Well, Murray Waas at the National Journal has another scoop, and this ought to be a big one. It seems Waas has confirmed that Bush was told about the State Department's INR, the DOE and the IAEA's insistance that those infamous aluminum tubes were for rockets back in...
Harry Browne, RIP
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 Emperor Has Spoken
What makes the nuclear programs of India and Iran so different, other than the fact that, unlike the former, the latter is a signatory to the Nonproliferation Treaty and has no nuclear weapons program? From President Bush's press conference in New Delhi:Q: Mr....
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Contempt for the Troops and You Too
When I interviewed [.mp3] former US Marine and lie-debunking UN weapons inspector, Scott Ritter, last year, he got all bent out of shape when I brought up Iraqi General Hussein Kamal [at about 38:00]. Kamal, Saddam Hussein's son-in-law, defected to Jordan in 1995,...
Ah yes, monsters…
Jeremy noted how evidence has shown Saddam Hussein pardoned two men who plotted to kill him, and jailed the head of his secret police when four innocent men were executed. As part of his defense before the Hague Inquisition, Slobodan Milosevic has presented many...
Saddam the Maniacal Monster…?
I hate that something so obvious needs a caveat, but here, for those who aren't so bright: Saddam bad. k? Alright, let's move on. When I was little, during the Gulf War, it was popular to talk about "Saddam Insane." 10-year-olds didn't make this up on their own -- it...
1,300 Iraqis Killed in Last Week
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...
Cheney Out After 2006 Elections? You Read It Here First …
Insight magazine, associated with the conservative Washington Times, is reporting that Vice President Dick Cheney is going to "retire" "within a year." The reason? A "growing rift" between the OVP and the White House, the denouement of which will result in Cheney...
Buckley Bails on Iraq, Apparently for Good
"One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed." That's from William F. Buckley Jr.'s Friday piece on National Review online. Buckley has made dissenting noises about Iraq before, but this time the judgment is unambiguous. Whatever one thinks of...


