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Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Saddam?

by Jacob G. Hornberger March 17, 2003

I have a confession to make: I’m not afraid of Saddam Hussein. Not a bit. I have absolutely no fear that the man is going to come and get me or that he is going to spray biological or chemical weapons on me or that he will send someone to do the ... [click for more]

Bomb Them!

by Scott McPherson March 14, 2003

We feel like Greeks, we feel like Romans Centaurs and monkeys just cluster round us We drink elixirs that we refine From the juices of the dying We are no monsters, we’re moral people And yet we have the strength to do this This is the splendour of our achievement Call in the airstrike with a poison kiss — Shriekback, “Nemesis” “North Korean fighter jets threatened an ... [click for more]

The Draft Is Un-American

by Sheldon Richman March 10, 2003

Rep. Charles Rangel’s logic for reinstating military conscription is hard to follow. As near as I can make out, he wants to bring back the draft for two reasons: first, to slow the policymakers’ rush to war against Iraq by putting their sons at risk, and, failing that, to spread the ... [click for more]

The Rot at the Center of the Empire (commentary)

by Jacob G. Hornberger March 3, 2003

View the many reader responses to this article. Last weekend’s announcement that the U.S. government had relied on fake and false evidence in the attempt to secure approval of its upcoming invasion of Iraq was, by and large, met by a collective yawn from the American people, especially the members of Congress. It’s just one more example ... [click for more]

Make Mine a Freedom Muffin

by Sheldon Richman March 2, 2003

I don’t eat freedom muffins anymore (I’m on a low-carbohydrate diet), and my stepdaughter has a freedom bulldog. What are freedom muffins and freedom bulldogs? You know them as English muffins and English bulldogs. But as long as we’re removing the word “French” from things, we might as well remove the word “English” too. For heaven’s ... [click for more]

Nuke Germany Instead

by Jacob G. Hornberger March 2, 2003

Last February, Robert Higgs published an essay on LewRockwell.com entitled “Nuke France”. Higgs has it all wrong. We need to nuke Germany instead. After all, let’s not forget: The Germans started both world wars! And everybody knows that there’s something inherently aggressive about all Germans. Do I need to remind anyone that prior to U.S. entry into ... [click for more]

Ending the Anachronistic Korean Commitment, Part 2

by Doug Bandow March 1, 2003

Part 1 | Part 2 In the aftermath of the 2000 inter-Korean summit, Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon explained, “We intend to remain a force for stability in that area as long as we are needed.” But U.S. forces weren’t needed even before the summit. South Korea (the Republic of Korea, or ROK) has upwards of 40 times the GDP and ... [click for more]

Book Review: War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning

by Richard M. Ebeling March 1, 2003

War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges (New York: Public Affairs, 2002); 211 pages; $23. During the Second World War, my mother worked for the Department of the Navy in Washington, D.C. When I was growing up, she would sometimes look back at those war years with a great degree of nostalgia. She would say that in ... [click for more]

The Costs and Madness of Empire

by Richard M. Ebeling February 28, 2003

The costs of the American Empire become clearer with each passing day, as the U.S. government releases information about its various global actions and plans. The latest ones relate to the ongoing Muslim insurgency movement in the Philippines and the outlines for the making of a ... [click for more]

The French Got It Right This Time

by Sheldon Richman February 21, 2003

(BONUS! Hatemail from op-ed editors in response to this article.) The American put-downs of the French over their unwillingness to sign up for the Coalition of the Willing are a little too glib for my tastes. There’s the story of the American who asked the French citizen if he speaks ... [click for more]

Speaking Out for Freedom in War and Peace

by Richard M. Ebeling February 21, 2003

If war comes between the United States and Iraq, one of the first results right here in America will be the attempt to close off all further criticisms of U.S. foreign policy. Spokesmen for the Bush administration, various members of Congress, and many of the talking heads on the ... [click for more]

Economic Sanctions in Iraq as a Tool of Foreign Policy

by Robert W. McGee February 17, 2003

The United States has been imposing economic sanctions against Iraq since the early 1990s. Technically, they are UN sanctions, but the United Nations is involved in name only. The embargo would collapse within about 15 minutes if the United States withdrew its support for the sanctions. FACTS Since their inception, the ... [click for more]