Waiting for the Anti-Saddam Revolt: Where Is It?
Why aren’t more Iraqis rising up against President Saddam Hussein? Most likely, many remember what happened the last time they followed U.S. instructions to rise up against him.
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Contra Saddam Hussein: Porque no hubo insurreccion
/in Desde El Salvador/by Frank Smyth¿Por qué los iraquíes no se sublevaron en contra de Saddam Hussein? Lo más seguro es que muchos recuerdan la última vez que lo hicieron después de seguir las instrucciones comandadas por los Estados Unidos.
Battle Cry of Freedom: A Review of Taking Liberties
/in The Washington Post/by Frank SmythHow many Americans take their rights for granted? Last month an impressive number of antiwar demonstrators converged on San Francisco and New York in chartered buses. Similarly, more than 30 years ago, various protest organizers chartered buses to bring anti-Vietnam-War…
Iraq: Telling the Left from the Right
/in LAWeekly/by Frank SmythHOW MANY AMERICANS WHO OPPOSE THE LOOMING war know the left from the right when it comes to Iraq? The only two players on the field are not George W. Bush and Saddam Hussein.
Iraq’s Eclipsed Red Star?
/in Guerrilla News Network/by Frank SmythNot that long ago, when American progressives spoke about being in solidarity with the people of a foreign nation they were supporting leftist national liberation movements. Back in the 1980s, for instance, the Committee in Solidarity with the People…
Pentagon’s Latest Friend is Africa’s Newest Tyrant
/in St. Louis Post-Dispatch/by Frank SmythSecretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld last week became the highest ranking American official to ever visit Africa’s newest nation, the small state of Eritrea on the Red Sea across from Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
Living Dangerously: A Review of “The Lion’s Grave”
/in The Washington Post/by Frank SmythAny egomaniac with an audience can do a live stand-up in an alleged combat zone these days, but Jon Lee Anderson is a war correspondent’s journalist. On Sept. 11, while most Americans were still either looking up…