It all comes down to profits for those who have more to gain from war than peace. We have McCain in the Senate who never met a war he didn't like. Why, because he can line his pockets with considerations.
Ed Koch when he was Mayor Koch use to ask that very question to New Yorkers walking down the streets of New York quite often.
Now Mr. Koch says he has "never been more terrified. (with Obama as president)"
In a...
The gearing up for world war and the destruction of Islam served two purposes; of course it was a distraction, but it was a big step towards war. "Start here," means that Trump & Co are building a case for war with his base.
This is a post I periodically re-post about once a year especially before elections. It is the case against conservatism but if you hold a mirror to it, it's also a case for progressivism I try to add to the...
The military, for a number of years, had a draft. It was done away with in the 1970s and there has been an all voluntary military ever since. I think it is time we go back and re-institute the...
"These ISIS guys, they won't be armed, right? I mean, we're seasoned Ferguson cops, we're used to dealing harshly with groups of unarmed enemies, we're great at that."
As a veteran of one war, I can see similarities in how we are conducting this war. We're really doing nothing different that what we did in Vietnam. We have developed and use the same formula in every major...
How to stop ISIS, a group too hardline even for al-Qaida, in control of $3 Billion, 30,000 men and a lot of captured U.S. arms, with minds and hearts focused on the creation of a Sunni Fundamentalist Caliphate, is emerging as a most important topic among world leaders.
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