Out of at least 16,000 soldiers deserting since the beginning of the Iraq War, more than 200 have fled to Canada to avoid a conflict that has harmed America’s power and life for Iraqis even harder…
- Beyond the Border of War (Washington Post)
- Iraq War’s Cost: Loss of U.S. Power, Prestige, Influence (McClatchy)
- 5 Years After Iraq’s ‘Liberation,’ There Are Worms In The Water (McClatchy)
…meanwhile Washington Post energy correspondent Steven Mufson argues that while US has not been able to benefit from Iraq’s reserves, oil may probably played a factor in driving the Iraq war:
- A Crude Case for War? (Washington Post)
Despite a distorted election, reformists make some incremental gains against hardliners, but conservative still come away with a 70 percent majority:
- Iran Election: Hard-Liners Hold on, Despite High Inflation (Christian Science Monitor)
Libertarian freelance Julian Sanchez argues that the unrestrained intelligence gathering supported by the Bush administration will repeat a history of political spying abuses:
- Wiretapping’s True Danger (Los Angeles Times)
An audit by the National Security Archive, finds government secrecy is still strongly entrenched as national security agencies fail to a massive backlog of Freedom of Information Act requests:
- Audit: Bush Barely Trims FOIA Backlog (Associated Press/Wiredispatch)
DC’s draconian restrictions on the Second Amendment are ineffective and counterproductive, fueling a black market many times paid for with drugs:
- Fighting Gun Traffickers Involves Lots of Legwork, a Little Luck (Washington Post)
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