The UN Gambit The UN Gambit
George W. Bush's decision to "involve" the United Nations in his plans to attack Iraq does not indicate a conversion to multilateralism on the road to Baghdad. Washington's con...
Sep 12, 2002 / Ian Williams
The Case Against War The Case Against War
A rebuttal to eight arguments put forward by proponents of an invasion of Iraq.
Sep 12, 2002 / Feature / Stephen Zunes
Appointment in Samarra? Appointment in Samarra?
How would people be discussing the issue of "regime change" in Iraq if the question were not being forced upon them by the Administration?
Sep 12, 2002 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
No Case for War No Case for War
Why now? Why, one year after September 11, is the Bush Administration attempting to overthrow decades of precedents and precepts of international law, along with the best tradi...
Sep 12, 2002 / The Editors
One Year Later One Year Later
In the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks, Americans experienced a mixture of fear and warmth, a quickening of the national spirit. The extraordinary heroism of th...
Sep 5, 2002 / The Editors
The Tenth Crusade The Tenth Crusade
Amid the elegies for the dead and the ceremonies of remembrance, seditious questions intrude: Is there really a war on terror; and if one is indeed being waged, what are its ob...
Sep 5, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
The End of Empire The End of Empire
Foreign creditors will eventually pull the plug.
Sep 5, 2002 / Feature / William Greider
Impaired Intelligence Impaired Intelligence
In July the Washington Post, under the headline "Panel Finds No 'Smoking Gun' in Probe of 9/11 Intelligence Failures," reported that the House and Senate intelligence committee...
Sep 5, 2002 / David Corn