…rate fell roughly in half during the “unsuccessful” war on poverty. Why do most people my age (twice theirs) agree taht the war on poverty was a failure ? I…

…disastrous 1887 winter.[1] — prepared for and advocated war with Spain — organized and helped command the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment… during the Spanish-American War — became president of…

by cactus Newmark’s Door comments on news and Iraq: More than a few people are noticing that we may be winning the war in Iraq, and that the consequences of…

…this war. Neither side is immune from the killing of Iraqi civilians. But Americans should be aware of their own responsibility for inflicting death and pain on the innocent. The…

…relative to the war games, and the use of very sophisticated software (PROMIS and PTECH), how the OODA loop may have played a role on 9/11. I went out this…

…war on terrorism and the war on trafficking. Soon after Bush took office, a network of anti-trafficking nonprofit agencies arose, spurred in part by an infusion of federal dollars. ….

…for a long war. “Until we can determine that the Iraqis have got their air force to significant capability,” says Lt Gen. Gary North, the regional air commander, “I think…

…there are operations to go on, planning to be done and after-action reports that need to be written. And war interposes its own deadly agenda that requires his attention and…

…as to avoid a fiscal fiasco? Well, let’s look at his advice to Senator Hagel: “He should be forthrightly pro-war”. In other words, more defense spending. So is Mr. Miller…

…There is, at present, no way for America to lose the war, because there is no readily comprehensible plan to win. Since the start of the Iraq war, the White…