Canada plans to set up a military base in Germany under a deal that will allow the expanding Canadian military to increase its global reach. The new “operational support hub” – along with others to be set up around the world – will allow Canada to deploy troops and supplies…
Whenever someone tells you people who voted for Obama are dumb, ask that person if they voted for McCain. If they say “yes” as ask if they regret that vote. If they say “no” end the conversation and walk away. With all of the outrage towards Obama, it can’t be…
Kevin Drum points to a poll showing that 2/3 of Americans, and a majority of liberal Democrats, support drone strikes, even if the targets are Americans. Like me, he finds these numbers disturbing, though in a later post he hypothesizes that people may mean they like drones in comparison to…
In a recent interview with former National Security Advisor to Jimmy Carter and an Advisor to President Obama, Zbigniew Brzezinski defended his training of Osama Bin Laden and what is now known as Al Quaeda. As an added bonus, he explains why a version of the New World Order is…
Do you remember how people would mock President Bush when he said “terrorist” with his Texas accent? It all seemed incredibly overblown. President Obama is proving to be far more dangerous because the TV types don’t make fun of him and he is taking terrorism much more seriously. US Congress…
The Eurasian Union looks to carry a big stick by the year 2015 so Americans should start asking what this means exactly. Good or bad? Savior or Soviet Union on steroids? Global peace and harmony or globalism? Many are spinning these Union as potentially a net positive for the United…
Of all the policies of the Barack Obama administration – one of many which began under the Bush regime and has been continued, even expanded, by his successor – I think the use of predator drones sickens and angers me the most. Especially with the revelation that the drones also…
According to a recent article, military custody is counterproductive and the numbers do not lie. The article is authored by Briant Michael Jenkins, who is an expert on terrorism and transportation security. The National Defense Authorization Act enables the military to detain suspected terrorist indefinitely, which may or may not…
Wednesday night, Cato scholar Chris Preble took on the common claim that libertarian foreign policy proposals lead to a more dangerous world. I found myself mostly in agreement with his analysis of the dangers of overactive foreign policy. He seemed &#...…
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