The Israel Lobby: Mearsheimer & Walt on Tour

Over the next six weeks, John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen M. Walt of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government will be touring to promote their blockbuster book, The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy. Mearsheimer and Walt are...

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2 of 7 GIs Who Wrote NYT Op-Ed Die in Iraq

Three weeks ago seven US soldiers in Iraq wrote an op-ed in the New York Times expressing grave doubts about the war. On Monday, Sgt. Omar Mora and Sgt. Yance T. Gray died in a vehicle accident in western Baghdad, two of seven U.S. troops killed in the incident which...

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What Does This Have to Do With Libertarianism?

Unlike some people at Antiwar.com, I am a fan of Reason magazine. Perhaps I am just nostalgic for my tenure at Reason, 32 years ago. I have forgiven their attempt to balance the pro-war and antiwar "libertarian" positions. At least the pro-war "libertarians" tried to...

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Is bin Laden Training US Military Forces?

Sometimes it seems like it. As the Webmaster for Antiwar.com, I get many critical letters every day. I get at least one letter from someone claiming to be a US soldier or veteran who seems to have the same philosophy as bin Laden: "If you don't agree with us, we will...

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Is Bush Staging Nukes for Iran?

That is the question Larry Johnson asks over at TPMCafe. Johnson is a former counter-terrorism official with the CIA and the State Department. Johnson questions the official story about the nukes being "mistakenly" flown over the US. A retired B-52 pilot reminds him...

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A Real Old-Fashioned Debate

Several years ago I watched a Canadian PM debate on TV. It bore no resemblance to an American Presidential "debate." Two guys, a few feet from each other, actually debating -- no moderator, no buzzers, just two guys arguing, vigorously. I remember a movie featuring...

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