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...
Sen. Carl Levin Calls for Hitting Syria
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...
Bolton Hopes North Koreans ‘Are Not Serious About Denuclearization’
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...
Great Guests on CSPAN2 Today
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...
Why They Hate Us: Some Examples
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...
We Should Never Have Left Afghanistan?
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....
‘Representative Group of Soldiers’: Another Media Setup
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...
Antiwar.com Is 11 Years Old Today
On December 21, 1995, Antiwar.com was born. On that day, I made the first posting to the site. Since then, we have continued to upgrade, adding daily news updates starting in 1998, going to round-the-clock coverage during the Kosovo War in 1999. Today, Antiwar.com is...
Democratic Warmonger on C-Span
Thursday morning, Democratic Rep. Silvestre Reyes, the incoming head of the House Intelligence Panel, will appear on C-Span's Washington Journal. He is scheduled for 8:00-8:30am Eastern Time. Yesterday, Reyes suggested that the US needs to send another 30,000 troops...
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