A "defense" pact recently signed by the U.S. and the tiny Balkan nation of Montenegro, formerly a province of Yugoslavia nestled in the eastern corner of the Adriatic shore, is a "status of forces" agreement which, according to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice,...
I'm live-blogging the Republican debate. 5:12 PM PST -- It's almost 15 minutes into the Republican "debate," and not one question has been directed at Ron Paul by the two moderators. What's up with that? On Iraq: We must "stand up," say them all (but Ron). Finally,...
I don't think this is the wedding picture this couple had in mind when they were engaged before the young man was sent to Iraq. One of the Republican presidential candidates said during the debate that a few thousand U.S. troops have been wounded in Iraq. The official...
Oilmen and Neocons Agree: Iraq’s total destruction is Mission Accomplished
Jim Lobe reports for IPS News Since the publication of Michiko Kakutani’s review of George Tenet’s new book, At the Center of the Storm, in Saturday’s New York Times, neoconservatives have been jumping all over the book’s account of the author’s alleged...
A Tiny Revolution: Reviews former DCI Tenet’s book
U.S. to Wounded Soldiers: “You have a ‘personality disorder.’ No benefits.”
Last week's "Balkan Express" was the 278th installment I wrote for Antiwar.com over the past seven years. I'm proud of them all, and don't regret anything I've written. But as I said myself, on several occasions, this is not 1999 any more. Not that anything has...
America’s War in Somalia: Regime change, rendition and slaughter
In the final installment of today's National Review trilogy, I present Thomas Sowell in Paul Harvey mode: When I see the worsening degeneracy in our politicians, our media, our educators, and our intelligentsia, I can’t help wondering if the day may yet come when...
