When pressed over war spending, withdrawals from our most costly overseas engagements, and the devastating public debt incurred to pay for it all, the Republican mantra over matters military is to “listen to commanders in the field”. That is the equivalent of letting the tail wag the dog. They don’t really believe it, either. Where, [...]
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Commanders in the Field
Posted in Politics, War & Peace on April 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
American Exceptionalism is No Exception
Posted in Politics, War & Peace on October 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Empires fail when the elites start believing their own press releases. American Exceptionalism is no exception. Our relative wealth and comfort in the world rests on a foundation of having had something that others wanted. In the prior century, the then-center of the developed world, Europe, badly needed what America could provide – the industrial [...]
An Idea Just Crazy Enough to Work
Posted in War & Peace on January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If the intent of Israel’s periodic attacks against the Palestinians is to deter or prevent future attacks against Israel, the policy has not been particularly effective. Israel should adopt a new publically declared, predictable, and proportionate use of force in response to Palestinian attacks. Israel should calculate the quantity of ordinance used in new Palestinian [...]
