Friday, July 4, 2025

Tag: military

Prepare, pursue, prevail!

Onward and upward with U.S. Central Command.

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.

The surge delusion

An Iraq War anniversary to forget.

The President who loved generals

Could war with Iran be on Washington’s agenda?

Facts that our war-happy leaders would like to keep hushed up

Our nationalist leaders don't care about any of this. They just want to make sure no one's "gonna mess with us."

The Pentagon’s $125 billion cover-up

The brass asked for a report on eliminating waste. When investigators found some, the military buried it.

Cops of the Pacific?

The U.S. Military’s role in Asia in the Age of Trump.

A depleted military? No, it’s truth that’s depleted…

The real problem we face has nothing to do with military weakness or depletion or under-spending on national security.

An open letter to Obama from an Iraq War spouse

Before he leaves office, Obama should set up a truth commission on the Iraq War.

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What July 5th taught me that July 4th never did

Real freedom doesn’t come wrapped in patriotic speeches or military parades, it comes through struggle, sacrifice, and the refusal to bow to empire, no matter what form it takes.

Ireland becomes sixth European country to end use of coal ahead of schedule

Ireland became the sixth country in Europe to end its use of coal with an additional 23 European countries committing to a cleaner energy future.

U of Florida Law School: Where racism and originalism converge

Preston Damsky, a law-school prize for an essay written for the judge's seminar, argued that the Constitution was originally intended only for white people and therefore even today non-whites could not claim their Constitutional rights and privileges.

Ugliest of ugly Americans, desperate for face-saving charades, exports chaotic, boorish pestilence abroad

Stuntery, like putz-ery, is readily undone and when it flops, it turns against itself.

Trump-Musk foreign aid cuts could cause 14 million deaths by 2030, study warns

Researchers say slashing 83 percent of USAID programs threatens to erase two decades of global health gains, with children under five accounting for one-third of projected fatalities.