It’s counterproductive to pose defense as more of a threat than offense.
Should the Arms Control Community Back Off Missile Defense?
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Bradley Manning: Death by Elastic Underwear Waistband
Pfc. Manning may have something to teach the army — and much to teach the rest of us.
All-American Decline in a New World
Seeing Arabs demanding something we were convinced was the birthright and property of the West, of the United States in particular, has to send a shiver down anyone’s spine.
Waterboarding Next for Bradley Manning?
Privacy, apparently, is in the eye of the beholder.
We’re Being Out-Democracied
Complacency about democracy doesn’t become Americans.
Dirty Bombs, Despite Their Name, Not Sexy Enough
The threat of the dirty bomb is overshadowed by that of terrorists acquiring a nuclear weapons.
Napolitano in Texas: Tough Talk, Little Coherence
The Obama administration has unconditionally adopted the Calderon government position that together they are winning the drug war and all that´s needed is to stay the course. Both governments avidly support militarization of the border and of Mexico as the means to confront organized crime. Both governments write off human rights concerns and the bloodshed that the war on drugs has caused as a necessary cost.
Review: Prophets of War
William Hartung’s Prophets of War is a scathing indictment of Lockheed Martin’s business practices, relationship with members of Congress and the executive branch, and seeming indifference to the forces of capitalism. Hartung does not hesitate to hammer the defense-industry giant from cover to cover.
What Would End-Timers Do Without the Threat of Nuclear Annihilation?
Nuclear war makes Armageddon even more dramatic than, say, an asteroid colliding with the earth.
Washington Voices Impatience with Regime
Amid the continuing stand-off between protestors and the Egyptian government, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama appeared Wednesday to be losing patience with both President Hosni Mubarak and his new vice president, Gen. Omar Suleiman.