Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. It’s amazing the enormous sums of money the U.S. government spends on destructive weaponry in the stated cause of deterring massive destruction. It’s MAD, of course, this notion that peace is only attainable...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. The chief legacy of 9/11 is as obvious as it is tragic: a state of permanent warfare in the United States, both abroad and in the “homeland” (a term not used in normal discourse before the 9/11 attacks), with...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. There’s so much militarized crazy in America today that it’s entirely overwhelming. Here’s a “top ten” list: 1. The illegal and unconstitutional war against Iran. Remember when Trump told us he wouldn’t start...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. An article at the New York Times yesterday cites the creative accounting of the Trump administration on U.S. casualties in the Iran War. That count now exceeds 600 wounded, with eighteen service members...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Mark Twain was right when he said history may not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. Consider America’s approach to nuclear weapons. Under Ronald Reagan in the early 1980s, America’s strategic nuclear triad...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. In July 1776, courageous colonists came together to declare their independence from the perceived tyranny of King George III. “Rebels” like Thomas Jefferson urged the colonists to start down a new path, one of...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Note: A few of you may recall that I created a Substack specifically to address technology and war. Today, I posted the article below. It seemed important enough to share with a wider audience here at Bracing...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Many wise people have noted this. Early in the 19th century, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in Democracy in America that war is “the surest and shortest means” to “destroy the liberties of a democratic nation.”...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. An argument the Trump administration is using to justify massive increases in war spending is that the U.S. military is short on munitions. What a surprise! After the Iran War, attacks on Yemen and Somalia,...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. I love getting The New York Times daily summary of the news. It makes for great hilarity. Here’s today’s example: Top News Lebanon Emerges as Weak Link in U.S.-Iran Deal to End War The conflict between Israel...
