Iraq war

My slightly edited message to the Concert’s producers: MORE »

Ed Schultz, Fargo’s liberal talk radio host, ignited a political brushfire when he called John McCain a “warmonger” during a passionate warm-up of hundreds of Barack Obama’s enthused supporters at a fundraiser prior to the political rock star’s speech at the North Dakota Democratic Convention in Grand Forks, ND (April 6). MORE »

As General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker continue to con the Congress into funding the Iraq War, a complete withdrawal from Iraq by the next Republican or Democratic administration is highly unlikely—even though ongoing occupation will continue to grossly violate customary international law, U.S. treaty law, and the Article VI “Supremacy Clause” of the U.S. Constitution. MORE »

When conscientious people opposing the present war put up signs “Support the Troops – Bring Them Home”, it sends a mixed message. How does one “support” those, who, for a variety of reasons, chose to be trained to kill others on the basis of orders from a “superior” officer or the “Commander-in-Chief”? Clearly the primary responsibility for the war must lay with those who planned it, ordered it, and voted to pay for it with our tax dollars (or, more accurately, with debt to be placed on future generations). MORE »