A substantial part of that re-invention is the capacity to ask tough questions of powerful officials.
How Questioning the Saudi Regime’s Legitimacy Got Me Suspended by the National Press Club
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Stalemate: How Tel Aviv and Washington Will Uphold the Status Quo in Egypt and Syria
The U.S. does not wish to be seen as responsible for “losing” Egypt to Islamists in the coming elections.
NATO Airstrike Played Right Into Pakistani Insurgents’ Hands
Ostensibly Pakistani forces fired upon joint NATO-Afghan forces.
Do U.S. Special Operations Forces Really Cross the Border Into Iran?
How U.S. forces might operate in Iran can only be left to the imagination.
Egypt: Tear Gas May Be Non-lethal But It’s Lethal to Democracy
The Egyptian military is using tear gas on protestors in Tahrir Square that’s made in the U.S.A.
Sequestering Military Spending
Even if sequestration cuts across all military programs, this sort of ham-handed approach is safely doable.
M.O.P. vs. Qom: Irresistible Force Meets Immoveable Object
While Iran digs deeper to protect its uranium enrichment facilities, the United States develops ever larger bombs to destroy them.
Believing the Worst About Iran Without Attacking
Focusing on the impartial problems that nuclear weapons create for their possessors might be of more benefit in ratcheting down tensions between Israel and Iran than belittling their genuine security concerns.
Is Rick Perry Trying to Get Rid of Nuclear Weapons?
If Rick Perry and conservatives would were to get their wish and shut down the Department of Energy, the National Nuclear Security Administration would go with it.
War: The Wrong Jobs Program
Our country’s existing jobs program goes by many names: The Permanent War Economy, Military Keynesianism, The Iron Triangle, Perpetual War. The real question it raises is not whether the government should spend. It is whether the government has been spending well.