Rahul Mahajan
Rahul Mahajan

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  • Beyond Resistance

    The resistance in Fallujah will be beaten down, with the commission of more war crimes; if the United States invades Najaf, it will be able to win militarily there as well. But from now on, no military victory will make Iraqis stop resisting.

    BY Rahul Mahajan 21 April 2004

  • Destroying To 'Save'

    Fallujah: A gentle, urbane man who spoke fluent English, Al-Nazzal, was beside himself with fury at the Americans' actions (when I asked him if it was all right to use his full name, he said, "It's ok. It's all ok now. Let the bastards do what they w

    BY Rahul Mahajan 11 April 2004

  • Opening The Gates Of Hell

    In Iraq, these gates are yawning wider than they ever have before -- at least for the United States. "Sunni and Shi'a are now one hand, together against the Americans," a man on the street in the mostly Shi'a slum of Shuala on the west side of Baghda

    BY Rahul Mahajan 7 April 2004

  • Intelligence Failure

    Not quite in the sense Bushies would have you believe, though. The Democrats could contest the Bush propaganda but they seem to be suffering from an intelligence failure of their own.

    BY Robert Jensen 2 February 2004

  • Myths And Reality

    It didn't contain the caliber of bald-faced, smoking-gun lies that we have come to expect from Bush, like the "sixteen words" in the last one but it was certainly replete with dishonesty and misrepresentation.

    BY Rahul Mahajan 21 January 2004

  • Hard Truths Remain

    Saddam Hussein's capture and the hope he will be held accountable for crimes against the people of Iraq and neighboring states is welcome news, no matter what one's position on the U.S. invasion of Iraq. But this doesn't vindicate the U.S. invasion.

    BY Robert Jensen 15 December 2003

  • Evasion, Invention, Obfuscation

    Bush's shifting focus and recent emphasis on terrorist threat in Iraq begs an obvious question: If Iraq is now a magnet for terrorists, how did that come to be?

    BY Robert Jensen 9 September 2003

  • Iraqi Liberation, Bush Style

    If WMD and terrorist links fail as rationalizations for war, don't worry; let us now praise the liberation of Iraq. It turns out that all along the invasion was about creating democracy in Iraq so that Americans will be more secure.

    BY Robert Jensen 4 September 2003

  • The New Humanitarianism

    On Iraq, it is clear: we had to destroy Iraq (over the past 12 years, not just the last few days) in order to save it. Who will we save next?

    BY Rahul Mahajan 27 March 2003

  • Myths And Facts

    This war is not the result of a failure of diplomacy. This war is not a pre-emptive war. This war is not about weapons of mass destruction. This war is not about terrorism. This war is not about the liberation of the Iraqi people.

    BY Robert Jensen 19 March 2003

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