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“Saddam Is an Idiot, but He’s Right About Bush”
Salon Staff
Readers are divided on an interview with Paul Berman, the author of "Terror and Liberalism."
The real face of war
Neal Gabler
The pictures of killed and captured American troops reveal the dreadful truth about war -- one the docile "embedded" press corps won't touch.
The Arab street explodes
Michelle Goldberg
The U.S. war with Iraq is interpreted as an attack on Islam and Arabs, as violent protests erupt around the world.
Bush is an idiot, but he was right about Saddam
Suzy Hansen
Paul Berman, one of the most provocative thinkers on the left, has a message for the antiwar movement: Stop marching and start fighting to spread liberal values in the Middle East.
Operation Inflate the Coalition
Jake Tapper
During the last Gulf War, 32 nations sent troops. This time around, 3 nations did. So how is Donald Rumsfeld claiming Operation Iraqi Freedom is larger than the '91 coalition?
Generation gung-ho
Ian R. Williams
Many of the 42 million Americans aged 12-24 think President Bush is "a little dumb," but they are more pro-war than you might think.
Joe Conason’s Journal
Salon Staff
A conservative columnist compares Bush to Hitler. Plus: Neocons herald the next phase of the war -- Down with the U.N.!
Should celebrity activists shut up for now?
Kerry Lauerman
Janeane Garofalo and Bill Maher have both opposed the war with Iraq. But now that the fighting has started, they offer contrasting prescriptions for protest.
A cry for jihad
Jake Tapper
The White House says that a war with Iraq has nothing to do with Islam, but imams all over the world are calling for a holy war.
Is he or isn’t he?
Eric Boehlert
Saddam may have survived the first strike, but one expert doubts the regime could withstand the dictator's death.
Marine writers sound off on the new Iraq war
David Talbot
"Jarhead" author Anthony Swofford and two other Marine Corps chroniclers of Desert Storm direct some not-so-friendly fire at the Bush administration.
“We’re not prepared”
Farhad Manjoo
International aid workers fear a humanitarian crisis as the bombs start falling on Iraqi cities.
Casualties of war
Michelle Goldberg
If the U.S. kills 10,000 Iraqi civilians, will this be a just war? 1,000? 100,000? On the eve of destruction, a deadly moral calculus awaits.
A for-profit Marshall Plan
Arianna Huffington
Corporate America has already divvied up the post-Saddam spoils.
See no evil
Edward W. Lempinen
Progressives have lots of arguments against the war on Iraq -- some of them compelling. But why aren't they burning to free Saddam's oppressed masses?
The Church of Latter-day constraints
Ian R. Williams
A former Mormon says that the sheltered environment of Elizabeth Smart's religion might explain why she didn't run from her captors.
America’s Achilles’ heel
Jake Tapper
If terrorists strike a chemical plant just nine miles from Times Square, millions could die. But the chemical industry and its friends in Washington are blocking tough safeguards.
Scud Stud lobs a missile at Bush
Louise Witt
During the Gulf War, NBC reporter Arthur Kent was famed for his boyish good looks. Today, liberated from the network, he's free to say that Bush is out of control.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers respond to "The Antiwar Movement Prepares to Escalate" by Michelle Goldberg.
Bush vs. Bush
Jake Tapper
The coming Iraq war represents the president's ultimate rebellion against his father.
No. 1 with a bullet
Eric Boehlert
Darryl Worley's hot new country single "Have You Forgotten?" plumbs a new low in post-9/11 pop, arguing that to avenge terror we must attack Iraq.
Sleepwalking toward Baghdad
Gary Kamiya
As the sand runs out on peace, America drifts alone toward a strange and unjustified war.
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