In response to Aaron Glantz's Friday article "Congressman Trades Iraq Vote for Spinach," Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) asked that we run his reply. Glantz charged that Rep. DeFazio, who had previously opposed Iraq war funding bills, "decided to vote for President...
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), one of the few members of Congress in recent history to understand the nature of US foreign policy, has a new book, The Foreign Policy of Freedom. I haven't read it yet, but knowing Ron, it promises to be a great read. Check out Ron's latest...
Tell Speaker Pelosi to push to cut off funds for the war. On the anniversary of the start of the US war against Iraq, a broad-based coalition will rally outside Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home office at 450 Golden Gate Avenue (between Polk and Larkin) in San Francisco, 12...
Carah Ong writes: Last night, Rep. Pelosi and the democratic leadership decided to pull language from the Supplemental Appropriations bill which stated that no funds may be authorized for military operations in or related to Iran unless specifically authorized by the...
Democratic Senator Carl Levin, in a Senate Armed Service committee meeting yesterday (2/27/07), "These weapons (in Iraq) are coming from a state which doesn't recognize Israel either, just like Iran doesn't, we've got to try to stop weapons coming into Iraq from any...
In an interview with CNN this morning, former UN ambassador John Bolton slammed today's deal with North Korea as a "sham," comparing it to the agreement reached in the 1990s by the Clinton Administration. In response to a quote from Condoleezza Rice praising the...
Today on CSPAN2, some great shows: Barry Lando, author of Web of Deceit: The History of Western Complicity in Iraq, from Churchill to Kennedy to George W. Bush (recently interviewed on Antiwar Radio): 2-3pm (EST) Elizabeth de la Vega, author of United States v. George...
YouTube gives some examples of why Iraqis may have a less than positive view of US occupiers. I am not only amazed at what some of these videos show, but also the fact that the soldiers who shot the videos were apparently proud of their behavior. Driving in Baghdad I...
This morning on CNN Late Edition Wolf Blitzer asked American Enterprise Institute spokeswoman Danielle Pletka about the comparison between Iraq and Vietnam. Pletka said: "Senator McCain speaking at the American Enterprise Institute on Friday said This isn't Vietnam....
It was all over the media yesterday: "Soldiers Tell Gates They Back Surge" CNN TV reported that "a small but representative sample" of troops met with Gates and unanimously urged him to send more troops, presenting this view as a contrast to the views of US commanders...
