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All wars bring cheerful economic news at first. They stimulate production. They raise capacity utilization, which helps business cover costs and improve earnings … But the good news doesn’t last. Soon enough, profiteers see...

Dave Barry linked his blog to the Korean Arse Shooter. Well done.

De facto responsibility for what happens in Gaza once Israel withdraws will fall to the United States. That’s the hidden meaning in the president’s letter of assurance to Sharon saying that the United States...

The 21-year-old Marine corporal explained what it was like to practice his lethal skill in the battle for this city. “It’s a sniper’s dream,” he said in polite, matter-of-fact tones. “You can go anywhere...

The battle of Fallujah, together with the conflicts unfolding in Shiia cities and Baghdad slums, are high-stakes tests, not just of U.S. policy in Iraq, but of Washington’s ability to dominate what Pentagon planners...

Heading into the 2000 election, then-candidate George W. Bush blasted the Clinton administration’s 1990s deployments to places like Bosnia and Kosovo, saying they depleted our military’s readiness. “Our military is low on parts, pay...

Humanitarian workers speak of US gunmen firing at ambulances and civilians … The head of mission of a European humanitarian agency with staff in Falluja told BBC News Online that, according to his staff,...

At least 20 percent of U.S. spending in Iraq is lost to corruption … Iraqi Ministry of Health officials sell hospital supplies on the black market, depriving sick people of vital equipment. Dr. Ali...

Iran-Contra involved a network of aides outsourcing U.S. foreign policy like a separate government to circumvent the separation of powers, by selling missiles to Iran to fund the Nicaraguan Contras. The Iraq war was...

So King Bush has appointed the Torturer’s Friend John Negroponte as Ambassador to Iraq. While he was Ambassador in Honduras during the 1980s he shielded the Honduran military from fallout concerning their use of...