Free Lunch Still Yet to Be Found

Well, we're four days into our quarterly fund drive – and it's going lousy. I was planning to remind you how time is money… and how much time Antiwar.com saves you each day, collecting, reviewing, organizing, and updating hundreds of news items and opinion pieces...

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A Preview of AFRICOM?

On Friday it was reported that Mohamed Dheere was appointed as the new mayor of Mogadishu by the US-backed Somali government. What's interesting about this is that just last year, when the US decided to start funding warlords to pick fights with the Islamic Courts,...

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A ‘Visible Yet Sinister Group’

The “war on terrorism” as a project of the “visible yet sinister group” known as the neoconservatives — that’s the theme of this brilliant and beautiful video: Andrew Sullivan, who supposedly has had a turnaround on the war, calls this “Nazi-like.”...

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‘Phase Two,’ At Last

Via Laura Rozen: "The Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, and the Vice Chairman, Senator Kit Bond, announced today that the Committee has adopted its Phase II report on prewar intelligence assessments about...

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American Colonialism: Elements of Style

The American style of colonialism is taking shape, and what seems to be developing is a certain peevish paternalism, colored with vivid shades of condescension. The BBC reports this highlight from Dick Cheney's Baghdad trip: "The vice-president also held talks with...

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Another Award for a Tyrant Apologist

Harvard professor Harvey Mansfield gave the esteemed Jefferson lecture for the National Endowment for the Humanities last night in Washington. According to the NEH website, "The Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities recognizes an individual who has made significant...

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