Yesterday the wingnuts were quick to pin the blame of the Times Square bombing on the “anti-war left”. Now news comes out that the “anti-war” letters received by members of Congress yesterday was not connected to the bombing: There’s apparently no link between the bombing of an military recruiting station in New York’s Times Square […]
Looks like we are taking an interest in the problems along the West Bank: The United States cast the first U.N. Security Council veto in nearly two years Thursday, blocking an Arab-backed resolution that would have demanded Israel halt its military offensive in the Gaza Strip. The draft, sponsored by Qatar, accused Israel of a […]
Looks like we are taking an interest in the problems along the West Bank: The United States cast the first U.N. Security Council veto in nearly two years Thursday, blocking an Arab-backed resolution that would have demanded Israel halt its military offensive in the Gaza Strip. The draft, sponsored by Qatar, accused Israel of a […]
It turns out in the days following September 11 that Bush tried to get extraordinary powers granted to him through Congress but those attempts failed. This new information comes from an article appearing in today’s Washington Post: The Bush administration requested, and Congress rejected, war-making authority “in the United States” in negotiations over the joint […]
Via the BBC: Chavez makes US oil export threat BBC Oil exports to the US could stop amid growing tensions between the two countries, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said. He described recent US government actions as “aggressive” in a speech at a youth festival in Caracas. As a result, Venezuelan oil “instead of […]