Posted on Nov 13, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
As the situation in Iraq deteriorates, President Bush has outlined a grand vision for democracy in the Middle East. But the U.S. will have to change tactics quickly if legitimate elected bodies are to rule in Iraq.
Posted on Aug 29, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
The assassination of an important Shi'a leader signals the first shot in an Iraqi civil war that experts warned would ensue if Saddam were removed without careful planning.
Posted on Jun 12, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
The war in Iraq was sold to the U.S. public in ways that resonate with Americans' moral views about violence. With those rationales falling apart, you can hear the tide of public opinion turning.
Posted on May 8, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
From "creative destruction" to "total war," the guiding beliefs of the most aggressive foreign policymakers in the Bush administration may originate in the works of an influential yet rarely seen neoconservative.
Posted on Apr 24, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
With the removal of the Baathist regime, a whole host of would-be leaders has bubbled to the surface in Iraq, representing a mix of conflicting allegiances and ideologies.
Posted on Apr 8, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
While their ties to Iran have long troubled the United States, as Iraq's majority religion Shi'ite Muslims must be given a real stake in the country's reconstruction.
Posted on Mar 27, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
Rosy prognostications of a quick and painless war have evaporated in the face of Iraqi resistance. Predictions about the discovery of weapons of mass destruction may prove just as empty.
Posted on Apr 8, 2002, Source: Pacific News Service
Now that Bush has finally recognized the need for U.S. involvement in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, he needs to take the next important step: commit peacekeeping forces to enforce the peace.
Posted on Dec 3, 2001, Source: Pacific News Service
During the 100th anniversary of Margaret Mead's death, Americans would do well to consult the anthropologist's prescient observations of U.S. culture during wartime.
Posted on Sep 12, 2001, Source: Pacific News Service
The media is pointing fingers at Osama bin Laden, but the causes of his anger are rarely discussed. Here is why he and his followers hate the U.S. so violently.
