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Obama’s Inaugual Address Repudiates Bush Foreign Policy

â€œ As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to [...]

Our Foreign Policy Helps The Taliban

Violence in Afghanistan this year is worse than at any time since U.S.-led and Afghan forces toppled the militant Islamist Taliban in 2001 and fears are growing among NATO members that they are losing both the military campaign and the support of ordinary Afghans.

“In July and August we witnessed the highest number of security incidents [...]

Today Is September 11th

Military Spending Reflects Our Flawed Policies

President Bush on Monday signed legislation to pay for the war operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for the rest of his presidency and beyond…The legislation will bring to more than $650 billion the amount Congress has provided for the Iraq war since it began more than five years ago. For operations in Afghanistan, the total [...]

The Homeland Doesn’t Feel So Secure

Even with all the money spent on counterterrorism, the creation of a cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security, a National Intelligence czar and a federal government that pretends to prioritize national security to the detriment of fiscal responsibility and civil liberties, we still are no safer today than we were before 9/11. It is beyond [...]

Notes on Abatement

At what point did members of the left begin to embrace totalitarian behaviors they once berated the right for? What happened to openness, understanding and dialog? Is it all an illusion, or is the left becoming so intolerant of others that it is willing to dispose of counter-opinion at any cost? These are just some [...]