Joe Klein on Conflated Loyalties

Joe Klein has been doing battle with the neocons over at Commentary Magazine, who have gone so far as to label him anti-Semitic. Klein penned this essay and this response last week. Klein continues the battle today regarding the insistance of the neocons that Israel...

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Vince Miller, RIP

An old and dear friend of Antiwar.com, Vince Miller, has died. Vince had been a libertarian activist for over 37 years. He was one of the founders of the Libertarian Party of Canada and was an editor of the early magazine Libertarian Option. In 1980, Vince founded the...

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GOP Rep. Gilchrest on Iran Sanctions Bill

Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) speaking on the House floor yesterday on HCR 362: Mr. Speaker, I want to speak today on Resolution 362 that is circulating in the House and its impact on policy in the Middle East. As a result of Resolution 362 and its tightening of...

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When A Map Is Worth a Thousand Words

Or maybe even 674 pages, the length of Douglas Feith’s recent opus, War and Decision. As you can imagine, Israel does not figure prominently in Feith’s book, and you would never guess from reading it that, as early as 1996, Feith — along with David Wurmser and...

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Ron Paul on the Wiretap Bill

Ron Paul explains why he is opposed to the "compromise" FISA wiretap bill (June 20): Mr. Speaker, I regret that due to the unexpected last-minute appearance of this measure on the legislative calendar this week, a prior commitment has prevented me from voting on the...

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Neo-Con Rage

A very good summary of how hard-line neo-conservatives see the world — and especially Israel’s place in it — can be found in an interview at the National Review Online’s (NRO’s) website by Kathryn Jean Lopez of Caroline Glick, the deputy managing editor of...

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Bush Slanders Freedom

In a Tuesday interview in Britain, Sky News editor Adam Boulton asked George W. Bush: "There are those who would say look, lets take Guantanamo Bay, and Abu Ghraib, and rendition and all those things and to them that is the complete opposite of freedom." BUSH: "Of...

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