The neo-conservative dream faded in 2006

End of the neo-con dream By Paul Reynolds World Affairs correspondent The neo-conservative dream faded in 2006. The ambitions proclaimed when the neo-cons’ mission statement “The Project for the New American Century” was declared in 1997 have turned into disappointment and recriminations as the crisis in Iraq has grown. “The Project for the New American […]

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Those who are saying the Haditha charges are “politically motivated” have a fundamentally flawed knowledge of military justice

Reuters AlertNet: The decision to charge four Marine officers accused of failing to properly investigate the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians was a rare step and might never have occurred had the media not brought the incident to light, experts said on Friday. The Marine Corps on Thursday charged four Marines with unpremeditated murder in […]

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Sadly, No! » The Pluperfect Malkin

HERE’S A GREAT RUNDOWN OF THE WINGNET’S QUEEN BEE : MICHELLE MALKINFROM THE EQUALLY GREAT “SADLY, NO” A drama in three leanly-wrought acts: Jimmy Carter mathBy Michelle MalkinDecember 19, 2006 11:26 AM Jimmy Carter says he has signed more than 100,000 books during his book tour. Book publishing insider Brad Miner’s B.S. detector has been […]

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“Guantanamo has brought shame to our nation”

Protests worldwide mark the 5-year anniversary of Guantanamo By Carol Rosenberg and Lesley Clark McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) From anti-Iraq war mom Cindy Sheehan in Cuba to protesters in a Washington, D.C., courthouse, demonstrators fanned out across the globe Thursday to protest America’s five-year-old experiment in offshore incarceration at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The protests came as […]

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