The Global War on Terrorism

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission.There's an important point about America’s Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) that people often miss.When the Bush/Cheney administration announced the GWOT after 9/11, I think nearly all Americans assumed that...

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Embrace the ‘Nuance’ of Nuclear Weapons

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission.I get email notices for Aether, a professional journal for “strategic airpower & spacepower,” and the lead article on the cover caught my eye:A Tactical Nuclear Mindset: Deterring with Conventional Apples...

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Freudian Slips on Wars?

On May 18, 2022, former President George W. Bush said in a speech: “The decision of one man to launch a brutal and unjustified war in Iraq…I mean Ukraine.”Wednesday, President Joe Biden, who as Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee greased...

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US, NATO, Could Use a Little Bit of That Swiss DNA

Bravo for the Swiss government for vetoing plan to send 96 German tanks to Ukraine to simply get blown apart by Russian artillery. Swiss arms maker Ruag AG sought a license to send the tanks to Germany for refurbishment before transfer to Ukraine in their quixotic...

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DeSantis and America’s Intervention Addiction

The growing enthusiasm for a military option in Mexico just shows how addicted to military intervention many Republicans are.Ron DeSantis is trying to catch up with the other Republican hawks that want to attack Mexico:DeSantis, who’s trailing Trump in national polls...

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