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 […]
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Tag: Foreign Policy & Military & War
Wouldn't it be great if wars could be fought just by the assholes who started them? – The Postman
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}
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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.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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., […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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