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Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (5/17)
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Right-Wing Think Tank: Hispanics Welfare Queens Like Blacks
According to the study, Hispanics will use more government handouts than the average citizen and drain government resources.
President Obama Tries to Pass Guantanamo Closure Buck to Congress
The implication that Congress is preventing the closure of Guantánamo is disingenuous.
Expand Nuclear Weapons Programs to Protect Missileers’ Tender Psyches
The missile-launch command can be a career dead end for an Air Force officer.
Spirit of Boondoggle Departs Quashed Los Alamos Project, Finds New One to Possess
Nuclear-weapons projects are notoriously difficult to kill.
Portugal Struggles to Meet Troika Conditions
The European Central Bank, the European Commission, and the International Monetary Fund find themselves at odds with another Eurozone country.
Syria: Great Game or Just a Tug of War?
None of the sides is close to a decisive military victory.
Would Pakistan Respond to India’s Use of Conventional Weapons With Tactical Nukes?
Nuclear weapons have always had the power to cloud men’s minds.
Minot’s Launch Control Fail: Reason #532 Why Nuclear Deterrence Is a Fragile Foundation for Peace
Seventeen nuclear launch officers at the Minot Air Force Base were given poor reviews and stripped of their duties.
High Times in Yugoslavia
Meanwhile, Yugloslovia promoted a third path between communism and capitalism: worker self-management and a limited private sector.