Is Paul Wolfowitz getting kicked upstairs? From Aghanistan to Iraq to the World Bank -- the list of neocon conquests is impressive. What's next -- the Vatican? Or perhaps they aim a bit higher ....
Wolfowitz to World Bank?
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Occupation Schizophrenia
The Lebanese now seem determined to oust their occupiers. Nothing surprising about that. The desire to be free of foreign rule should be easily grasped by all. As Old Right icon Robert Taft said of American postwar interventionism,It is based on the theory that we...
Militarization of space
From orbiting lasers to metal rods that strike from the heavens, the potential to wage war from space raises startling possibilities—and serious problems SHOULD THE UNITED STATES, or any nation for that matter, weaponize space? The answer depends not simply on the...
War is Peace, Democracy is Freedom
The democratic peace theory, which claims that democracies don't wage war on each other, championed by pro-censorship "freedomist" R.J. Rummel, is littered with problems, perhaps most notably its shifting of definitions to the point that "democracy" seems mainly to...
Counter-recruitment in schools
A Turning Point for the Anti-War Movement? One of the barriers to counter-recruitment activism in colleges and universities has been a set of laws known as the Solomon Amendments, which since 1997 has threatened campuses with the loss of federal funds if they ban...
Basic Training: Basic Cruelty, Basic Misogyny
An interview with Tyler Gilbert, who recently went through basic training in the US military; "They Called Iraqis 'Ragheads'" The guy who carried my tray was the nicest guy I met there. He was Islamic. His name was Thomas. He decided that he couldn't kill people. He...
Two New Additions
I want to welcome two new additions to the Antiwar.com Blog:Scott Horton has already started blogging. Scott is the host of Weekend Interview Show, which has frequently been featured on Antiwar.com, and a new author here as well.Anthony Gregory is also joining the...
Two Tales of a Capture
CNN reports:Saddam Hussein's half-brother, who was a personal adviser during his presidency, was captured in a joint Iraqi and coalition forces operation, Iraqi government officials said Sunday.Associated Press explains:Iraqi security forces captured Saddam Hussein's...
Dangerous doctrine
A U.S. policy of preemption and a push for new nuclear weapon designs could be a recipe for disaster that makes proliferation more likely, not less. No More Nuclear Hypocrisy: Defending the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty While the alarm is repeatedly sounded about...
Still Trying to Silence Sibel
Sibel Edmonds, the heroic FBI contract translator - turned - whistle blower, despite the Department of Justice dropping their attempted application of the "state secrets privilege" to silence her last week, is now up against the same tactic with a different name....
