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 [...]

Lest we forget…
Squeezed to death
Half a million children have died in Iraq since UN sanctions were imposed - most enthusiastically by Britain and the US. Three UN officials have resigned in despair. Meanwhile, bombing of Iraq continues almost daily. John Pilger investigates
Saturday March 4, 2000
Wherever you go in Iraq’s southern city of Basra, [...]

The New Napalm in Iraq
Firebombing for human rights?
— By Barb Jacobs, Utne.com
June 30, 2005 Issue
First it was weapons of mass destruction. Then it was to get rid of Saddam Hussein. Now it’s to spread democracy. All arguments supporting the war in Iraq have some sort of humanitarian slant that, ironically, neglects the human cost of [...]

Iraqi ‘justice’ by television
Looking cowed and frightened, a young man, identified by his full name and sitting directly in front of the camera, is being bullied and browbeaten by an interrogator who remains out of the picture.
“By what authority did you do these things?”
“Sir, they led us astray with their fatwas and offering us money.”
“Do [...]

I wrote this about a week ago, before any of the initial results were in. This is the final draft of my article on the Iraqi elections, which will be in the college alt. rag, due to hit stands March 1st.
The January 30th elections in Iraq were being hailed a success practically before the polls [...]