The Journalist's Job Is To Get The

It Had Run As A Column - I Had Worked At The Paper Since 1976, But The Column Had Been Running For 13 Years, And I Think It Was A Strong Column, Criticizing The War When The Paper Was Supporting It.

The Publisher, Jeff Johnson, Who Has Offered Not A Word Of Explanation To Me, Has Privately Told People That He Hated Every Word That I Wrote. I Assume That Mostly Refers To My Exposing The Lies Used By President Bush To Justify The Invasion Of Iraq. Fortunately Sixty Percent Of Americans Now Get The Point, But Only After Tens Of Thousand Of Americans And Iraqis Have Been Killed And Maimed As The Carnage Spirals Out Of Control. My Only Regret Is That My Pen Was Not Sharper And My Words Tougher.

It Takes No Courage To Make War, Particularly If You're Not Going To Go And Your Children Are Not Going To Go.

Eisenhower Was A Pretty Peace-oriented President. Truman Was A Pretty Hawkish. I Would Argue, If We Had More Time, I Would Argue Truman Had A Lot To Do With Getting The Cold War Going.

Life Is A Horror For The Korean People. And I Think Isolating Them Further Is Going To Make Life More Miserable.