VCS Calls for Independent Commission on Torture
Longtime readers know that I have been a member of Veterans for Common Sense for several years. Yesterday, I added a copy of their new press release and an open letter (which I signed...
Tagged: Foreign Policy & Military & War
2000 Reasons to be Sad
If this doesn’t bother you – you are undoubtedly a neo-con, neo-libertarian apologist for Big Government Conservative Wars, or a worthless chickenhawk coward. Take your pick. {mos_sb_discuss:2}
Flavor of the Month: Neo-Con Red
Wow. These correspondents really seem to be enjoying that Kool-Aid. I guess “Neo-con Red” is the flavor of the month. That stuff will rot your teeth.
The Lying, Manipulating, and Despicable Douglas Feith
Sheldon Richman of the Future of Freedom Foundation on Zen and the Art of Iraqi Regime Change: What does it mean to overemphasize the presence of what is absent? That Zen-like question arises from...
Time To Learn From The Past (or Letting Capitalism Do Its Thing)
Ivan Eland, a Senior Fellow at The Independent Institute on The U.S. Government Should Stop Meddling in the Oil Market: Hawks and protectionists have seized on a bid by the primarily state-owned China National...
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission Process
On July 7, the Norwich Bulletin published brief biographies for the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission. I had not yet taken time to familiarize myself with the current Commissioners and their backgrounds. Former...
Journal Entry Four for IR396: Contemporary Issues in the Persian Gulf I
Journal Entry Four for IR396 Contemporary Issues in the Persian Gulf I American Military University Prior to the launch of the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the U.S. and U.K., weapons of mass destruction...
Journal Entry Three for IR396: Contemporary Issues in the Persian Gulf I
Journal Entry Three for IR396 Contemporary Issues in the Persian Gulf I American Military University In The Greatest Threat, Richard Butler chronicles his work as chairman of UNSCOM inspecting and disarming Iraq’s chemical and...
Journal Entry Five for IR396: Contemporary Issues in the Persian Gulf I
Journal Entry Five for IR396 Contemporary Issues in the Persian Gulf I American Military University Following my discharge from active duty in 1995, I was particularly concerned about the status of the ceasefire agreement...
Journal Entry Seven for IR396: Contemporary Issues in the Persian Gulf I
Journal Entry Seven for IR396 Contemporary Issues in the Persian Gulf I American Military University In The Generals’ War, Michael R. Gordon and General Bernard E. Trainor mention the January 29, 1991 offensive by...