For an Excellent Account

of the competing agendas and perceptions of Congressional Republicans, U.S. military commanders in Iraq (and President Bush), and the Pentagon (including Robert Gates and CentCom commander Adm. William Fallon), read Friday’s article in the Wall Street Journal, entitled “Gap Widens… Continue Reading  

Giuliani, the Likud Candidate?

Republican front-runner Rudy Giuliani announced his foreign-policy advisory team Tuesday, and it looks from the membership as if he’s bidding for the Likud vote (for which he will no doubt receive tough competition from John McCain, Fred Thompson, and, eventually… Continue Reading  

Chalabi Departs Further From The Neo-Con Line

Don’t call the Wall Street Journal’s neo-conservative editorial board unfair or unbalanced. Just yesterday (Friday), it ran an op-ed by Sen. Joseph Lieberman restating his thesis that the “fanatical government” of Iran is engaged in a “proxy war” against the… Continue Reading  

Et Tu, Cal

While the mainstream media gave major attention Friday to Thursday’s defection by New Mexico Republican Sen. Pete Dominici’s from President Bush’s Iraq policy, Cal Thomas, a fixture of the far right for some 25 years, also appeared to have thrown… Continue Reading  

Judith Miller Redux?

That’s what a lot of people are asking in the wake of Monday’s front-page New York Times article by Michael Gordon entitled “U.S. Ties Iran to Deadly Iraq Attack.” The story recounted charges leveled by a Brig. Gen. Kevin J.… Continue Reading