From the Front

Summarizing – and debunking – the latest ploys, propaganda, and tall tales promulgated by the War Party....

By Mike Ewens

Destinations
Columnists

August 8th, 2002

We've got an empire to build

Jay Taylor avers :


...American-led military operations in Afghanistan are now doing more harm than good.

He implores the US to leave the area; a job well done left behind. Unfortunately, he forgets though, we have a few unfinished jobs to complete... a pipeline, an empire, de-Muslimification...

RUN! GI Joe doll has a two-inch plastic gun

Boy, I feel safe now. No worries about flying on airplanes now that all those GI Joe dolls have been disarmed of their small replica, bendable and fake guns. I propose, in response to such a wonderful display of protection of public safety, a 100% increase in the US airport securities' budget. Job well done!

Who needs facts? Not I!

Simon Tisdall suggests that "credible reasons" are required before the US and UK storm into foreign nations and bring their peaceful bombing. I don't know what he is talking about, I know of ample evidence....

Here, here, here ... here and here.

Yelling "Terrorism" in a crowded theater...

tends to undermine what little faith people have
left in the efficacy and good intentions of their
government. Michael Mayo describes an all-too common occurrence: American Arabs detained without proper evidence and hearings. Hassoun, currently imprisoned under Ashcroft law, explains the situation perfectly:

"I believe I am a scapegoat."

Ariel Sharon Bush?

Who said politics wasn't interesting? Now we have the leader of the Israeli government, Ariel Sharon, scheudled to make an appearance at a Miami "solidarity rally" that just happens to coincide with Jeb Bush's political campaign. I am sensing that the billions in aid, especially the recent allocation, is being "repaid," solidarity-style.

Pretty ... scary pictures

War requires bombs, airbases, soldiers, munitions and a small country that can be pressured to let the US military in: Qatar. It appears the military is well prepared to bomb Iraq (see pictures), I mean Saddam.

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Mike Ewens is a senior at Washington University in St. Louis. Apart from his full-time student status, he is actively involved in the campus libertarian/ conservative newspaper, College Libertarians and inner city tutoring programs. Economics and mathematics occupy his academic time, while his intellectual curiosity is further satisfied with political theory and foreign affairs. He is currently working as a summer intern with Antiwar.com. Contact him for information about bringing Justin Raimondo and other speakers to your campus.

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