The War Party may have gotten its war. But it has also gotten something it did not bargain for. Its membership lists and associations have been exposed and its motives challenged. In a rare moment in U.S. journalism, Tim Russert put this question directly to Richard Perle: “Can you assure American viewers ... that we’re in this situation against Saddam Hussein and his removal for American security interests? And what would be the link in terms of Israel?” MORE>>

History is the story of the unexpected. Could you imagine U.S. warplanes dropping bombs on the Champs Élysées? Or Marines firing shots on Buckingham Palace? U.S. tanks rumbling into downtown Toronto?

Of course not. But suppose America HAD to declare war on ANOTHER of its political allies... OIL-RICH SAUDI ARABIA! MORE>>

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." -Albert Einstein

According to a recent article by veteran British military analyst Joseph Vialls, Russia has sent the most advanced and feared missile in the world, owned only by Russia and China, the P270 Moskit, also known as the "Sunburn," to Damascus and Tehran. This can only be understood as a counter to the Israeli threats to use nuclear weapons against their enemies. MORE>>

02.20.04- Smoking Gun: The CIA's Interest in Peak Oil....Heinberg

02.16.04- Imperial Overstretch....Isenberg

02.11.04- Happy birthday, Abe - pass the blood....Williams

02.10.04- The Fall of the Roman Empire Revisited: Sidonius Apollinaris and His Crisis of Identity....Goldberg

02.06.04- Crackdowns in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kenya, Blunted Al Qaeda Mega-Terror....DEBKA

01.23.04- Al Qaeda Threatens to Nuke New York on February 2....Italian Il Giornale

12.28.03- Terrorist Incidents in Pakistan and Turkey Point to Growing Instability....Sinclair/Pollock

12.05.03- Bush Trip to Iraq Will Lead to Major Developments....Duarte

12.04.03- War Watch #6....Douglass

11.24.03- Whose War?....Buchanan

11.13.03- Iraq War Policy Crossroads....Douglass

11.10.03- Are the Israelis willing to start World War III?....Johnson

11.05.03- Karzai's Dilemma: Balancing Global Support With Domestic Popularity....Stratfor

10.24.03- Storms Clouds Elude Western Radar Screens....Sinclair/Pollock

10.16.03- Lessons unlearned in the Middle East....M Iftikhar Malik

09.24.03- The Balkan Theater of Operations....Stratfor

08.21.03- Of Bombs and the Bond Market....Faber

08.01.03- A Kingdom Torn Asunder....Nyquist

07.29.03- Muslim call to thwart capitalism....McCallum

07.10.03- Beyond Bush....Ruppert

06.25.03- The Unbearable Cost of Running Iraq....Paul

06.06.03- Bomb the U.N.....Day

05.22.03- The First Casualty of War ....Pugsley

05.22.03- Refault....Cook

05.19.03- The War on Terror reaches financial markets....Sanders

04.10.03- The Reality of War....Faber

04.10.03- More War News not on CNN:....Stratfor