Posted on February 18, 2008 by John Uebersax
According to Eric Garris, in a post at Antiwar.Com:
February 18, 2008.
The national Libertarian Party (LP) organization has taken their strongest position in favor of withdrawal from Iraq. At their national committee meeting yesterday in Las Vegas, the following resolution passed overwhelmingly.
WHEREAS the government of the United States should return to its [...]
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Posted on January 22, 2008 by John Uebersax
A Reply to Osama Bin Laden
John S. Uebersax PhD
Preface
Following the attacks of September 2001, Osama Bin Laden has delivered several addresses to Americans (e.g., October 2004; April 2006; September 2007). Since the American people themselves, and not their government or corporations, were addressed, and further since the people were the victims the attacks, I, as [...]
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Posted on October 12, 2007 by John Uebersax
The ‘American Library’ of Leuven
Recently, while living in Belgium, I found myself in great need of a large research library. Investigating the possibilities, I soon learned that the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) had such a library — with Leuven being just 20 few minutes away from my residence by train.
Entering the foyer of [...]
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Posted on January 14, 2007 by John Uebersax
You do the math.
Someone told me a couple of years ago that he thought we needed to militarily intervene in Iraq because “Somebody’s got to teach those people how to think, don’t they?”
Well, if we wanted to teach them to think, maybe we could have spent our trillion dollars (direct and indirect costs) a little [...]
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Posted on January 12, 2007 by John Uebersax
The New York Times lead editorial for January 11, 2007, titled, “The Real Disaster”, stated:
“The disaster is Mr. Bush’s war, and he has already failed. Last night was his chance to stop offering more fog and be honest with the nation, and he did not take it.”
I must protest this point. While I’m no fan [...]
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Posted on January 11, 2007 by John Uebersax
Rep. Dennis Kucinich has drafted a plan for ending the US military involvement in Iraq.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rep__den_070108_the_kucinich_plan_fo.htm
“There is a compelling need for a new direction in Iraq, one that recognizes the plight of the people of Iraq, the false and illegal basis of the United States war against Iraq, the realities on the ground which make a [...]
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Posted on January 8, 2007 by John Uebersax
Credit is due the mayor and people of Rome for speaking out against the death penalty.
As the Roman Colosseum is a place sanctified by martyrs’ blood, may the demonstration have the force of prayer.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,,21023287-5005961,00.html
ROME lit up the arches of its ancient Colosseum at dusk overnight to protest against the death penalty after Saddam Hussein’s hanging, [...]
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Posted on January 4, 2007 by John Uebersax
I protest the planned use of capital punishment in the cases of Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar.
Both men were convicted in connection with the killing of 148 men of the city of Dujail and with other reprisals against the civilian population of the city following a failed assassination attempt against Saddam Hussein in [...]
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Posted on December 28, 2006 by John Uebersax
We pursue here a logical analysis of the question: Should Saddam Hussein be granted clemency and not executed?
1. Argument from the Nature of a Head of State
It is unseemly to execute a former head of state. It violates the dignity of the office. Regardless of his or her offenses, a head of state represents [...]
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Posted on December 8, 2006 by John Uebersax
The Iraq Study Group Report
James A. Baker, III, and Lee H. Hamilton, Co-Chairs
Summary: 79 Specific Recommendations of the Report
OUTLINE
II. The Way Forward–A New Approach
A. The External Approach: Building an International Consensus
1. The New Diplomatic Offensive
2. The Iraq International Support Group
3. Dealing with Iran and Syria
4. The Wider Regional Context
B. The Internal Approach: Helping Iraqis [...]
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