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How Teddy Roosevelt Fathered the 'Bush Doctrine'
Monday, 13 December 2004, 10:02 am | William Marina
December 6, 2004, marked the centennial of one of the landmark statements in U.S. foreign policy: Theodore Roosevelt’s so-called ''Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.'' It was here, and not in the post-9/11 speeches of George W. Bush, that we first heard ... More >>
George Bush’s Crusade and American Fundamentalism
Tuesday, 16 November 2004, 1:09 pm | William Marina
In his October 17th New York Times article, ''Without a Doubt,'' Ron Suskind recounts a conversation with a senior Bush adviser in the summer of 2002, who noted that people such as Suskind were ''in what we call the reality-based community.'' More >>
William Marina: A Mirror To US Exceptionalism
Wednesday, 20 October 2004, 12:25 am | William Marina
Separated by one hundred and four years, the presidential elections of 1900 and 2004 offer some startling and almost eerie similarities. More >>
William Marina: The Three Stooges in Iraq
Friday, 15 October 2004, 12:05 am | William Marina
The original architects of the U.S. empire—long before its celebration by today’s neoconservatives—understood the importance of legitimacy in the neo-colonialist enterprise. More >>
William Marina: GW Bush & the "Mandate of Heaven"
Tuesday, 5 October 2004, 10:53 am | William Marina
Since at least the epic of Job described in the Bible, humans have tried to understand why their God has inflicted cruelties upon believers. Many years ago, I recall my daughter of almost four, after we had been in an auto accident which injured my year-and-a-half-old ... More >>
William Marina: The Russians Are Coming! To Iraq?
Thursday, 30 September 2004, 1:28 pm | William Marina
Both the U.S. and Russian empires face a similar problem—how to put down raging insurgencies which do not hesitate to kill civilians in attacks that rival those launched by the imperial forces themselves. More >>
''If You Harbor Terrorists, You Are a Terrorist''
Tuesday, 21 September 2004, 11:12 am | William Marina
While delegates to the GOP convention were congratulating themselves for their candidate’s tough stand against terrorism, the Bush administration was creating an international incident—little publicized in the United States—by harboring a notorious group of ... More >>
William Marina: The American Revolution and Iraq
Saturday, 3 July 2004, 7:43 pm | William Marina
As Americans mark the 228th anniversary of the signing of the American Declaration of Independence this Fourth of July, two parallels between our Revolution and today’s insurgency in Iraq come to mind. More >>
Torture & Civilian Deaths in 3 Counterinsurgencies
Tuesday, 4 May 2004, 10:02 am | William Marina
It was revealed this past week that, on top of the indiscriminate bombardment of civilians in Iraqi urban areas, both U.S. and British soldiers have become involved in the torture of Iraqi prisoners as well. More >>
William Marina: Iraq - The Moon Is Down, Again!
Wednesday, 28 April 2004, 11:19 am | William Marina
Art, films and literature often offer insights that help to explain human situations perhaps better than does history. More >>
