This Wednesday, June 21, the Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy Presents "Right Against War with Iran." Ivan ElandIndependent Institute, Antiwar.com Columnist"The United States Might Have to Accept a Nuclear Iran" Philip GiraldiFormer CIA officer, partner in...
Is the death of al-Zarqawi good news for the US military? Or is it good news for al-Qaeda? Reports from April indicate that Zarqawi had been "demoted" within al-Qaeda. Huthayfah Azzam, son of Abdullah Azzam, the mentor of both Osama bin Laden and Mr. Zarqawi, said...
Virtually every story on the death of Lloyd Bentsen has focused on the quote most people remember him for in his debate with Dan Quayle: "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy." I remember Lloyd Bentsen for another quote – older and I think more significant: "I propose...
On May 11, 1973, charges against Daniel Ellsberg for his role in the Pentagon Papers case were dismissed by Judge William M. Byrne, who cited government misconduct. The "misconduct" was revealed by White House Counsel John Dean (under questioning in the Senate...
John Haag, co-founder and long-time leader of the California Peace and Freedom Party, died March 29 after a brief illness. He was 75. John was my mentor in my early days of politics. He taught me the basic skills of political organizing and strategy that have been...
This comes from Antiwar.com columnist Aaron Glantz: Dear Friends, I’m proud to report that my book, How America Lost Iraq, is now available in paperback! How America Lost Iraq a first person account of an unembedded journalist that shows how the United States went...
Harry Browne died last night. Harry was one of the leading antiwar voices within the libertarian movement. The author of 12 books, he was the Libertarian Party's presidential candidate in 1996 and 2000. Harry was one of the first libertarians to speak out after 9/11,...
The Washington Post reports that Iraqi morgues have revised the number of those killed in last week's sectarian attacks to 1,300. What a mess we have helped to make. It is no wonder that 48% of Americans want US troops pulled out of Iraq now. Even William F. Buckley...
Paul Craig Roberts sends this post on the Iranian Oil Bourse: Readers keep asking if Bush is attacking Iran because it plans to open an oil bourse that would permit oil to trade in Euros. A number of readers mistakenly believe that this would wreck the dollar's value....
The last time 1st Lt. William "Eddie" Rebrook IV saw his body armor, he was lying on a stretcher in Iraq, his arm shattered and covered in blood. Now he is forced to pay for the "missing" body armor. The army charges soldiers for missing equipment. When medics rushed...
