Big Media Hectors Obama on Surge’
For six years, with few exceptions, the Washington press corps has been cheerleading for the Iraq War – and… more
For six years, with few exceptions, the Washington press corps has been cheerleading for the Iraq War – and… more
Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, Gens. George Casey, David Petraeus and Ricardo Sanchez have not heeded… more
New military program that embeds anthropologists with soldiers has academics up in arms
The central question we need to answer is this: What were the real reasons for the Bush administration's invasion… more
Just before the election, a film about Iraq hit art house theaters around the country. Voices of Iraq claimed… more
When members of the Army’s 343rd Quartermaster Company refused orders in Iraq last month they considered too dangerous, it… more
A history lesson about the town we are currently destroying.
(Or, finally some good news from Washington!)
According to conventional wisdom, we wasted weeks of the 2004 presidential campaign in refighting the Vietnam War. In a… more
On September 17, it came to pass in New Jersey that party faithful applauding a chipper talk about the… more
It’s no revelation that the “perception managers” giving our reporters their daily bread from the White House and Pentagon… more
Despite the whitewash, we now know that the Bush administration was warned before the war that its Iraq claims were weak
In the waning days of the Korean War, Dwight D. Eisenhower, America’s great warrior president, said: “Every gun that… more
With no end in sight, the price for Iraq continues to skyrocket
A few weeks ago, Fox-TV offered up the finale of “The Swan”—the mutant offspring of the Miss America pageant,… more
For some time now, I’ve been trying to find out where my son goes after choir practice. He simply… more
The so-called transition to sovereignty for Iraq set for June 30 has been trumpeted as a turning point by… more
In 1968, the legendary U.S. labor organizer Cesar Chavez went on a 25-day hunger strike. While depriving himself of… more
The explosive report on the abuse of Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison by Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba may… more
Reading the mea culpas on Iraq from previously pro-invasion pundits and “experts” across the media spectrum these past few… more
“That’s not the way we do things in America,” George Bush told an Arab world seething with anger about… more
Labeling them un-American and a stain on our collective honor, President Bush expressed outrage over atrocities committed at Abu… more
Shiite insurgency in Iraq bedevils U.S.
On April 30, President George W. Bush said, “A year ago I [gave a] speech … saying we had… more
Does anyone still remember the unfortunate Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf? As Saddam’s information minister, he heroically would deny the most… more
Among the questions raised by the spiraling scandal of U.S. abuse at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison is this one:… more
The first signs of uranium sickness surface in troops returning from Iraq
As In These Times went to press, President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were appearing together… more
Kerry must deal with Bush’s legacy of chaos
More mainstream than the mainstream, the silent majority finds its voice
By outsourcing labor, U.S. planners of Iraqi “democracy” do not include unions
Baghdad—I heard the sound of freedom in Baghdad’s Firdos Square, the famous plaza where the statue of Saddam Hussein… more
Last March, as U.S. troops were preparing to launch the invasion of Iraq, a much quieter war was taking… more
We’re not accustomed to giving President George W. Bush kudos for a job well done, but in one regard… more
After months of refusing to admit that his administration may be guilty of misleading the American people on the… more
Like the breeze of late winter, a single word, unspoken, has rippled through the recent funerals of several U.S.… more
So the vice president’s former employer’s been in the news a lot lately. Bilking the U.S. government for millions… more
The commission appointed by President George W. Bush to look into WMD-related “intelligence failures” can be considered “independent” only… more
Millions of Americans are anxious about and even opposed to the American war on Iraq and to the bloody… more