The High Cost of an Enormous Nuclear Arsenal

The United States has spent somewhere in the realm of $5.5 trillion creating its enormous nuclear arsenal, but even as they look to God-only-knows-how-much more on modernizing their warheads, a much less recognized expense, what to do with the enormous stockpile of...

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If the Shoe Fits, Duck!

Which is exactly what President Bush did, twice, to avoid shoes thrown at him by an Iraqi journalist today in Baghdad: He said: "It is the farewell kiss, you dog."

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Where the Taliban Gets Their Money

The subcontractors responsible for moving NATO supplies from Karachi to the forces in Afghanistan have reportedly paid millions of dollars in protection money, called the "Taliban Tax" by the Times, to keep militants from attacking them. One company reported spending...

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Stinnett Responds to NSA’s Pearl Harbor Claims

At Scott Horton's suggestion, I wrote Robert Stinnett, author of Day of Deceit: The Truth about FDR and Pearl Harbor, and asked "about the new story [1,2] that the NSA has debunked the Pearl Harbor foreknowledge narrative." His response is as follows: Memo for Anthony...

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The Problem with the Blackwater Indictments

So, five Blackwater guards have been indicted on charges related to a 2007 shooting in which 17 Iraqis were killed. Blackwater hired guns should be held accountable for their actions—actions that Iraqis call premeditated murder. However, I see a major problem with...

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The Wild and Wooly World of NATO Air Strikes

According to sources inside the office of the governor of Afghanistan's Laghman Province, NATO forces launched an air strike on what they claimed were Taliban warriors last night near the town of Mehtar Lam. When the helicopters finished firing, 200 were dead. Not...

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The Apparent War Crimes of Robert Gates

One of the joys of my life is the correspondence I receive from the great minds drawn to peace. George Phillies, Ph.D., teaches physics and game design at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Earlier this year, the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire made him their...

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Speaking of Battle Droids

We've already mentioned Israel's quest to build an army of vicious robotic animals destined to go all Matrix and put all of humanity into pods to fuel their cold, sterile robotic society. Turns out the United States is way ahead of them. Its no secret that the United...

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An Avatar for Peace

Dear Friends of Antiwar.com: A donor left this message in my Facebook Account, Here's an idea. We ask all our friends to switch their Facebook and Myspace profile images to the Anti-War.com logo on some upcoming anti-war day. Let's say Thanksgiving day, so we can be...

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