Guests view a copy of the Gettysburg Address, hand written by Abraham Lincoln, which is on display at the National Museum of American History in Washington on November 19, 2008. The museum, closed for renovations for two years, reopens to the public on November 21. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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How Far Can Power Stretch?
The United States is the worlds hyper-power -- since the collapse of communism, there has been no debate about that: Serbia, Iraq -- twice, and Afghanistan have all proven no match for the awesome high tech power of the U.S. armed forces: But as President George W. Bush concentrates U.S. naval forces ominously close to the shores of Iran, we feel we have to ask: How far can that power stretch?
SPECIAL REPORT: Kuwait Readying for War in Gulf?
The small oil-rich emirate of Kuwait – situated between Iraq, Iran and an un-enviable geographic hard place on the northern end of the Persian Gulf – has reportedly activated its "Emergency War Plan" as a massive U.S. and European armada is reported heading for the region.
EDITORIAL: Iraq war, 4k and counting
When planning the war in Iraq, Messrs George W. Bush and Dick Cheney were counting on two things: either a short, quick victory, which they thought they had managed to achieve when U.S.-led coalition forces reached Baghdad in record time.
EDITORIAL: Bush's unaccomplished misssion
U.S. President George W. Bush won 70 bursts of applause during his 53-minute State of the Union address on Monday, yet the speech was little more than a danger exercise in fantasy and wish fulfillment.
Iraq battles for peace three years after US 'victory'
Three years after US President George W. Bush declared an end to major combat, a raging insurgency and bitter sectarianism have engulfed Iraq as leaders struggle to form the first full-term post-Saddam Hussein government.
The Web: Silencing jihadi Websites
The online communications channel between Al Qaedas shadowy leaders and its terrorist operatives has been severely disrupted in recent weeks - since the July 7 jihadi attacks on London - apparently by British intelligence.
Opinion: Equality as an affirmation of our common humanity
Public opinion, or any subject, always has a "central idea" from which all its minor thoughts radiate. That "central idea" in our political public opinion, at the beginning was, and until recently has continued to be, "the equality of men".
Opinion: King George of America
When King George V died we got a day off from school as a sign of mourning. Palestine was then a part of the British Empire, which ruled the country under a League of Nations mandate.
Who will clean up the US's mess now?
Iraq is not the first country the United States has intervened in and then tried to have the United Nations try to clean up after it.
