Emphasis, as always, added.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (4/18)
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Did Boston Marathon Bombers Choose Patriots’ Day to Cover Their Tracks?
Or was the choice of weapon an attempt to thrown investigators off their trail?
Domestic Attacks Like the Boston Marathon Bombing Add Insult to Injury
The best defense is keeping the number of your enemies to a minimum.
On Tax Day, Consider the Hidden Costs of War
April 15 isn’t just Tax Day. It’s also known as the Global Day of Action on Military Spending. People around the world mark the occasion by protesting the vast resources allocated to militaries, often at the cost of human needs.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (4/12)
From WWII to Afghanistan, and the Iron Lady.
Our Osmotic Border
In the U.S. immigration debate, we have thus far focused our attention on the symptom—Mexicans crossing the semi-permeable barrier into the United States—and treated the crossing itself as the problem to be solved. In other words, policy makers have been preoccupied with figuring out how to make the border less permeable. But this is a fool’s errand. It’s time to start looking at the pressures that drive unidirectional movement instead of at the symptom.
To Wolfowitz, Iraq Was Just a Chance for the U.S. to Demonstrate Its Power
Wolfowitz took saber-rattling to the next level.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (4/8)
From a Department of Homeland Security armed to the teeth to a dubious Nobel Peace Prize.
The Great Afghan Corruption Scam
Washington has vociferously denounced Afghan corruption as a major obstacle to the U.S. mission in Afghanistan. This has been widely reported. Only one crucial element is missing from this routine censure: a credible explanation of why American nation-building failed there. No wonder. To do so, the U.S. would have to denounce itself.
Despite Funneling Money to the Corporations That Run the Nuclear Labs, the Administration Finds Itself in Their Debt
The administration diverts added funds to the nuclear lab corporate contractors, who, in turn, apparently fund Democratic candidates.