From One Justin to Another

While I am grateful for tex's ardent and closely reasoned defense of my views, I'd like to make a few more points about the issues Justin Logan raises here. After graciously complimenting Antiwar.com as a useful educational tool, he takes up the cudgels on behalf of...

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Pop Quiz-Name that torturer!

Who said it?"This so-called ill treatment and torture in detention centers, stories of which were spread everywhere among the people, and later by the prisoners who were freed ... were not, as some assumed, inflicted methodically, but were excesses committed by...

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The Palmer Plan

Tom Palmer of the Cato Institute has a plan for withdrawing from Iraq, one that is loaded down with so many conditions that it amounts to support for continuing and even escalating U.S. military operations. For a while Palmer has been fulminating against Antiwar.com,...

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US embassy in Baghdad attacked

Breaking: AP reports:Attack on the US Embassy in Baghdad, and there appear to be casualties. UPDATE: AP reporting rocket attack: Embassy spokesman Bob Callahan confirmed the embassy had been hit in an attack, but could give no details. "There appear to be some...

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Foreign Policy & a Beltway Libertarian

I responded to a post by Justin Logan in which he says, "...the problems with antiwar.com are many," by asking such as? He answers in the comment thread here, and my reply is below the jump on this post, because Justin's blog apparently does not allow HTML in its...

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Zogby Poll of Iraqis

A fascinating Zogby poll of Iraqis was released yesterday. Some key results:Only 9% of Sunnis says they will definitely vote, 76% say they will definitely not vote.Majorities of both Sunni Arabs (82%) and Shiites (69%) favor U.S. forces withdrawing either immediately...

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Bloggers Oppose Gonzales

Daily Kos has a No on Gonzales statement that at this time is signed by 454 bloggers. If you've posted opposing Gonzales, add your blog to the database here. The statement:Unprecedented times call for unprecedented actions. In this case, we, the undersigned bloggers,...

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Say NO to Torture Gonzales

This message is from Human Rights First:This week the Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on the nomination of Alberto Gonzales for United States Attorney General.  Gonzales is the architect of U.S. torture policies that defined torture so narrowly...

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