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Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen, once a supporter of the war in Iraq, has been rethinking his position. The day after Senator…
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[Tom Engelhardt: Had anyone in Washington bothered to read Jonathan Schell’s prophetic — or perhaps I should just say, historically on the…
“During the Vietnam War, many young men, including the current President, the Vice President and me, could have gone to Vietnam and…
Ever since the September 11 commission stated authoritatively what everyone knew already, namely that there is no evidence that Al Qaeda was…
Many people (mostly Republicans) say (mostly to Democrats) that it’s wrong to “politicize” the war in Iraq. But politicizing the war is…
Halfway through Tim Russert’s hour-long interview with Democratic presidential nominee Senator John Kerry on April 18, there was an exchange that revealed…
The Iraqi struggle for independence from American rule has begun in earnest. US forces there now face a double insurrection-one part Sunni…
The first anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq has arrived. By now, we were told by the Bush Administration before the…
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