Contrary to all evidence, President Bush insists that there was a relationship between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda simply because he says so, over and over again.
If the Justice Department wants to know who leaked Valerie Plame's identity, all they have to do is talk to a longtime Republican operative named Clifford May.
The administration's move to blacklist the very same countries it is asking to forgive Iraq's debt is not a sign of arrogance but hopelessly muddled decision-making.
A memo leaked to the Weekly Standard reveals the desperation of administration hawks who have once again sacrificed national security to get back at their critics.
While maintaining a brave face on the accelerating stream of bad news coming out of Baghdad, the Bush administration appears increasingly at a loss, not to say panicked, about what to do.
The appointment of fierce anti-Syria advocate David Wurmser as the Mideast adviser to Dick Cheney is a sign of the continuing dominance of the neoconservatives.
Just like Ollie North and his cohorts, a small network of officials is pursuing a covert foreign policy agenda -- except their aims are vastly more ambitious.
Rounding up Muslims and Arabs gave Americans a false sense of security while possibly making the country more vulnerable to future terror attacks, says establishment think-tank.
Many neoconservatives like Paul Wolfowitz are disciples of a philosopher who believed that the elite should use deception, religious fervor and perpetual war to control the ignorant masses.
Newt Gingrich's scorching attack on the State Department is both unprecedented and carefully planned. It is just the opening salvo in the Pentagon's war on moderation.
Posted on: Apr 6, 2003, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus
Determined to maintain as much power for itself and its favored appointees, the Pentagon is battling the State department and Tony Blair over control of Iraq.
Contrary to appearances, the neoconservatives do not represent a political movement, but a small, exclusive club with incestuous familial and personal connections.
Despite the rhetoric about bringing democracy to the region, the neocons shaping U.S. foreign policy would be just as happy if the war led to a balkanized, unstable Middle East.
The content of President Bush's speech on the Middle East ominously echoed the radical unilateralist vision of its audience -- the rightwing hawks at the American Enterprise Institute.
The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq is being touted as a "new" organization. But it is made up of the same cabal of conservatives who have been pushing for a militaristic, aggressive foreign policy for decades.
