Steve Chapman has a succinct op-ed regarding McCain’s dilemma every time he attacks Obama over a time table for Iraq.
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Despite creeping toward withdrawal himself, McCain continues to lambaste Obama for setting a timetable. But if the current policy is the stunning success depicted by McCain, it should be eminently practical to turn Iraq over to […]

“Nobody’s suffering more than the Palestinian people.”
– Barack Obama in Iowa, March 11th, 2007
Last week, when Barack Obama became the first major candidate to break the silence on the situation in Gaza, he didn’t criticize Israel, whose blockade of a civilian population has been roundly condemned by human rights organizations, nor did he call for […]

I watched Rendition last night and was relieved. It frays my nerves any time Hollywood does anything remotely political and timely, and I was prepared for some ham-fisted Bruce Willis politick, where the torture is ultimately justified and everyone goes home relieved, the ticking time bomb avoided. This wasn’t the case, and it was fairly […]

Bring the Mandate for Peace to Washington DC on Jan. 27
November 13th, 2006
Tell the New Congress:
Act NOW to Bring the Troops Home!
Join United for Peace and Justice in a massive march on Washington, D.C., on Sat., January 27, to call on Congress to take immediate action to end the war.
On Election Day the voters delivered […]

AU’s Darfur troops in abuse probe
The African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Sudan says it will look into claims that its troops committed sexual abuse in the western region of Darfur.
The UK’s More Four TV channel last week aired allegations that AU soldiers paid women, some as young as 11, for sex.
The AU said the […]