Tag: Pentagon

If past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior, there are ample reasons for apprehension about the top of the military and foreign-policy team that Biden has begun to install for his presidency.

A post-coronavirus economy can no longer afford to put the Pentagon first.

"And this is the time to jam some military procurement into this year that you didn't get last year?"

One thing is inescapable: as the disaster aboard the Theodore Roosevelt indicates, the U.S. military must reconsider how it arms and structures its forces and give serious thought to alternative models of organization.

"If there was ever a time to fundamentally change our national priorities, now is that time."

It’s long past time to defund America’s wars, both abroad and at home.

“National security,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders, “means doing everything we can to improve the lives of our people, many of whom have been abandoned by our government decade after decade.”

Hasn’t the military-industrial complex taken enough of our money?

Creating a national insecurity state—spending more, seeing less.

Ten months from now we’ll know whether Trump’s attempt to ride the Pentagon to re-election was a wise gamble or ultimate foolishness.