Freedom Via Military Dictatorship

George W. Bush has apparently given up any aspiration of receiving an honorary award from the American Civil Liberties Union. His administration is responding to the Supreme Court ruling striking down his military tribunals with a legislative proposal that would place...

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Goldberg Syndrome — An Epidemic in the Making

Jonah Goldberg, the former editor of National Review Online who owes his status as a "conservative" pundit to his mom's proximity to the stain on Monica Lewinsky's dress, is now applying his journalistic talents to shilling for Israel's war. But would somebody please...

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Is Syria Next?

So they're sending more troops to Iraq, and of course the ostensible reason is to help quell the ever-spreading insurgency, with their purported destination said to be Baghdad. But there's another possibility: are they positioning to move against Syria? Damascus is...

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The IDF’s “Human Shield” Defense Blows Up

From Haaretz today: As the Israel Air Force continues to investigate the air strike [at Qana], questions have been raised over military accounts of the incident. It now appears that the military had no information on rockets launched from the site of the building, or...

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The War Goal that Led to Qana

Nehemia Shtrasler, a columnist in Haaretz, Israel's most respected newspaper, today explains the goal of the Israeli invasion: "The Olmert-Peretz plan was to shell and demolish south Lebanon and south Beirut until the Lebanese public demanded that its government vomit...

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