US Bows to Turkey US Bows to Turkey
Alongside the White House and the Capitol building on the alleged terrorist hit list for September 11 was another, little-noticed target: Incirlik, a US airbase in southern Turkey...
Oct 25, 2001 / Editorial / Ian Urbina
The Secret War to Come The Secret War to Come
The White House is likely to keep a don't-rock-the-boat Congress in the dark.
Oct 18, 2001 / Feature / David Corn
New War, Old Weapons New War, Old Weapons
President Bush has stated that his global campaign against terrorism will be a "new kind of war," in which traditional military approaches will give way to a more innovative mix o...
Oct 11, 2001 / Editorial / William D. Hartung
Vieques Si! Yanqui No? Vieques Si! Yanqui No?
Puerto Ricans of all stripes question the Navy's presence there.
Aug 9, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Liberating Vieques Liberating Vieques
When George W. Bush announced from Sweden on June 14 that he planned to pull the US Navy out of the Puerto Rican island of Vieques by 2003, it struck some as odd when he referred ...
Jun 21, 2001 / Editorial / Angelo Falcón
Rogue Nation Rogue Nation
News that the United States has been voted off the UN Human Rights Commission and the UN international drug monitoring board has elicited vows of revenge from conservatives in Con...
May 10, 2001 / Editorial / The Editors
Leave No Child Behind? Leave No Child Behind?
I scanned all the cheap effusions that followed the Bob Kerrey disclosures, looking for just one mention of just one name. Ron Ridenhour. Ron was the GI who got wind of the My La...
May 10, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Time to Bring the Troops Home Time to Bring the Troops Home
America's provocative military posture in Asia makes war with China more likely.
Apr 26, 2001 / Feature / Chalmers Johnson
The Emperor’s Old Clothes The Emperor’s Old Clothes
Bush's national security advisers aren't up to the tasks before them.
Feb 1, 2001 / Feature / Bruce Cumings
Powell’s Secret Coup Powell’s Secret Coup
The coronation of Colin Powell will probably not be interrupted by any of the specific questions about his mediocre and sometimes sinister past that were so well phrased by David C...
Jan 5, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens