I can't even think of any modern antiwar pop music, actually, I just know of a few songs that have lamely hurled juvenile denunciations at Bush like little wet boogers. Pink has continued the tradition of crappy lyrics that try to hit home and fail. It's not all bad...
As Antiwar.com holds our quarterly fundraising drive, the US military announces its plans for the upcoming quarter as well. Major General Rick Lynch promises us an increase in US soldiers being killed in Iraq, primarily a result of the latest troop surge. Major...
On my radio show May 7th, I spoke with former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel, who made a big splash April 26th at the first debate among Democrats seeking the nomination for president when he said that the "top tier" candidates all "frighten" him with their "all options...
Criminalize the Iraq War: And back off Iran!
I turn on the television. Somehow, I must have slept longer than I thought. It's already the middle of 2008 and the presidential debates are going on. The Democrat is Mike Gravel, and he's attacking the war. He is saying he wants to pull out of Iraq immediately. He...
Last week, it was announced that NATO's anti-Taliban raids in Kandahar province had killed approximately 50 civilians. Afghan President Hamid Karzai, for his part, let it be known that he is 'losing patience' with all the civilians NATO has been killing. As the US...
Three more names have just been added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC—thirty-two years after the war ended. One was actually killed by "friendly fire" in 1966. The other two died recently from wounds they received during the Vietnam War. There are...
Apropos yesterday’s "Tenet v. Perle" post, it might be useful to note that James Woolsey, Perle’s colleague on the Defense Policy Board (DPB) and fellow-board member of any number of neoconservative groups, was virtually ubiquitous on television and in the print...
The Scottish people sent a message to formerly "Great" Britain in the recent elections: "Scottish nationalists committed to independence from Britain became the biggest party in the Scottish parliament on Friday in elections which left a political headache for Prime...
National Review's T.J. Walker on the only authentic .... person in last night's GOP debate: "Ron Paul has the unfortunate distinction of looking and sounding wacky and impish, even when he says entirely reasonable things. He brilliantly and succinctly positioned his...
