"Dennis Kucinich on the NDAA and 'War Without End'" -- Last week Rep. Dennis Kucinich addressed the House of Representatives on the National Defense Authorization Act.
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
Rep. Dennis Kucinich on the National Defense Authorization Act
Rep. Dennis Kucinich on the National Defense Authorization Act
"Dennis Kucinich on the NDAA and 'War Without End'" -- Last week Rep. Dennis Kucinich addressed the House of Representatives on the National Defense Authorization Act.
http://www.truthdig.com/
"Dennis Kucinich on the NDAA and 'War Without End'" -- Last week Rep. Dennis Kucinich addressed the House of Representatives on the National Defense Authorization Act.
http://www.truthdig.com/
William Pfaff on the Call to Replace Obama
William Pfaff on the Call to Replace Obama
"History Tells Us Not to Dismiss a Democratic Challenge to Obama" -- A week ago, the publisher of Harper's Magazine wrote that President Barack Obama, through expedient political compromises, has lost the moral authority that an American president must command, and therefore has lost his right to a second presidential term.
http://www.truthdig.com/
"History Tells Us Not to Dismiss a Democratic Challenge to Obama" -- A week ago, the publisher of Harper's Magazine wrote that President Barack Obama, through expedient political compromises, has lost the moral authority that an American president must command, and therefore has lost his right to a second presidential term.
http://www.truthdig.com/
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Articles from the Afghanistan Study Group 12/19
From ASG
Priorities And Perspective: Are We Reasonably Allocating Our Resources In The Af-Pak Region
Afghanistan Study Group by Mary Kaszynski
If Pakistan and Iran are truly our most important foreign policy challenges, why do we continue to invest in the Afghanistan war?
ARTICLES
12-18-11
The IED: The $30-Bombs That Cost The U.S. Billions
NPR by Rachel Martin
The IED, which is essentially a homemade bomb, became the weapon of choice for the insurgency in Iraq. The U.S. has officially declared the end of the war there, but one lasting legacy will be the IED and how it changed the way the U.S. thinks about warfare.
OPINION
12-14-11
The National Defense Authorization Gesture
National Interest by Paul Pillar
A defense-authorization act is supposed to set the limits for appropriations for national defense and update the rules and standards by which the Department of Defense is to operate. This bill has become a Christmas tree of topics on which members of Congress want to make gestures.
12-15-11
Running Out of Time for Afghan Governance Reform
Foreign Affairs by Stephen Biddle
Reasonable people can differ on whether a tolerable result is worth the sacrifice in Afghanistan. But no one can justify continued sacrifice for an unsustainable result.
Administration Bait and Switch in Afghanistan?
National Interest by Doug Bandow
If the president plans on keeping U.S. troops in Afghanistan beyond the promised 2014, he should ‘fess up. Then the American people can make their views known. And, more important, they can take appropriate action in next year’s presidential election.
12-19-11
This isn't the COIN you're looking for
Foreign Policy’s AfPak Channel by Michael Few
COIN as a strategy cannot work in today's world, given the current limitations in available resources, time, and national will. It was a collection of tactics and operational arts developed for twentieth century wars of nationalism and communism. Strategy, defined as the ends, ways, and means of American policy, must rise above a collection of disjointed tactics that have no proven cumulative effect.
Priorities And Perspective: Are We Reasonably Allocating Our Resources In The Af-Pak Region
Afghanistan Study Group by Mary Kaszynski
If Pakistan and Iran are truly our most important foreign policy challenges, why do we continue to invest in the Afghanistan war?
ARTICLES
12-18-11
The IED: The $30-Bombs That Cost The U.S. Billions
NPR by Rachel Martin
The IED, which is essentially a homemade bomb, became the weapon of choice for the insurgency in Iraq. The U.S. has officially declared the end of the war there, but one lasting legacy will be the IED and how it changed the way the U.S. thinks about warfare.
OPINION
12-14-11
The National Defense Authorization Gesture
National Interest by Paul Pillar
A defense-authorization act is supposed to set the limits for appropriations for national defense and update the rules and standards by which the Department of Defense is to operate. This bill has become a Christmas tree of topics on which members of Congress want to make gestures.
