Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Here’s the lede at NBC News this morning: Discussions about possible ground troops have focused on missions aimed at escalating the war in attempt to end it, sources say, but no decisions have been made....
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Joe Kent’s principled resignation letter, in which he calls out the influence of Israel and AIPAC on President Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran, illustrates the nature of power and dissent in government...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Here’s a recent podcast I did with Jim Wohlgemuth and Harvey Bennett, Vietnam War veterans both, about the Iran War. With a bonus song at the end. Here’s a different link if the above doesn’t work:...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. I wasn’t aware that evangelical leaders came to the White House to pray over Trump until I saw this article by Matt Bivens. Here’s a short video clip shared by the White House: I’ve been in oval churches,...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Reading NBC News Wednesday morning, I saw where the U.S. “is winning decisively, devastatingly and without mercy,” so claimed self-styled Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. “We are only four days in,” he added,...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Here are some macro ideas and thoughts about America’s latest war of choice with Iran: 1. It’s a war so call it that. It’s not “strikes” or “major combat operations.” 2. It’s an unconstitutional, illegal,...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. I woke to the news that Israel/USA is launching attacks (New York Times) and strikes (NBC News) against Iran. The BBC used “joint attack” for the Israeli/U.S. war plan. Three sources, and all three avoiding...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. From the New York Times this morning: In Israel, the two defense officials said that significant preparations were underway for the possibility of a joint strike with the United States, even though no decision...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. The Pentagon has failed eight consecutive financial audits. For decades it has been unable to account for trillions of dollars. It has not won a major war since World War II. That is not a record of...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Back in 2007, Senator John McCain suggested that if the U.S. lost its war in Iraq, it wouldn’t be the military’s fault. It would rather be the fault of opponents of that war, who formed an irresolute and...
