The Washington Post reports that Iraqi morgues have revised the number of those killed in last week’s sectarian attacks to 1,300. What a mess we have helped to make. It is no wonder that 48% of Americans want US troops pulled out of Iraq now. Even William F. Buckley now says “It Didn’t Work,” and [...]
Insight magazine, associated with the conservative Washington Times, is reporting that Vice President Dick Cheney is going to “retire” “within a year.” The reason? A “growing rift” between the OVP and the White House, the denouement of which will result in Cheney being “persuaded” to leave. And while the recent shooting incident underscored the growing [...]
“One can’t doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed.” That’s from William F. Buckley Jr.’s Friday piece on National Review online. Buckley has made dissenting noises about Iraq before, but this time the judgment is unambiguous. Whatever one thinks of Buckley blaming the Iraqis (“Our mission has failed because Iraqi animosities have proved [...]
This past week we here at Balkanalysis.com featured a series of book reviews on the subjects of war, terrorism and grlobalization, focusing on works by several well-known contemporary thinkers. For those interested in learning more about these thought-provoking and compelling works, I provide the following links. Jean Baudrillard, The Spirit of Terrorism and Other Essays [...]
I know it’s in the highlights section today and all, but I really want to draw extra attention to the latest article by historian Gareth Porter, where he explains, “How the Neocons Sabotaged Iran’s Help on al-Qaeda,” “The United States and Iran were on a course to work closely together on the war against al-Qaeda [...]
I read Francis Fukuyama’s renunciation of neoconservatism with amusement, as I realized that he did not so much object to its goals (American empire, global “democrayc”) nor even its means (warfare, propaganda) but to its manner – i.e. unilateral, callous, arrogant. Jim Lobe’s excellent piece, highlighting the key points in Fukuyama’s apostasy, confirmed my initial [...]
