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Bear-Baiting in Georgia: It's the Oil, Stupidnew
Not one American in ten could find Georgia on a map, but all of a sudden that country's "freedom-loving" government is of great importance to our national security. Bullshit. The situation in Georgia, pure and simple, is about access to oil and our contemptuous treatment of Russia in the post-communist era.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
08-27-2008 |
Commentary
McCain's First War: He's Got Georgia on His Mindnew
Whether he actually encouraged this war, or is just wildly supporting the Georgian side of it, McCain seems to be playing with nuclear dynamite, poking and teasing the one country on earth that has the power to destroy the planet. This Cold War redux does more than give us a glimpse into what a McCain cowboy foreign policy would be like. It illuminates his insanity.
Artvoice |
Michael I. Niman |
08-25-2008 |
Commentary
Foresight and Judgment Aren't John McCain's Strengthsnew
If the past is prologue, McCain's comments about the most important foreign policy decision of the Bush administration -- the Iraq invasion -- reveals how the Republican presidential nominee would respond to crises. Looking back at these statements, one thing's for sure -- McCain can't be accused of being psychic, well informed or diplomatic.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
08-22-2008 |
Commentary
John McCain, the U.S. and the Latest Russian Crisisnew
If Randy Scheunemann's Georgian connections provide even a scintilla of influence over a potential President McCain's decision on whether we go to war on that country's behalf, that is the very antithesis of democracy. But how many Americans are aware of any of this, as the news gulls continue regurgitating the myth of McCain as the strong and forthright policy expert?
INDY Week |
Derek Jennings |
08-21-2008 |
Commentary
When it Comes to Foreign Affairs, the Criminally Insane is the New Normalnew
Even a salamander should be able to see that the Iraq War hasn't done a damn thing for us, except terribly damage our prestige. Yet, remarkably, millions of people seem ready to vote to install a President John McCain, who is promising even more war.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
08-12-2008 |
Commentary
Obama's Idea of Swapping One Quagmire for Another is Hardly a Brilliant Foreign Policynew
If Barack Obama's idea of ending the occupation in Iraq is to transfer most of the troops to Afghanistan, he won't have accomplished much. He's right that we should not be in Iraq, but we also shouldn't be in Afghanistan.
The Memphis Flyer |
Charley Reese |
08-01-2008 |
Commentary
Pelosi Backs Bush on Iran Plansnew
How in the world does the representative of perhaps the most antiwar city in the country sign off on the United States doing this to another nation?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tom Gallagher |
07-31-2008 |
Commentary
How the Neocons Gave Obama the Worldnew
Republican talk radio says Obama's popularity overseas is simply a reflection of the big government socialism Europe has become accustomed to. Talk host Sean Hannity even said that Germans have long been attracted to charismatic personalities, implying that Obama's appeal was more fuhrer than philosophical. Nonsense.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
07-30-2008 |
Commentary
Bush's Loser Lap Around the Middle Eastnew
After the debacle of President Bush's Middle East junket, just as a matter of national security the country should consider barring reviled lame-duck leaders from taking loser laps to regions of the world they have degraded.
Arkansas Times |
Ernest Dumas |
05-22-2008 |
Commentary
America's New Saddam
A new video proves what survivors of the Andijon massacre have known all along: America's "strategic partnership" with Uzbek president Islam Karimov is a deal with the devil.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
06-27-2006 |
Commentary
All Mixed Up on Irannew
Bush's Middle East policy has resulted in the ascendancy of a religious faction that the U.S. has long decreed to be our enemies -- they are at the heart of the radical fundamentalist Islam Bush attacked in his speech.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
02-02-2006 |
Politics
