New to Antiwar.com: 'The Road to Hell is Paved With Good Intentions': Jason Leopold: Saddam Hussein was an evil dictator who repressed, murdered and tortured his own people. That and that alone was a good enough reason enough to go to war, according to Bush and his...
How They Lie: Journalism and the Art of Fiction: Justin Raimondo: The growing tendency of so much of the "news" – especially international reporting – to be pure fiction designed to arouse emotions rather than impart information, is a development that may not be...
Headline from July 17, 1963: U.S. Spies Discover What Lies Beneath Russian Nesting Dolls; 'It's More Dolls,' Says CIA Director From The Onion, of course. (scroll down)
Think we need to eliminate that pesky $455 billion deficit? It's not as important as invading third world nations, liberating oppressed foreigners and ridding the world of evil-doers, says the administration: "Restoring a balanced budget is an important priority for...
Rep. Ron Paul wonders: "Where are all the conservatives?": One thing is certain: those who worked and voted for less government, the very foot soldiers in the conservative revolution, have been deceived. Today, the ideal of limited government has been abandoned by the...
From the Telegraph: "Tony Blair is expected to put his name today to a declaration justifying armed intervention against failing states." What are "failing states," you ask? "Where a population is suffering serious harm, as a result of internal war, insurgency,...
A recent Time: Asia article details the "undefeated" Taliban: Coalition spokesman Colonel Rodney Davis agrees: "The coalition has degraded what was a formidable force." True enough. But the Taliban have taken what was left of their own army and morphed it into a...
From Matt's newest column: As British opinions on the late war turn frosty, warmer environs must seem appealing to the prime minister. Leaking his resignation to the tabloids at midnight, shafting the BBC, firing a terse last shot from Downing St. ("You won't have...
From Justin's newest column: It wasn't just the possession of WMD that would single Iraq out as the target of our post-9/11 rage: it was the possibility – indeed, given the tone of the administration's rhetoric, the inevitability – that Osama bin Laden would get his...
From the AP: Holidays established, abolished by new Iraqi governing council Sunday July 13, 2003 A look at holidays abolished by the new Iraqi governing council in its first official act, and the new holiday declared to mark the ouster of Saddam Hussein: ABOLISHED...
