Andrew Cockburn comments on a new US covert initiative that is truly frightening in its scope… “Six weeks ago, President Bush signed a secret finding authorizing a covert offensive against the Iranian regime that, according to those familiar with its contents, “unprecedented in its scope.” Bush’s secret directive covers actions across a huge geographic area – [...]

Since the advent of the nuclear age, only two nuclear weapons have ever been employed, both in August of 1945 on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. While many will argue that their use was required to avoid directly invading the Japanese islands, an effort that the government and military at the time claimed [...]

If you’re labouring under the misconception that the Bush Administration is going to leave office without first confronting the Iranians, it’s time to start paying serious attention. The propaganda machine is in full swing, led by a new report by the State Department that labels Iran the most active sponsor of terrorism. If you can [...]

Jeff Cohen’s piece published on The Huffington Post yesterday is of import… “In the fall of 2002, week after week, I argued vigorously against invading Iraq in debates televised on MSNBC. I used every possible argument that might sway mainstream viewers — no real threat, cost, instability. But as the war neared, my debates were terminated. In [...]

A reader, Kevin Mejlholm, recommended the following lecture (*See update below) by David Ray Griffin regarding 9/11. I am posting this not to promote the ideas presented by Griffin, but rather to simply present information that I think should be presented. Therefore, if you want to spend the time watching this lecture, which is one [...]

I was asked last night for my opinion regarding how the United States will ultimately leave Iraq. My answer was straightforward – they will, in the end, simply go. There are many that will disagree with that prediction. There are those that still cling to the belief that the US, as an occupational buffer, will [...]

Removed from a situation, so much so that it has become an informational inconvenience, not to mention social taboo with regards to conversation, how do societies at war deal with the realities of war given the distance from which they are viewed? With regards to fighting abroad, this reality provides those promoting conflicts abroad with the [...]

I’m tired. Too tired to field emails from Christian nut jobs about the entry that I posted earlier today. Frankly, I don’t care, and I don’t want some theological war sparked in the comments either (I’ve already had to delete several comments that were left in moderation because of their content). One piece of that entry [...]

When, in 2001, President Bush announced the adoption of what is now known of The Bush Doctine as official US foreign policy, those who were aware of the policies promoted by a cabal of US neoconservatives throughout the 1990’s knew that it was, in truth, simply The Wolfowitz Doctine, the roots of which lay in [...]

I have a penchant for Revels and Fudgesicles. Last night, while watching a film in bed, I got up and went to the freezer to grab one of each. Being that I eat them so fast, I got one of each thinking that I’d just gulp them down. Of course, by that time, I was [...]