Posts Tagged ‘war’
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Hillary is Vulnerable on Iraq
Posted on May 18, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill) Iraq will play a central role in the 2016 election. President Obama had hoped that, by pulling out our troops just in time for...
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AUMF
Posted on February 12, 2015
Congress used to declare war. Now it authorizes the use of military force. We used to go to war against countries. Now, we use military force against imaginary caliphates....
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Veterans Day Rant
Posted on November 11, 2014
I am going to go on a bit of rant here, so excuse me in advance. I am working on Veterans Day. That’s not that surprising. Most Americans are working...
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Let’s Wander Into a Bar Brawl in the Middle East
Posted on September 15, 2014
Some hawks think it is smart policy and politics to push President Obama into putting boots on the ground in Syria and Iraq to battle the ISIS threat. It’s neither....
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Congress Should Be Careful on ISIS Authorization
Posted on September 10, 2014
At The Hague Convention of 1907, the British, Germans, French, Russians, Americans and other world powers met to try to figure out how the major powers should act in the...
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