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Kissinger and My Interstate 81 Epiphany

  Kissinger and my Interstate 81 Epiphany By James Bovard Henry Kissinger died last week.  So far, I’ve been handling my grief pretty well. Kissinger was the most esteemed war criminal in American history. Kissinger, who was Nixon’s National Security Advisor,  summarized Nixon’s order for  bombing Cambodia; “Anything that flies on everything that moves.” In […]

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Harvard Law Dude DeSantis Goes to Gitmo and Fallujah

Counterpunch, September 1, 2023 Harvard Law Dude DeSantis Goes to Gitmo and Fallujah by James Bovard In the first Republican candidate presidential debate last week, Florida governor Ron DeSantis  touted his time in Iraq. “I learned in the military, I was assigned with U.S. Navy SEALs in Iraq, that you focus on the mission above […]

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Fallujah Is Not a Presidential Victory Lap

Fallujah Is Not a Presidential Victory Lap by James Bovard, August 30, 2023 In the first 2024 Republican presidential debate last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis touted his time in Iraq. “I learned in the military, I was assigned with U.S. Navy SEALs in Iraq, that you focus on the mission above all else, you […]

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Presidents Are Legally Immune for Their Most Dangerous Crimes

Presidents Are Legally Immune for Their Most Dangerous Crimes by James Bovard  April 7, 2023 Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg has charged former president Donald Trump with thirty-four felonies tied to his payments to two women prior to the 2016 election. Some pundits are outraged that a former president is facing charges, and others are […]

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Was the Iraq War the Biggest Con of the 21st Century?

Was the Iraq War the Biggest Con of the 21st Century? by Jim Bovard | Mar 23, 2023 The Iraq War was spawned by a deadly combination of political depravity and media complicity. Unfortunately, on the twentieth anniversary of the war, both elements of that conspiracy are being whitewashed.  Instead, politicians and their pundit accomplices […]

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Ukraine Proves Iraq War Lessons Unlearned Inside the Beltway

American Conservative, March 21, 2023 Will the Circle Be Unbroken? by James Bovard Twenty years after the Iraq invasion: The war may be over, but the War Party carries on. Last year, former President George W. Bush vehemently condemned the “decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq.” Bush […]

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Pro-Censorship Democrats Whitewash the Federal Iron Fist

Pro-Censorship Democrats Whitewash the Federal Government’s Iron Fist by Jim Bovard | Mar 13, 2023 The House Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government held a hearing last Thursday on the Twitter Files. Elon Musk purchased Twitter last October and was aghast to learn how the feds had previously domineered his new company. “Twitter […]

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