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Project for a New American Century

…We are in danger of squandering the opportunity and failing the challenge. We are living off the capital — both the military investments and the foreign policy achievements — built…

Richard Perle: "Neo-conservatives don’t exist"

…opportunity and failing the challenge. We are living off the capital — both the military investments and the foreign policy achievements — built up by past administrations. Cuts in foreign…

Another challenge issued by ilsm

History: How the US Grew the Military Industrial Complex. The size of the US national security (war) machine is not related to threats to the nation nor any reasonable or…

Guantanamo and defense

…Hamdan’s defense team plans to argue that alleged political interference cited by Davis violates the Military Commissions Act, Hamdan’s military lawyer, Navy Lt. Brian Mizer, told the AP. Davis alleges,…

Too much WAPO? Try an expert.

John Robb on his website states one of his thoughts on the current state of the overall strategy towards terrorisms. A radical improvement in marketing war. The US military learned…

A counter-insurgency story

…is that the best weapons don’t shoot. Counterinsurgents must excel at finding creative, nonmilitary solutions to military problems. … Said another way: Reconstruction funds can shape the battlefield as surely…

How Would Robert Novak Pay for Military Pork?

…a small reduction in government spending might hurt a Republican politician. So how do we pay for military pork if the massive tax cuts for the rich are made permanent?…

Russert Nods as Rudy Lies

…Kerry has found himself always on the side of being anti-war, anti-military–a whole career in the United States Senate that he ignores in which he’s voted against military funding. During…