Journalism is not an Attack, Wikileaks is not Warfare

Are supporters of Wikileaks feeding into the crackdown by the US Government? [...]

David Broder. War with Iran would boost the economy

In a WaPo op-ed, Broder says a jolly little war with Iran would be just the thing to boost Obama’s popularity and the economy as well. Our ruling elite apparently wants another war, even if we are currently losing two (Iraq and Afghanistan), about to start another (Yemen), but heck, it won’t be their kids [...]

Afghanistan: Hearts and Minds and Blood and Anger

War is not politics, it is violence – murder – on an enormous scale. It does not lead to democracy, security, or good governance, it leads to anger, humiliation, and above all else, more violence. [...]

The fundamentals of radical, transnational counterinsurgency

Counterinsurgency doctrine is the symptom of an idea more primeval and dangerous: violence is the solution. [...]

War. Not inevitable

From DJ

“…A dynamic, often harrowing process of give and take. As long as both sides recognized that they needed each other, there was peace. The next generation, however, came to see things differently… When [war came], it was not becaise relentless and faceless forces had given [them] no other choice. Those forces [...]