Gates to Join Obama? Uh-Oh Gates to Join Obama? Uh-Oh
According to insiders, Barack Obama's campaign is debating how long it can leave ambiguous the notion of "residual forces" in Iraq after a presumed Obama-ordered withdrawal of com...
Jun 29, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Got A Plan for Zimbabwe? I Don’t Got A Plan for Zimbabwe? I Don’t
It's ugly in Zimbabwe. It was ugly in Iraq, too, in 2003. The world is full of ugly places. But let's hope the coolest of cool heads prevail before any sort of outside interventio...
Jun 27, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Neocons Blast Rice Over North Korea, Iran Neocons Blast Rice Over North Korea, Iran
Condoleezza Rice is under heavy attack from the neoconservatives for talking turkey with the remaining two members of the Axis of Evil. First, on North Korea, the 'cons are apopl...
Jun 26, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Haditha Travesty, Take Two The Haditha Travesty, Take Two
Small tragedies can get lost in a big war, but it is sad and troubling that, so far at least, it looks like no one is going to have to pay for the November, 2005, massacre of 24 c...
Jun 22, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Israel Endorses McCain Campaign Israel Endorses McCain Campaign
The stunning display of air power by Israel in early June, unannounced but widely noticed by intelligence services worldwide, means that Israel has officially signed on to John Mc...
Jun 20, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Z.Z. Rice, Appeaser Z.Z. Rice, Appeaser
In case Barack Obama was feeling lonely being called an "appeaser" by the neocons, he has company: the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) is apoplectic over Co...
Jun 18, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
When Puppets Attack When Puppets Attack
Hoshyar Zebari, Iraq's foreign minister, used his conversation with Barack Obama this week to give the Democratic candidate a geography lesson. "Iraq is not an island," lectured t...
Jun 18, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Israel’s Hat Trick Israel’s Hat Trick
John McCain says he won't talk to Syria, Hezbollah, and Hamas. Barack Obama might talk to Syria, but he's having nothing to do with Hezbollah and Hamas. I guess they know somethin...
Jun 17, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Bombing Iran? It’s Not So Bad, Really Bombing Iran? It’s Not So Bad, Really
Patrick Clawson and Michael Eisenstadt, two Iran experts at the pro-Israeli thinktank, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, have published a primer for bombing Iran that...
Jun 13, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Khalilzad for President? (No, Not Here!) Khalilzad for President? (No, Not Here!)
Wake me up if this is a nightmare, but suddenly the idea that Zalmay Khalilzad might try to become president of Afghanistan is being taken seriously indeed. That a fierce America...
Jun 13, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss