[Editor’s Note: Is the Iraq War over oil? Chuck Hagel, who was just nominated for Secretary of Defense, thinks so; or at least he did in 2007. And, for neocon Bill Kristol, that’s a big problem . Michael Moore responded to Kristol , quoting several conservative pundits who basically agreed with Hagel. One of the pundits quoted was Ann Coulter, who
The Times (London) Friday, March 26, 1999 Two cheers for Colonel Tony Benn Nato was set up to fight a war in Europe. The Red Army invades, Nato fights back; Turks fight for Norway, French fight for Greece. What an extraordinary irony it is that Nato should not, in the event, have had to fight any war in Europe, but then chose, after the Cold War,
After years of grueling war, victory must be close at hand. America’s fighting men and women have defended the flag and advanced freedom’s cause on battlefields across the globe in their hundreds of thousands, and of these, thousands have rendered their last, full measure of devotion. Congress has placed the economy on a war footing with annual
London Times March 24, 1999 The real catastrophe Why Kosovo? Why, of all the current civil wars and humanitarian horrors, is it Kosovo that now summons British troops to the colours? Or put it another way, why does a bloodstained shroud only have to wave over a Balkan village for otherwise intelligent people to take leave of their senses?
More starvation and disease or bombers and cruise missiles--these are the only actual choices Washington offers Iraq. No wonder Saddam will risk being bombed to end the economic blockade. United Nations’ authorities have officially recognized Iraq’s compliance with Resolution 687, the basic cease fire resolution, for the destruction of all its
In late January, the diligent Internet surfer might have come across a chilling exchange of letters between Robert Wright and Robert D. Kaplan, the latter a respected foreign correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly; an author who has written a number of books based on his travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, Africa, and North America; and war
On Friday the second of October, 752,451 Irish citizens ratified the Treaty of Lisbon for 500 million European citizens. The Treaty of Lisbon is the latest pact in the seemingly unstoppable march of further centralization of power amongst the 27 member states of the European Union. The Treaty of Lisbon is an outgrowth of a failed document called
[Book Review: The Post-American World . By Fareed Zakaria. Norton, 2008. 292 pages.] Fareed Zakaria poses a fundamental question. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, America has dominated the world. How long can we remain in this position? Zakaria foresees an end to our dominance, as other powers, especially China and India, continue to grow
Jude Wanniski argues that the IMF’s “shock therapy”--with its characteristic devaluations, tax increases, and wage freezes--marked the beginning of ethnic conflict in Yugoslavia. Read Polyconomics.com for his perspective.
Earlier this year, Lithuania reinstituted the military draft , which the Lithuanian state claimed was in response to threats from Russia. Ukraine has also recently reinstituted the draft, with mixed political results , and for similarly stated reasons. Regardless of how one gauges the magnitude of Russian aggression, the problem faced by small
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