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Washington (Reuters) – With President George W. Bush expected to use his State of the Union address to bolster his case for attacking Iraq, top Senators on Wednesday urged him to cool the war rhetoric and seek more support from … Continue reading →

The poll didn’t ask questions about going to war with or without United Nations support. The poll didn’t ask about going to war without allied support. November 2001: 78{cd9ac3671b356cd86fdb96f1eda7eb3bb1367f54cff58cc36abbd73c33c82e1d} favored attacking Iraq, 17{cd9ac3671b356cd86fdb96f1eda7eb3bb1367f54cff58cc36abbd73c33c82e1d} were opposed. However …. January 2003: 57{cd9ac3671b356cd86fdb96f1eda7eb3bb1367f54cff58cc36abbd73c33c82e1d} … Continue reading →

The fierce Vietnamese resistance, resulting in 58,000 U.S. deaths, soured the American public on U.S. adventurism abroad for years to come — a development that greatly frustrated hawks on the American right. It wasn’t until the 1983 invasion of Grenada, … Continue reading →

Special to NewsMax E-mail News Alert Subscribers: We hear that Secretary of State Powell recently summoned all U.S. ambassadors in European capitals back to Foggy Bottom for a pep rally for the coming war. The ambassadors were not too happy … Continue reading →

Washington – Known primarily through his combative, and self-confident, press conferences on C-SPAN, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has won boffo reviews from critics who rarely agree. Rumsfeld’s “wit and charismatic candor” were praised on the liberal New York Times op-ed … Continue reading →

Denouncing the war plan as an administration idée fixe that will undermine America’s standing in the world, stir unrest in the Mideast and damage the American economy, the protesters in Washington massed on Saturday for what police described as the … Continue reading →

It is the largest ground force identified so far among the nearly 100,000 U.S. troops included in deployment orders signed by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld since Christmas Eve. One of the first ground units to get orders was the … Continue reading →

January 19, 2003 8:30 a.m. Most Americans want the United States to take more time seeking a peaceful solution in Iraq rather than moving quickly into a military confrontation, a new poll says. By 60 percent to 35 percent, people … Continue reading →

The rest of Europe must be wondering whether Britain has gone into hibernation. At the end of this month our Prime Minister is likely to announce the decision he made months ago, that Britain will follow the US into Iraq. … Continue reading →