Iraq

There Is No Freedom in Iraq, Part 3

by Jacob G. Hornberger September 1, 2003

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Unfortunately, all too many Americans have swallowed — hook, line, and sinker — the Bush administration’s claim that the Iraqi people are now free. The U.S. invasion of Iraq has indeed ousted the brutal dictatorial regime that ruled the country, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that life under the regime ...

Bush’s WMD Flimflams

by James Bovard September 1, 2003

The Bush administration’s rush to war against Iraq was justified largely by the danger that Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction supposedly posed to the United States and to U.S. allies. In his January 28, 2003, state of the Union address, Bush denounced Saddam as “the dictator who is assembling the world’s ...

There is No Freedom in Iraq, Part 2

by Jacob G. Hornberger August 1, 2003

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Most Americans are familiar with the political and civil aspects of liberty. They include such rights as freedom of speech and expression, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, the right to vote, and the right to petition public officials for redress of grievances. They also include important procedural protections in ...

Even with Weapons, Hussein Was No Threat

by Sheldon Richman July 23, 2003

The glaring absence of unconventional Iraqi arms should not blind us to the fact that even if Saddam Hussein had amassed chemical, biological, and — yes — even nuclear weapons, he would not have posed a threat to the American people. As offensive tools, those weapons would have been ...

There Is No Freedom in Iraq, Part 1

by Jacob G. Hornberger July 1, 2003

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Given that U.S. forces have failed to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, U.S. officials have focused on an alternative justification for having invaded that country — to free the Iraqi people from tyranny through military force and to establish democracy after the war. Contrary to popular American opinion, however, ...

Kosovo Déjà Vu

by James Bovard July 1, 2003

As the world looks on at the growing mess in post-war Iraq, it is time to recall the U.S. government’s bombing campaign against Serbia. There are many similarities to the recent campaign in Iraq. President Bill Clinton’s war against Serbia epitomized his moralism, his arrogance, his refusal to respect law, and his fixation on proving his virtue by using ...

Are We Feeling Duped Yet?

by Sheldon Richman June 27, 2003

A lot of silly things have been said about Iraq’s alleged arsenal of weapons of mass destruction, such as that Saddam Hussein could be ready to launch in 45 minutes. But perhaps the silliest of all is the Republicans’ charge that even to ask whether the Bush administration misled ...

The Ten Planks of the “Freedom” Manifesto

by Jacob G. Hornberger June 13, 2003

Now, tell me if I have this right: It doesn’t really matter whether President Bush and his associates lied about Saddam Hussein’s “weapons of mass destruction” or exaggerated the danger — even though the reason that most Americans supported the war was the threat of imminent attack from such weapons — ...

War and the Bankruptcy of the Bush Administration

by Richard M. Ebeling June 1, 2003

The war on terrorism and the war on Iraq have become the defining characteristics of the Bush administration and the Republican Party in general. Indeed, without the current war hysteria, President Bush and the Republicans have nothing to stand for and run on in next year’s congressional and presidential elections. Think back to August 2001, just a few weeks before ...

Lying about War

by Sheldon Richman June 1, 2003

Can we believe the government? For some people, there is no pretense of objectivity about the question. Republicans have no problem doubting the word of a Democrat president, and Democrats are skeptical about Republican chief executives. But that’s politics. For others, it’s a blasphemous question no matter who’s in office. Some would ...

Moral Responsiblity for Iraqi Graves

by Jacob G. Hornberger May 23, 2003

Given the failure of U.S. forces to find Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction, the newest justification for the president’s invasion of Iraq has become the mass graves of Iraqis killed by Saddam Hussein’s forces after the Persian Gulf War in 1991. “If we hadn’t invaded,” the reasoning goes, “Saddam ...

Where are Saddam’s Weapons of Mass Destruction?

by Jacob G. Hornberger May 23, 2003

The Mists of Falsehoods Wild Weapons Chase Iraqi Arsenal Now Seems a Phantom Menace Weapons Failure Weapons of Mass Doo-Daa The Absence of Weapons, and What It Means Something Fishy for Haddock WMD? MIA Bush's WMD ...