In the original Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty negotiations, the nuclear weapons complex made the case that, absent testing, extravagant virtual testing facilities would be needed to maintain the nuclear weapons arsenal without testing.
In the world of weaponry, they are the sexiest things around. Others countries are desperate to have them. Almost anyone who writes about them becomes a groupie. Reporters exploring their onrushing future swoon at their potentially wondrous techno-talents. They are, of course, the pilotless drones, our grimly named Predators and Reapers.
Much of the American public is too creeped out by the prospect of a nuclear strike in their communities to be receptive to survival preparedness measures.
Sen. Joseph Lieberman stated that he favored a no-fly zone over Syria.
The four countries that will continue to receive military assistance despite the use of child soldiers in their armed forces include Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Yemen and the newly independent nation of South Sudan, according to a memo released by the White House late Tuesday.
Once again, a Spanish judge has indicted three American soldiers for the killing of Spanish cameraman José Couso at the Palestine Hotel in the 2003.
“The book you are holding was conceived, produced, and published as an act of protest.” This is the first line of the editor’s introduction to Noam Chomsky’s revised book about the causes and effects of the September 11 attacks. Originally titled simply 9-11, the book was published in November 2001. The 2011 edition features a new introduction — “Was There an Alternative?” — in which Chomsky comments on the assassination of Osama bin Laden and other developments since the book was first published.
In Europe and South America, UFO investigation is taken seriously — not debunked and stigmatized as in the United States.
At 4 am on September 24, an intoxicated U.S. soldier based at Camp Casey in South Korea broke into the dorm of a high school student, threatened her with a weapon and repeatedly sexually assaulted her. Due to the extraterritoriality of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the South Korean and U.S. governments, Seoul must issue an arrest warrant to the U.S. Forces in Korea (USFK) to transfer the soldier to face Korea’s criminal system.
If the United States reaches a point where there is nothing to distinguish our military institutions from our civilian, then all of us are fair game.