To Leave or Not to Leave
Parsing the plans for "victory" in Iraq By Mark Levine
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In the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq, President Bush told the world, "We will remain in Iraq as long as necessary, and not a day more." But as is always the case in politics, the devil is in the details.
When will it no longer be necessary for the United States to maintain troops in Iraq? And what does "withdrawing troops" actually mean--all troops or just most troops?
According to Bush's newly released "National Strategy for Victory in Iraq," the most important goal of our presence in Iraq is to "help people defeat the terrorists and build a democratic inclusive state." But if by terrorism we mean the systematic threatening, torturing and/or killing of civilians to force them to accept a political or military situation they wouldn't otherwise sanction, then the United States has committed far more acts of terrorism and crimes against humanity than the insurgents in Iraq (with perhaps more than 100,000 dead Iraqi civilians and hundreds of billions of dollars in destruction and counting). Read more >>>
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The Three Alitos By Christopher Hayes
When it comes to Supreme Court nominees, conservatives face a quandary. They want a justice who is a conservative ideologue, but publicly call for a judge who would be a non-ideological, strict-constructionist umpire, whose only agenda is a deep desire to divine the original intent of our forefathers. Read more >>>
Evo Morales Has Plans for Bolivia By America Vera-Zavala
Evo Morales is a polarizing figure in Latin American politics: a proudly left-leaning indigenous activist who defends the traditional rights of peasants to grow coca and describes the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas as “colonization.” While opponents have labelled him a “narco-trade unionist,” the charismatic Morales enjoys widespread popular support. Read more >>>
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