Tag: military
Will you enlist in Trump’s war?
If Trump can't tell us why his new strategy will work, we should tell him "No!"
The hazards of military worship
Everyone loves the troops and their generals, but history indicates that military advice Isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
America’s war-fighting footprint in Africa
Secret U.S. military documents reveal a constellation of American military bases across that continent.
Trump vs. Kim Jong Un: Two loose cannons, a monumental nightmare...
Trump and his generals better be very careful before deciding to launch a pre-emptive strike.
First step down a dangerous path
Have Republicans – or hawkish Democrats – learned anything from the military and diplomatic history of the past two decades?
Cassius was correct
How many Amerikans, like the good Germans in 1940, cheered the carpet bombing of Iraq, and the subsequent invasion?
Baiting the hermit kingdom: No change in North Korea policy under...
Diplomacy may take time and patience, but if policymakers would put as much faith into it as they do to the military solutions that we’ve seen fail time and again, we might see some progress in easing tensions in many of the world’s hotspots, including on the Korean Peninsula.
Trump’s military nostalgia (or victory at sea all over again)
A strategy for victory – in last-century wars.
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David Huitema confirmed as ethics Czar amid fears of Trump’s return and conflict of...
As Trump’s second term looms, the Senate confirmed David Huitema to lead the Office of Government Ethics. Advocates praise the move, but critics warn of a tough road ahead for government accountability.
The worse the chaos that results, the sooner the eventual revulsion and turnaround
A too gullible population let itself be bamboozled.
Tlaib, ACLU, and advocates warn H.R. 9495 could empower Trump to silence nonprofits and...
Progressives and civil rights groups sound the alarm over legislation that could allow President-elect Trump to strip nonprofits of their tax-exempt status without evidence, threatening free speech and democracy.
Billionaire emissions outpace lifetime footprints of average individuals, new report shows
The report examines how the super-rich’s use of luxury transportation and investments in polluting industries exacerbate the climate crisis.
JD Vance hints at Elon Musk’s role in targeting Social Security under Trump’s ‘efficiency’...
Republican vice-presidential nominee J.D. Vance reveals Elon Musk could lead a commission to cut federal spending, with Social Security and the Department of Defense as potential targets. The billionaire’s past decision-making raises concerns about the future of essential programs.