…raise the fiscal 2010 budget number announced by the administration this year from $527 billion to $584 billion, not counting operations costs for the ongoing wars. Money to prosecute the…

Small Wars Journal posted a piece by former SERE trainer (hat tip to News Trust and then TPM to get me to Small Wars Journal) …In fact, waterboarding is just…

…be clearly observed. Insights into these issues help explain economic conflicts such as price wars and trade wars, as well as why some communities are more successful than others in…

…Star Wars where liberals often emphasize the costs and conservatives often discuss the possible benefits of a missile defense shield. If one believes that the probability of success of Star…

…excesses of these MPs, interrogators, and OGA (“other government agency” = CIA) employees. Reciprocity is a very real thing where the laws of wars are concerned, and we should be…

…agency” = CIA) employees. Reciprocity is a very real thing where the laws of wars are concerned, and we should be very concerned about retaliation against any Americans captured by…

…younger brother was vulnerable to his older brother’s manipulations, probably mainly concerning the drone wars, but that the older brother had an agenda apart from the drone wars.*** —- *Eric…

…such as the US and EU, where the member states can engage in subsidy wars, related but gated article here.) It is only for “efficiency seeking” or cost minimization investment…

…that capitalism needs wars, that without them, recession would always lurk on the horizon. Today, we know that this is nonsense. The 1990s boom showed that peace is economically far…

…against scarcity. Competition fetishists think that competition is always good because it sometimes improves cooperation, even though it frequently does the exact opposite. Think: trade wars. Or just…wars. Cross-posted at…