12-15-11
Running Out of Time for Afghan Governance Reform
Foreign Affairs by Stephen Biddle
Reasonable people can differ on whether a tolerable result is worth the sacrifice in Afghanistan. But no one can justify continued sacrifice for an unsustainable result.
Administration Bait and Switch in Afghanistan?
National Interest by Doug Bandow
If the president plans on keeping U.S. troops in Afghanistan beyond the promised 2014, he should ‘fess up. Then the American people can make their views known. And, more important, they can take appropriate action in next year’s presidential election.
12-19-11
This isn't the COIN you're looking for
Foreign Policy’s AfPak Channel by Michael Few
COIN as a strategy cannot work in today's world, given the current limitations in available resources, time, and national will. It was a collection of tactics and operational arts developed for twentieth century wars of nationalism and communism. Strategy, defined as the ends, ways, and means of American policy, must rise above a collection of disjointed tactics that have no proven cumulative effect.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Nouriel Roubini: A plea to policymakers: we can’t risk another year of delay
Nouriel Roubini: A plea to policymakers: we can’t risk another year of delay For the last three years the world’s biggest economies - the US, eurozone and China - have been living up to the infuriating euphemism so beloved of policymakers: ”kicking the can down the road”.
They have been avoiding the tough decisions that are required to address their fundamental economic, financial and fiscal problems.
http://link.ft.com/r/J0VG55/
They have been avoiding the tough decisions that are required to address their fundamental economic, financial and fiscal problems.
http://link.ft.com/r/J0VG55/
Monday, December 19, 2011
Ron Paul Is Now the Republican Frontrunner
Ron Paul Is Now the Republican Frontrunner
Ron Paul Pulls Into the Lead
Democrats: Here’s How to Force President Obama to Debate Endless War, Indefinite Detention, SOPA and Other Assaults on Our Freedom, and Reining in the Out-of-Control Federal Reserve
Democrats: Here’s How to Force President Obama to Debate Endless War, Indefinite Detention, SOPA and Other Assaults on Our Freedom, and Reining in the Out-of-Control Federal Reserve
Can We Build Tomorrow's Breakthroughs?
Can We Build Tomorrow's Breakthroughs?
by David Rotman
Manufacturing in the United States is in trouble. That's bad news not just for the country's economy but for the future of innovation.
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by David Rotman
Manufacturing in the United States is in trouble. That's bad news not just for the country's economy but for the future of innovation.
Read More »
http://www.technologyreview.com/article/39311/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-12-19
Sunday, December 18, 2011
The Civil Archipelago How far can the resistance to Vladimir Putin go?
Letter from Moscow
The Civil Archipelago
How far can the resistance to Vladimir Putin go?
by David Remnick
Read more http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/12/19/111219fa_fact_remnick#ixzz1gw5lnhLn
PM adviser's letter to 'New York Times'
http://www.jpost.com/
12/16/2011 08:47
PM adviser's letter to 'New York Times'
By JERUSLAEM POST STAFF12/16/2011 08:47
Netanyahu’s senior adviser Ron Dermer writes letter to ‘New York Times’ explaining why PM “respectfully declined” to write op-ed piece.
IRAQ THE NIGHTMARE, TUNISIA THE MODEL
IRAQ THE NIGHTMARE, TUNISIA THE MODEL
by Rami G. Khouri, 14 December 2011
THE DAILY STAR - http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Bolton & Galloway Appraise the End of the Iraq War
In the context of the formal "end" of the American war against Iraq (although one must wonder what the 17,000 staff members remaining at the U.S. "embassy" in Baghdad are intended to be doing), the GUARDIAN (London) has published two starkly contrasting reflections, for which the links are transmitted below.
The first article is by John Bolton, the man who Newt Gingrich has announced will be his secretary of state.
The second is by retired British MP George Galloway.
History has not been kind to Syria's desire for change
History has not been kind to Syria's desire for change
Charles GlassDec 16, 2011
http://www.thenational.ae/
Friday, December 16, 2011
An Unstable, Divided Land
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/
An Unstable, Divided Land
By REIDAR VISSER
Military given go-ahead to detain US terrorist suspects without trial
Military given go-ahead to detain US terrorist suspects without trial
Civil rights groups dismayed as Barack Obama abandons commitment to veto new security law contained in defence bill
Chris McGreal in Washington
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