Nine months after stepping down as Prime Minister, Yukio Hatoyama conceded that he had just given “deterrence” as the factor necessitating retention of the US Marine Corps on Okinawa because he needed a pretext.
Hatoyama’s Confession
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Presidential Meeting Puts US-Mexico Relations Back on Track – In the Wrong Direction
The presidential meeting this week between Mexico’s Felipe Calderon and Barack Obama looked from the outside like a hastily arranged exercise in damage control. But while most analysts emphasized the tensions between the neighboring nations going into the meeting, the real crisis behind the visit was the failure of what the two leaders most strongly agree on: the war on drugs south of the border.
One of Hiroshima’s Objectives: To Prove the Manhattan Project Wasn’t a Money Pit
Ostensibly the atomic bomb was intended to shorten World War II, but U.S. war planners were actually afraid the war would end before they had a chance to deploy it.
Calls for Libya No-Fly Zone an Excuse to Put American Stamp on Arab Revolution?
A no-fly zone would be of little help halting the largely ground-based attacks on Libyan rebels and civilians.
Beneath Shortening the War and Shocking the Soviet Union Lay Another Reason for Hiroshima
Unpeeling the layers of the onion of reasons why the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Japan.
Chicken a la King
Muslims are rising up against tyranny throughout the Arab world. They have ousted autocrats, consistently called for democracy, and inspired people from Beijing to Madison to rally for justice. And yet, for some here in the homeland, Muslims are still the problem. Consider two campaigns recently launched from Washington, DC. The first is the upcoming Homeland Security Committee hearing on Muslim radicalism, sponsored by Rep. Peter King (R-NY). The second is a campaign against sharia law, spearheaded by the Center for Security Policy. Both suggest the American empire needs an enemy–not only abroad– but at home as well.
Loose Nuclear Ends
Nuclear miscellany.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Sabotaged Prospects for a True Post-War Peace
Along with civilians, indiscriminate targeting eliminates hopes for a secure world.
Should the Arms Control Community Back Off Missile Defense?
It’s counterproductive to pose defense as more of a threat than offense.
Bradley Manning: Death by Elastic Underwear Waistband
Pfc. Manning may have something to teach the army — and much to teach the rest of us.