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Intergenerational Equity, Unfunded Liability and Selfish Boomers

…Baby Boomer generation prepares to retire, will there even be any Social Security benefits left to collect? Burdened with an ever-expanding government and military, increased international competition, overextended entitlement programs,…

Georgia and USSR

by rdan Reuters updated 11:34 a.m. ET, Tues., July. 15, 2008 VAZIANI, Georgia – One thousand U.S. troops began a military training exercise in Georgia on Tuesday against a backdrop…

Mundane product, juicy returns

…the “acquisition of unwarranted influence” by what he called the “military-industrial complex” in the United States. Today, however, the “large arms industry” of Eisenhower’s day is only part of a…

Another whittling the beak

…One of the longstanding strategies that drive expensive DoD structure is observable,: “continuous mobilization”: Always being “ready” to fight a theoretical battle on the military industrial complex’ terms defined by…

G W Bush’s successful Presidency

…letter to Clinton. Over this decade, PNAC’s ideology and foreign policy mandates became the center of gravity for America’s military and diplomatic practices and priorities. Those same PNAC members listed…

Admiral Fallon retires early

…to calm the fears of Egypt and other friendly Arab regimes of a US-Iran war. The article mentions military reluctance with Clinton to start a fight as well, so Porter…

Shoot the dog first as a warning

The Guardian reports a letter signed by five notable military persons sent to their respective governments concerning preemptive nuclear attack. The risk of further [nuclear] proliferation is imminent and, with…

Democracy through smart bombs

…arms deals worth at least US$20 billion to Saudi Arabia and five other Persian Gulf states, as well as new 10-year military and economic aid packages to Israel and Egypt….