The War is the War Crime
Posted: Monday, December 13, 2004

13 Killed in Suicide Bombing in Iraq

One year on, the capture of Saddam Hussein
can be seen as a false dawn for Iraq
A year ago yesterday, a bedraggled Saddam Hussein was dragged from a hole in the ground to a chorus of self-congratulation from US officials claiming his capture was a turning point in the Iraq war.

Iran says no to permanent enrichment freeze

I want YOU in the coalition of the willing

World watch
Nearly everyone is at least dimly aware that China is driving the world economy - its cheap textiles undercutting other producers, its consumer boom fuelling global demand for oil and steel, its companies buying chunks of western business icons such as IBM.

Kelly 'could not have died' from knife wound

I Hate To Say 'I Told You So' ... but I Told You So

The US Has Lost in Iraq...
and That's a Good Thing

The War is the War Crime
This was a war to transcend all wars ­ a war fought not for crass interests or crude motives, but for freedom and democracy. Or so we were told. Once this grand narrative was felled by reality, however, the story of its basic actors was twisted to meet new requirements: since it could not possibly be that the war aims were themselves corrupt, it must be the Iraqis ­ the supposed recipients of liberation, and the American soldiers ­ the deliverers of that liberation ­ who were flawed.



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