US Wars and Military Action

What’s Right With Kerry What’s Right With Kerry

At key moments, he's displayed guts and taken tough, sometimes lonely, positions.

Feb 26, 2004 / Feature / David Corn

Press Watch Press Watch

The conduct of our major newspapers in the run-up to the Iraq war calls to mind William Hazlitt's famous appraisal of the Times of London.

Feb 26, 2004 / Editorial / Scott Sherman

The Last Emperors The Last Emperors

If Winston Churchill is today the icon of an American right that denounced the "appeasement" of Iraq, Charles de Gaulle is the inspiration for some of those who continue to urge ...

Feb 19, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Richard Vinen

New (Sort of) Issue New (Sort of) Issue

Bush trotted out his whoppers with tranquillity, Because the press responded with docility. His goal was war. In order to fulfill it, he

Feb 19, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Killing Time Killing Time

From its unification in 1871 until its comprehensive defeat in 1945, Germany was the most bellicose and nationalistic of modern countries.

Feb 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Kunkel

The Blame Game The Blame Game

George Bush owes the public a big explanation on WMDs.

Feb 12, 2004 / Feature / David Corn

Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero

Kerry should hold himself accountable for his own mistake.

Feb 12, 2004 / Editorial / Jonathan Schell

Saddam as a Gathering Threat Saddam as a Gathering Threat

So the weapons weren't there--so what, Bush says, Saddam was a "gathering threat." We were certainly right to start a war. This threat simply had to be met.

Feb 12, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Press Watch Press Watch

In July 2002 a retired US Army colonel who would be dead within months unburdened himself of twenty-two classified documents concerning war crimes in Vietnam.

Feb 12, 2004 / Editorial / Scott Sherman

Bush’s Credibility Gap Bush’s Credibility Gap

"There's going to be ample time for the American people to assess whether or not I made good calls," George W. Bush told Meet the Press host Tim Russert in their recent one-on-on...

Feb 12, 2004 / Editorial / The Editors

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