Ashcroft. GONE!

John Ashcroft resigned earlier today, submitting a five page hand-written letter, in which he says that “[t]he objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved.”
WHAT?! Under Ashcroft, thousands of men of Middle Eastern descent have been held for years without trial. Despite all of these arrests, detentions, and deportation, [...]

FALLUJAH BEGINS

As U.S. forces started to pound Faloujah, Iraq, www.juancole.com is right on point again. This time, though, it’s Juan Cole’s guest editorialist who weighs in with the correct opinion–that the U.S. is limited to only three options in Iraq: ’stay the course,’ ‘train a puppet regime, or get out before we are forced out.
The problem [...]