http://dir.salon.com/topics/gulf_war/?source=rss&aim=gulf_war en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT By Mark Benjamin Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/01/mccain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/01/mccain/index.html?source=rss The former POW's Senate career has been marked by his outspoken determination never to repeat Vietnam mistakes. So why does he support the Iraq war? By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/09/11/towelhead/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/09/11/towelhead/index.html?source=rss En route from "Six Feet Under" to "True Blood," TV genius Alan Ball snuck in "Towelhead," an earnest drama about race and sexual awakening in '90s suburbia. By Mark Benjamin Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/30/collateral_damage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/30/collateral_damage/index.html?source=rss When the Air Force asks permission first. In Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military has rules for killing civilians. But do the rules actually save lives? By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2005/11/04/jarhead/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2005/11/04/jarhead/index.html?source=rss Sam Mendes' specious adaptation of Anthony Swofford's Gulf War memoir is both antiwar and anti-soldier. By Mark Follman Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/04/25/gulf_vets2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/04/25/gulf_vets2/index.html?source=rss When it comes to American POWs brutalized by U.S. enemies, the Bush White House -- with some help from the Supreme Court today -- is glad to settle for nothing. By Page Rockwell Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/04/22/pows/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/04/22/pows/index.html?source=rss The Supreme Court represents the last chance for a group of Gulf War POWs to be compensated for their suffering at Saddam's hands. The Bush administration wants the case thrown out. By Barry Lando Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/11/19/saddam_chemical_weapons/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/11/19/saddam_chemical_weapons/index.html?source=rss Did the first President Bush, in 1991, and President Reagan, in the late '80s, cynically choose to ignore Saddam's use of chemical weapons against Iraqis? Compiled by Jeff Horwitz Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/11/16/powell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/11/16/powell/index.html?source=rss Policy experts and former U.S. diplomats weigh in on Colin Powell's resignation. By Sidney Blumenthal Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2004/09/23/bush_delusion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2004/09/23/bush_delusion/index.html?source=rss Bush lives in a world immune from the realities of Iraq. By Louise Witt Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/17/antiquities/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/17/antiquities/index.html?source=rss The sacking of Iraq's museums is like a "lobotomy" of an entire culture, say art experts. And they warned the Pentagon repeatedly of this potential catastrophe months before the war. By Farhad Manjoo Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/03/20/oilwells/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/03/20/oilwells/index.html?source=rss If Saddam repeats his Gulf War strategy of torching oil wells, he could set off one of the worst environmental disasters in history. By David Talbot Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2003/03/20/marines/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2003/03/20/marines/index.html?source=rss "Jarhead" author Anthony Swofford and two other Marine Corps chroniclers of Desert Storm direct some not-so-friendly fire at the Bush administration. By Michelle Goldberg Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/03/20/casualties/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/03/20/casualties/index.html?source=rss If the U.S. kills 10,000 Iraqi civilians, will this be a just war? 1,000? 100,000? On the eve of destruction, a deadly moral calculus awaits. By Jake Tapper Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/03/18/bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/03/18/bush/index.html?source=rss In a terse speech to the nation and the world, the president stopped just short of a declaration of war. By Louise Witt Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/03/17/scud_stud/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/03/17/scud_stud/index.html?source=rss During the Gulf War, NBC reporter Arthur Kent was famed for his boyish good looks. Today, liberated from the network, he's free to say that Bush is out of control. By Laura Miller Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2003/03/10/jarhead/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2003/03/10/jarhead/index.html?source=rss In this self-lacerating memoir, an ex-Marine sniper who fought in the Gulf yearns to escape from the myths of warfare and the sadism of military life. By Eric Boehlert Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/03/03/powell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/03/03/powell/index.html?source=rss He went from being the Bush administration's voice of moderation to its leading advocate for war. With a diplomatic meltdown looming, the secretary of state is in the hot seat. By Michelle Goldberg Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/02/21/shields/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/02/21/shields/index.html?source=rss Peace activists are flocking to Iraq to put their bodies in the way of American bombs, with no training for what they'll face in a war zone. Are they heroes or dupes? By Gary Kamiya Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2002/12/07/live_baghdad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2002/12/07/live_baghdad/index.html?source=rss HBO's "Live From Baghdad" is the story of one of live journalism's finest hours -- and a cautionary tale for an increasingly docile press. By Eric Boehlert Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/10/17/zinni/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/10/17/zinni/index.html?source=rss Hawks in the Bush administration may be making deadly miscalculations on Iraq, says Gen. Anthony Zinni, Bush's Middle East envoy. By Anthony York Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/10/08/bush_iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/10/08/bush_iraq/index.html?source=rss In a Monday night speech, President Bush shifted his rhetoric in an effort to seal the deal with a skeptical public. By Ian Williams Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/09/14/un/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/09/14/un/index.html?source=rss The president's speech left the world governing body little choice but to get tough on Saddam. By Ben Barber Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/04/19/gaza/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/04/19/gaza/index.html?source=rss As the confrontation between Israel and the Palestinians threatens to engulf the region, the Bush administration is no longer able to stay on the sidelines. By Fiona Morgan Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/02/28/iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/02/28/iraq/index.html?source=rss The Bush administration plans to abandon 10 years of failed Iraqi policy and instead hit Saddam where it will hurt him most: His cash-lined pockets. By Vivienne Walt Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/01/18/iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/01/18/iraq/index.html?source=rss Ten years after the Gulf War, the Iraqi leader is stronger than ever.