The news is good -- for once. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), the libertarian congressman whose dedication to principle is one of the wonders of the world, is running for the GOP presidential nomination (hat tip: Lew Rockwell). At last -- a Republican who opposes our...
According to NPR correspondent Ivan Watson, Kurdish forces prevented three American humvees from crossing into another part of town. A Kurdish guard told him that after an hour and a half standoff, weapons cocked, four blackhawks came to evacuate some of the US...
Antiwar Radio: William Lind The first guest on Antiwar Radio for January 10th, 2007 is William S. Lind, Director of the Center for Cultural Conservatism at the Free Congress Foundation, about his anti-interventionist conservatism, 4th generation warfare, American...
Antiwar Radio: Larisa Alexandrovna Larisa Alexandrovna, the managing editor of RawStory.com discusses John Negroponte's departure from the Director of National Intelligence position to be Deputy Secretary of State, his replacement, John McConnell, and the liars who...
Based on a series of secret 1999 government war simulations called The Desert Crossing games, 70 experts suggested that an occupation of Iraq would require at least 400,000 troops and even that might not be enough. And "Desert Crossing" assumptions didn't include...
Antiwar Radio: Robert Parry My guest for Tuesday January 9, 2007 is investigative reporter Robert Parry, author of Secrecy and Privilege: Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq and proprietor of Consortiumnews.com on the topic of the U.S. government's long...
The real issue in Bush’s speech Wednesday night is not the additional troops he intends to send to Iraq. The real issue is his nearly open proclamation of dictatorial powers. Apparently, once a president lies a nation into war, he is entitled to absolute power...
Antiwar Radio: Ray McGovern The second is of Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, on some of Bush's new appointments, the planned escalation of the war in Iraq, the possibility of it spreading to Iran and...
Antiwar Radio: Jacob Hornberger Jacob Hornberger, founder and president of the Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses the case of Jose Padilla and the power that the military now claims over the American people. MP3 here.
According to yesterday's The Sunday Times, Israel plans a nuclear strike on Iran. The article suggests that "the disclosure of the plans could be intended to put pressure on Tehran to halt enrichment, cajole America into action or soften up world opinion in advance of...
