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On Iraq, McCain doesn't have a clue On Iraq, McCain doesn't have a clue

Despite the impasse in U.S.-Iraq negotiations, he clings to his fantasy of "victory" and America's ability to set the terms for withdrawal.
  • Report: Susan Rice for UN ambassador

    ABC reports that Susan Rice, a foreign policy advisor to Barack Obama, is likely his choice to be ambassador to the United Nations.
  • When my finger was on the button for Israel

    I was a young law student applying for a part-time internship. To my amazement, I was soon casting votes at the U.N. and working for Ariel Sharon.
  • When cooking is a radical act

    Foreign women opening restaurants in Kabul provide stability and comfort to a war-torn area.
  • Kevin Rudd wastes no time

    And then there was one. In his first act as prime minister, Rudd leaves the U.S. standing alone as the only developed nation that hasn't ratified the Kyoto Protocol.
  • "They are done to destroy women"

    How to help victims of sexual violence in Congo
  • "Hideous and pandemic proportions"

    The U.N. Security Council demands -- again -- an end to violence against women.
  • Bush "at peace" waging war

    A new transcript reveals the president, on the brink of the Iraq invasion, full of faith, calm and unyielding optimism.
  • China's deadly Darfur games

    Slick P.R. moves around the '08 Olympics can't hide the fact that China is still complicit in the Darfur genocide.
  • The war president "at peace" with himself

    Bush's 2003 conversation with the Spanish prime minister shows his smug determination to invade Iraq at all costs.
  • Don't cry for Saudi Arabia

    The Kingdom's petroleum minister claims that efforts to rein in the demand for oil are unfair to his country. But maybe the world has bigger problems?
  • Ahmadinejad's New York state of mind

    My time with the Iranian president this week underscored how the U.S. media has overlooked his political savvy.
  • Bush knew Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction

    Salon exclusive: Two former CIA officers say the president squelched top-secret intelligence, and a briefing by George Tenet, months before invading Iraq.
  • Moral hazard

    The Bush administration invites the U.N. to dive into the quagmire.
  • The Iraq war is lost

    Bush and his band of backers won't admit that -- but their strategy is already defined by the specter of American defeat.
  • What George Tenet really knew about Iraq

    Unraveling the former CIA chief's cover story about bogus intelligence -- and the grand scheme that launched the war.
  • How Bush's war bolstered Syria

    The chaos in Iraq has emboldened Bashar Assad's authoritarian regime and given Syria new power to meddle in the Middle East.
  • Inside America's powerful Israel lobby

    AIPAC's three-day summit included fiery evangelical oratory, adoration for Dick Cheney -- and new plans for going after Iran.
  • The view from Tehran

    Iranians are fed up with the high price of tomatoes and their provocative president. But it would be dangerous for Bush and the West to overlook their national pride.
  • How Libby became Cheney's pawn

    The vice president knew the intelligence for the Iraq war was cooked. So he launched his aide to smear the man who took the information public.
  • Congress steps on Bush's Darfur applause line

    The day after Bush got cheers for mentioning Darfur, members of his own party blasted him for neglecting the region. Does a new Congress mean new hope?
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