Freedom Newspapers Our position on the situation between Israel and the Palestinians long has been that the United States should leave the matter to the two parties. If that happened, then Israelis and Palestinians would have to deal with one another without the meddling of Washington, possibly bringing about an agreement. We also long have […]
Labeling military as terrorists won’t change behavior
October 29, 2007
By Freedom New Mexico The Bush administration announced last week it officially considers the Iranian Revolutionary Guards of being a proliferator of weapons of mass destruction, and the “elite” Quds Force within the Guards of being a sponsor of terrorism. This is the first time a military force of a foreign country has been designated […]
Bush’s policies, as always, abundantly clear
January 22, 2005
CNJ staff One of the defining traits of President George W. Bush is his willingness to pick a side, stick with it and make the case for why he believes as he does. That can be frustrating when one disagrees with the president, given his immobility once he embraces a viewpoint, but at least everyone […]
United Nations is an arrogant bureaucracy
November 25, 2004
Freedom Newspapers T he United Nations is facing what could be a serious crisis over the Oil-for-Food program, which was intended to ameliorate the suffering of ordinary Iraqis due to U.N. sanctions against Saddam Hussein’s regime in the 1990s but was apparently rife with bribery, corruption and kickbacks. The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations charged […]
U.N.’s Oil for Food program utterly corrupt
October 10, 2004
Freedom Newspapers The infamous United Nations Oil for Food program is getting some well-deserved, increasingly skeptical attention as a result of congressional hearings and the report from CIA weapons inspector Charles Duelfer’s Iraq Survey Group. Every aspect of this apparently far-reaching and profoundly corrupt program deserves to be exposed. But it should be remembered that […]
Bobby Fischer’s eccentricity is not a crime
August 20, 2004
Freedom Editorial W hy doesn’t the United States government just leave Bobby Fischer alone? Alone is obviously where the reclusive chess master — famed for beating Russian champion Boris Spassky during the frostiest days of the Cold War — wants to be. He’s fighting extradition to the United States from Japan, where he recently materialized, […]
Lifting sanctions best byproduct of war with Iraq
May 28, 2003
In a 14-0 vote, the United Nations Security Council voted recently to remove a most oppressive and counterproductive policy that has been imposed on Iraq since the end of the first gulf war. Yes, the council, at America’s urging, has ended the policy of sanctions. Essentially, other nations refused to ship most products to Iraq […]
