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Iraq Shows the Failure of Militarism and Socialism

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With the 10-year anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq upon us, there are three things that I find particularly fascinating. First, the people who favored the invasion have different rationales for why they favored the invasion. Some of them say it’s because Saddam Hussein conspired with al-Qaeda to commit the 9/11 attacks. Others say it’s because there were terrorists inside Iraq. Others say that it was to bring democracy to Iraq. Others say it was to find WMDs, including those that the United States furnished Iraq to help Saddam with his war against Iran. Still others say that it was to enforce UN resolutions. It’s as if the U.S. government placed a smorgasbord of rationales for invading the country before the American people and said, “To enable you to feel better about the massive death and destruction that U.S. forces are about to wreak on the country, we are providing you with a range of rationales on which you ...

Torture and the Rule of Law

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Last week, the Senate Intelligence Committee released a 6,000-page report providing a comprehensive analysis of the CIA’s detention and interrogation policies. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the committee chair, released a statement saying that “the report uncovers startling details about the CIA detention and interrogation program and raises questions about intelligence operations and oversight.” The report could shed some light on the darker side of the U.S. government’s war on terror, but with the Obama administration reportedly planning to keep the document classified, it is highly doubtful the full version will ever be released to the public. Most likely, the government will release a heavily redacted report that will in no way threaten to hold anyone accountable. While that certainly does not bode well for the future of justice or the rule of law in this country, it suits the interests of the national-security state, which thrives on secrecy and widespread public ignorance. The last thing the state wants is ...

Commentaries – 2009

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December 2009 Serious Problems with Obama's Plan to Move Guantnamo to Illinois by Andy Worthington What Does It Take to Get Out of Obama's Guantnamo? by Andy Worthington There's No Such Thing as a Free Mammogram by Sheldon Richman Do We Really Need a Central Bank? (Video) by Steve Horwitz Cleared for Release and Still in Limbo by Andy Worthington Kill the Insurance Mandate by Sheldon Richman Medical Marijuana Does Not Equal Freedom by Sheldon Richman Guantnamo: Idealists Leave Obama's Sinking Ship by Andy Worthington November 2009 Libertarianism Is the Only Way Out by Jacob G. Hornberger Gold, Freedom, and the Fed by Jacob G. Hornberger Judge Orders Release of Algerian from Guantnamo (But He's Not Going Anywhere) by Andy Worthington Inconsistent Conservatives and Progressives by Sheldon Richman Health-Care "Reform": It's All About ...