Is the infamous "Lcpl. Boudreaux killed my Dad then he knocked up my sister" photo a fake? This guy says so, but notice all the counterclaims beneath, including by war supporters. Marine investigators apparently have yet to reach a conclusion, but I will keep you...
Australian-born, British-based journalist John Pilger’s newest documentary investigates the United States-led “War on Terror” in Iraq and Afghanistan, and raises crucial questions about the real motives behind the violence. The 50-minute video weaves together footage...
Iraq should dissolve the U.S.-picked Governing Council and set up a caretaker government of respected Iraqis to lead the country from the U.S. handover of power on June 30 until elections set for Jan. 31, U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said Wednesday. The caretaker...
Over at LRC blog, Jeffrey Tucker is kind enough to round up some of the gems from the prez's Q & occasionally A session last night. I'll just go through a few with my knee-jerk ripostes in italics: *They're [Iraqis] not happy they're occupied. I wouldn't be happy if I...
I was rather hard on William Tucker in today's Collateral Damage, with good reason, but I also pointed out a few good moments in his essay "Call It a Democracy and the Hell With It." One passage I didn't quote certainly merits kudos:The entire Vietnam War was fought...
Clinton's Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was unversally acknowledged as a major advocate of intervention in the Balkans, from her sponsorship of the Hague Inquisition to her drive for the bombing of Serbia in 1999. Now officially retired from politics, Albright...
A Busy Person's Guide to the Bush Press Conference Since most people don't like to watch an hour of Bush on television (and for some reason I don't mind even though it drives me nuts), I decided to boil down the questions and answers from tonight's press conference in...
Afghanistan is about to get its first taste of true western-style democracy since the overthrow of the Taliban government. Holding a presidential election? No, that can wait. Drawing up a constitution? No, that can wait. Ah, but paying taxes? Now that's at the top of...
I can't watch the 9/11 hearings anymore. Everyone testifying, and every talking head and pundit, have agreed on one thing. The bureaucrats can't do their jobs because they don't have enough money. And people are buying it! This is the standard cry of every bureaucrat...
Here's an excerpt from Rahul Mahajan's Empire notes. For those who still hope the Americans in Iraq will ever learn anything about Iraqi culture this will be a sad disappointment, but for those of us who never harbored such unrealistic expectations it will come as...
