Victory Is Within Reach in Iraq (rightwing perspective)

hould we declare victory over al Qaeda in the battle of Iraq?
The very question would have seemed proof of dementia only a few months ago, yet now some highly respected military officers, including the commander of Special Forces in Iraq, Gen. Stanley McCrystal, reportedly feel it is justified by the facts on the ground.
These people [...]

Winning One Battle, Fighting the Next (rightwing reflection)

America has won an important battle in the war on terror. We turned an imminent victory for Al Qaeda In Iraq into a humiliating defeat for them and thereby created an opportunity for further progress not only in Iraq, but also in the global struggle. In the past five months, terrorist operations in and around [...]

The Watchman International - Prepare the way for the Lord

The calling on the ministry of The Watchman International (TWI) is to “Prepare the way for the Lord.”
“A voice of one calling: ‘In the desert prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God. Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough [...]

Everyday news from the occupation…

5 Citizens Arrested by IOF
Time:17:00
RAMALLAH, October 29, 2007 (WAFA) - Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested on Monday five citizens in the West Bank, witnesses said.
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Dozens Arrested in West Bank by IOF
Time:16:34
NABLUS, October 29, 2007, (WAFA)- Dozens of Palestinian citizens were arrested on Monday by [...]

Inside Israel’s Military Courts - The First Nation to Legalize Torture

Should the United States, seeking to recalibrate the balance between security and liberty in the “war on terror,” emulate Israel in its treatment of Palestinian detainees?
That is the position that Guantanamo detainee lawyers Avi Stadler and John Chandler of Atlanta, and some others, have advocated. That people in U.S. custody could be held incommunicado for [...]

The United States of Violence - Imperial Excess

We keep hearing that Iraq is not Vietnam. And surely any competent geographer would agree. But the United States is the United States — still a country run by leaders who brandish, celebrate and use the massive violent capabilities of the Pentagon as a matter of course.
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Almost fifty years ago, during the same autumn JFK [...]

White Fantasies About Raced-Based Intelligence

The idea of race-based intelligence has historically proved to be an unintelligent notion. Let one just question the premise: what is race and what is intelligence? Neither idea is physical, fixed, nor cross-cultural. Certainly, race and intelligence are real-but only as a social construction. For instance, ten of thousands of African Americans who are described [...]

So Much for Islamo-Fascism Awarenes - Thank You, David Horowitz

In America awareness never sleeps and has been on particularly active duty this October, designated as Breast Cancer Awareness Month (proclamation of President George Bush); as Domestic Violence Awareness Month (proclamation of President George Bush); as Energy Awareness Month (proclamation of President George Bush and the Environmental Protection Agency); and–we speak here specifically of October [...]

The Iraq War: Legal or Illegal?

What the Fuck is a Vietnam?’: Touristic Phantasms and the Popcolonization of (the) Vietnam (War)

America never declared war and the Paris Peace Agreement was never observed –there was no war and there is no peace. Even the charade following the My Lai massacre points to this. First the massacre was denied enough to have those responsible walking free. Then, after 30 years of forgetting, the limelight was turned on [...]