Europe has witnessed an unprecedented political attack on the authority of the United Nations, committed by a clan that–in the opinion of a predominant majority of Europeans–occupies the White House illegally.
With the war launched in Iraq, the Bush administration appears to be laying the groundwork for its next move: an attack on North Korea.
How can Bush achieve success in Iraq?
While Bush has moved U.S. soldiers around the world, invented new strategic doctrines, created a whole new cabinet agency, and driven a federal budget that was comfortably in the black just two years ago into a $300 billion, going on $400 billion, hole th
Neither logic nor legality premit the Iraqi “coalition” to enforce UN Security Council decisions. And yet, they feel a need to do just that.
The success of peace-building activities in Afghanistan is dependent on the existence of a robust and durable commitment by the international community.
For weeks, the Bush administration has claimed it has many partners in its anti-Iraq “coalition of the willing.”
Bush administration seemed unduly impatient with the delay caused by the need for additional UN Security Council (UNSC) debate.
We can do all the things that need to be done within the defense budget without increasing spending, thus relieving pressure on other federal initiatives, provided that we are willing to make the necessary choices.
It was only in the 1990s that Qaddafi began to change his ways. A combination of bilateral U.S. sanctions, quiet diplomacy, and a multilateral UN sanctions regime played a major role in the shift in Libyan foreign policy.
The cacophony of the coming war threatens to drown out any reflective debate on President Bush’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2004.
With or without UN authorization and support, the United States remains adamant that Saddam Hussein and his regime will be removed from power.
This is why free people in the United States and around the world must work even harder to stop President Bush from invading Iraq.
That path, of course, would be a long one, and full of surprises. But unlike the path that the Cheney team would have us think inevitable, it would open into a future worth having.
There is skepticism around Bush’s plan to prevent HIV infections, as stated in his latest State of the Union address.