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Wider War on Terrorism Watch
Wider War on Terrorism Watch
http://www.comw.org/pda/widerwarwatch/index.htmlA weblog of articles, news reports, and commentaries chronicling and reflecting on the inclinations of influential officials, policy analysts, and political actors to widen the war, by the Project on Defense Alternatives.As America prepares for the protracted war on terrorism the Project on Defense Alternatives will keep an eye on the inclination of some influential officials, policy analysts, and political actors to widen the war in the advancement of objectives broader than interdicting the bin Laden organization. This Webpage offers a selection of key articles, news reports, and commentaries that shed some light and perspective on the option for wider war. It will be updated frequently in the months ahead, sometimes daily.
Its Construction in the First Year
[The] violence goes on, spawning new hostages to history, ensuring that future generations will be taught new wrongs to set right. We live, Octavio Paz once wrote, between oblivion and memory. Memory and oblivion: one leads to the other, and back again. Andterrorismal QaedaAfghanistanIraqLebanonSyriaSaddamwarKristolNorth KoreaFriedmanAdelmananthraxbin LadenHezbollahInternational Policy > North America > United States
Discusses the history of US war declarations and military interventions launched without an act of Congress, and the advantages of engaging Congress and nation in the discussion to clarify U.S. goals and interests in the present situation. Washingtonpost, US.
Former CIA analyst Kenneth Pollack says the Bush administration doesn't have a clue about what to do in Iran and doesn't have much time to get it right.
Jonathan Freedland points out the difference between honoring the ideals of America's founding fathers and acceptance of the US-government's policy. The Guardian, UK.