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Thursday 5th January 2012

Persian Gulf Folly Redux (1987)

11:07 am | Iran | Iraq | wool | Comments: 3

Following is a piece I wrote in 1987 on the Reagan administration’s idiotic intervention in the Persian Gulf. Versions of this piece appeared in USA Today and the Detroit News.
JUST ANOTHER AMERICAN SITTING DUCK
by James Bovard
Sentimentality now appears to be the soul of Reagan’s foreign policy. From [...]

Monday 24th January 2011

Our Know Nothing Foreign Policy (full text)

The American Conservative placed online today the full text of my review of Magic and Mayhem.
Worst and Brightest
Review of Magic and Mayhem: The Delusions of American Foreign Policy From Korea to Afghanistan, Derek Leebaert, Simon & Schuster, 336 pages
By James Bovard
In the decades since John F. Kennedy’s inauguration, foreign-policy experts have become Washington’s leading con [...]

Wednesday 5th January 2011

Why the Tea Party Should Despise George W. Bush

The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today this article from the September issue of Freedom Daily - (also on Counterpunch)
Why the Tea Party Should Despise George W. Bush
by James Bovard
The Tea Party movement is challenging politicians and political establishments in many parts of this country. Many Tea Party supporters define [...]

Monday 8th November 2010

A Better Book Cover Design for Bush’s Autobiography?

The Washington Post had a giant version of the cover of Bush’s DECISION POINT in its Style section today. Bush is trying to look solemn but I suspect he is going to a baseball game.
I think this photo - entitled “Bush Swings by Congress” - I took at a January 2007 antiwar DC [...]

Friday 22nd October 2010

Pentagon’s Biggest Lie? “No Surprises” Expected from WikiLeaks

So the pre-leak spin by the Pentagon is that they have already disclosed everything important that will be revealed in the next WikiLeaks document super-dump.
Obama’s Pentagon apparently believes that Americans are as gullible - if not mutton-headed - as the Bush Pentagon believed.
No surprises expected in WikiLeaks Iraq war dump: Pentagon WASHINGTON [...]

Tuesday 31st August 2010

Will Obama Out-BS Bush on Iraq?

Popcorn sales are soaring across the nation because Obama will give a live Oval Office speech tonight on the U.S. victory in Iraq.
I’m disappointed that Obama will not be giving the speech after climbing out of a jet wearing a flight suit, like George W. did with his “Mission Accomplished” speech in 2003.
I expect that [...]

Monday 7th June 2010

Obama’s Latest Assault on the Truth

2:23 pm | Iraq | Secrecy | War crimes | Comments: 10

From A Tiny Revolution:

The feds have arrested Bradley Manning, 22, of Potomac, Maryland, for allegedly leaking the classified video footage of a US helicopter slaughtering Iraqi civilians in 2007. Manning allegedly leaked other information to WikiLeaks.
This follows the indictment of a National Security Agency official who allegedly leaked information on Bush’s illegal wiretap [...]

Tuesday 6th April 2010

Killing Journalists as Video Game Sport

Three cheers for Wikileaks. Their posting of a 38-minute video from an Apache helilcopter showing U.S. gunners killing two Reuters journalists (and ten other civilians) in 2007 is heroic. Naturally, the Pentagon had endlessly scorned Reuters’ Freedom of Information Act and other efforts to get the video.
The video and a transcript of [...]

Thursday 5th November 2009

The Media as Enablers of Government Lies

Posted online today…
The Media as Enablers of Government Lies Freedom Daily August 2009
by James Bovard
Why do politicians so easily get away with telling lies? In large part, because the news media are more interested in bonding with politicians [...]

Thursday 17th September 2009

Civility, 2007-Style: Hanging George Bush

Some people who are outraged by anti-Obama placards have forgotten that, only a few years ago, many people were condemning George Bush in terms as harsh or harsher.
Here is a picture I took at an antiwar rally in Washington in January 2007. The sign - “What’s good for the goose….. gandar” - [...]

Friday 12th September 2008

Palin Revives Bush’s Most Lethal Lie

11:37 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Iraq | Comments: 24

In a speech yesterday to U.S. troops departing for Iraq, Alaska Governor and GOP VP nominee Sarah Palin declared that the soldiers would “defend the innocent from the enemies who planned and carried out and rejoiced in the death of thousands of Americans.”
Even George W. Bush finally admitted that this justification for attacking Iraq was [...]

Tuesday 18th March 2008

Bush Earned Impeachment Five Years Ago Today

In a memo sent to Congress five years ago today, Bush decreed that he was attacking Iraq “to take the necessary actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations, or persons who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001.”
The Bush administration linked Saddam to 9/11 to justify [...]

Friday 7th March 2008

Ron Paul’s Missed Chance Against McCain?

John McCain survived the New Hampshire primary thanks to receiving the support of the bulk of Republicans opposed to the Iraq war</a>. McCain also did much better with the antiwar voters than other GOP candidates in the crucial Florida primary.
Ron Paul, who announced he was dropping out of the race last night, never made his opposition [...]

Wednesday 30th January 2008

Discussing Ron Paul Etc. Thursday Morning - LISTEN LIVE

I will be on the Charles Goyette radio show 8:35 AM Eastern time Thursday (1/31) discussing the Ron Paul campaign and other developments in the presdiential race.
Charles is one of the best libertarian hosts in the country; his political courage and humor have helped make him the most popular talk show host in Phoenix. He is on the dial [...]

Monday 28th January 2008

AntiWar Issue in FLA Primary???

11:25 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Iraq | Comments: 16

Are any of the candidates in tomorrow’s presidential primaries in Florida running advertisements criticizing the Iraq war? Are any of the candidates making opposition to the Iraq war their premier issue?
Is the antiwar issue being raised in the media or in Q & A with candidates?
Has anybody seen polls on which candidates are favored by [...]

Monday 14th January 2008

The War Issue in the Michigan Primary?

7:51 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Iraq | Comments: 11

Unfortunately, I don’t live in Michigan [!] - but I’m curious on the big vote on Tuesda -
How are the presidential candidates playing the Iraq war issue in the Michigan primary?
Are any candidates running radio or TV ads explicitly opposing or supporting the war?
If so, are the ads on the war resonating?
Does the Iraq war seem to [...]

Sunday 15th July 2007

Excellent Report on US Military’s Civilian Carnage in Iraq

3:55 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Iraq | Comments: 16

Chris Hedges and Laila Al-Arian have an excellent report in the new issue of Nation from interviews with 50 U.S. veterans on the carnage inflicted in Iraq.
Hedges, Al-Arian, and Nation deserve great credit for this report.
If the New York Times or the Washington Post had half as much gumption on this issue, Americans would be [...]

Monday 30th April 2007

Happy “Mission Accomplished” Anniversary

Today (May 1) is the fourth anniversary of one of the most dishonest propaganda speeches in modern American history.
President Bush did his flight suit strut on the deck of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in front of a banner proclaiming “Mission Accomplished.”
Bush proclaimed, “With new tactics and precision weapons, we can achieve military objectives without directing [...]

Monday 19th March 2007

Great Recap of Media Debacles etc. on Iraq War

6:29 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Iraq | Comments: 5

The folks at Fairness and Accuracy in Media (FAIR) have a superb timeline of media duplicity, cravenness, and occasional truth before and during the war with Iraq.
[FAIR does some excellent analyses, even if they did scowl at my work in 1991. They tagged me "the media's favorite opponent of national agricultural programs" and complained, "Bovard achieved an [...]

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