Last month’s release of the National Strategy for Counterterrorism has brought much joy to many foreign policy liberals. Finally, the ghosts of the Bush administration have been exorcised. Finally, the president speaks of law and allies instead of war and an “axis of evil.” Coupled with the recent announcement of a timetable to end combat operations in Afghanistan, liberals have taken heart at the apparent shift in national security strategy. Such sentiments are understandable given the foreign policy quagmire of the past decade.
100% Scared: How the National Security Complex Grows on Terrorism Fears
In terms of damage since 9/11, terror attacks have ranked above shark attacks but below just about anything else that could possibly be dangerous to Americans, including car crashes which have racked up between 33,800 and 43,500 deaths a year since 2001.
Using Islamophobia as a Pretext for Withdrawing From Afghanistan
According to a prominent national-security expert, if a clash of cultures is inevitable, U.S. foreign policy must reflect the inherent antagonism.
Why Washington Clings to a Failed Middle-East Strategy
We face the distinct possibility that the U.S. national security bureaucracy will continue to deny the disastrous consequences of our client-regime national-security strategy.
In Today’s Open-Source World, Low-Tech Attacks by “Other Guys” Rule
Talk about return on investment. When it comes to low-tech attacks, will governments ever get the, uh, point?
“WikiLeaks is a criminal enterprise”
Hawks are not above calling for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be apprehended on the territory of close U.S. allies, even without their consent.
Secrecy Industry Hits Home
Marylanders in Odenton, Annapolis, Frederick and our hometown of Columbia had their suspicions answered last week when The Washington Post published a three-part series about our unchecked, out-of-control expansion of the defense and intelligence operations that have grown since 2001. The expansion of this influential sector has been evident to us, as it has to Americans all around the country living near other defense and intelligence contractors and federal intelligence agencies.
The Wikileaks Release: Smile, You’re on YouTube!
The only thing amazing about the Wikileaks document dump is that anyone would think it’s amazing.
Dinosaurs Can’t Dance: The Impending Extinction of the Nation-State
Neither governments, NGOs, or political parties will succeed the nation-state. Look instead to self-organizing networks of, uh, other guys.
On Trying Not to Think of Stalin While Reading the Priest-Arkin Series
The “Hidden World” series in The Washington Post by Dana Priest and William Arkin reveals the true extent to which the U.S. government has become a secretive national security state.