bush’s top yes man
Alberto Gonzales’ successor will face a heckuva job rectifying the damage the attorney general did to American justice. Photo: Reuters/Jason Reed Alberto …
The Iranian threat
Speaking before the Democratic Leadership Council recently, former President Clinton urged "more diplomacy" as a way to ameliorate America’s hostile relationship with …