Tag: Foreign Policy & Military & War

The Education for Peace in Iraq Center has A Citizens’ Humanitarian Pledge regarding the reconstruction effort. You know, that time that the Adminstration has set aside for political paybacks, special […]

Claire Wolfe makes much the same point in this post that I made previously in another post: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL LISTS 111 COUNTRIES WHOSE POLICE OR "SECURITY FORCES" COMMIT TORTURE OR […]

As Oliver Willis, Jim Henley and Arthur Silber have already commented: This is some pretty hateful and ugly shit. I am disgusted and at the same time thankful that most […]

Interesting Quote: "We should not march into Baghdad . . . . To occupy Iraq would instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab world against us, and make a […]

Interesting development from The Independent: …the Pentagon confirmed it was authorising use of "non-lethal" gases of the type used in last October's disastrous Moscow theatre siege – a move that […]

From CNN Breaking News E-mail Alerts: U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warns Syria that the U.S. considers military shipments to Iraq a 'hostile act.' Hmmm, Russia was also involved, but […]

Although some warbloggers would have the world believe that the citizens of Iraq are dancing in the streets and that life is just one big festive circus, these pictures destroy […]

Gene Healy on National Greatness Conservatism: National Greatness Conservatism: n. The vicarious thrill certain right-wing pundits get from watching better men risk their lives. As one of those men who […]

For the pro-war crowd, if Bush is right on Iraq now, then what do we do about his father who helped provide Saddam with the base of his chemical and […]

Paul Krugman on some of the recent pro-war protests: By and large, recent pro-war rallies haven't drawn nearly as many people as antiwar rallies, but they have certainly been vehement. […]