Long predicted to emerge as the next theater of military operations and intelligence services, cyber warfare has finally come of age in a string of global attacks and retaliatory strikes stretching from China to the highest echelons of the U.S. government. But the steps the Obama administration say must be taken to protect the nation [...]
Will the nation’s vaunted military-industrial complex survive what some have billed as the “disaster” of mandatory sequestration cuts? Yes, and likely stronger than before. The self-imposed “sequester” wrought by the failure of Congress to reach a budget deal are scheduled to deliver more than $1 trillion in government spending cuts within weeks. Despite promises from [...]
HAS THE WORST CASE SCENARIO FOR ARCTIC DRILLING BEEN REALIZED IN ALASKA? Warnings from scientists and environmental activists that unchecked oil drilling in the Arctic could lead to a potential disaster may have come to some semblance of fruition after a massive Shell Oil rig became grounded in a remote section of the pristine [...]
ROBERT BALES SUFFERED FROM PTSD? HOW ABOUT THE AFGHAN CIVILIANS AMONG WHOM HE FOUND HIS MASSACRE VICTIMS? (In These Times) While the “collateral damage” to civilians of the Afghan conflict is usually measured (or estimated) in the loss of human lives, the damage may go much deeper than that. A report of the World Health [...]
The United States has deepened what is a growing commitment to support anti-government rebels in Syria who have taken up an increasingly violent resistance to the regime of Bashar al-Assad. With the conflict showing little signs of abating and the Obama administration escalating its rhetoric against Assad, the path may be set for imminent military intervention from Western [...]
RISING INSTABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN COULD SPUR EARLIER U.S. TROOP WITHDRAWS. (New York Times) ` In a plan strenuously opposed by the Pentagon, the New York Times reports that the Obama administration is considering what can only be described as a mild acceleration of their purported “timetable” to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan. Conflict with the [...]
WHITE HOUSE PREPARED TO CHOOSE POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY OVER WOMEN’S HEALTH. (Salon) The skirmish between the Obama administration and the Catholic Church and other religious organizations over contraceptives has made headlines for much of this week. Indignant religious leaders and their media allies have bashed the federal government for ruling as part of the new health [...]
Despite widespread public frustration and an approval rating measured in some polls as low as the single-digits, Congress is preparing for failure in its mandated bid to make a dent in the growing deficit by finding $1.2 trillion in cuts or new revenue. Mandated cuts now target defense spending, but lobbyists and their allies on [...]
While one war ends and another continues in protracted stalemate, the Obama administration appears to have opened a new Asian front in the worldwide quest for overwhelming American influence. Despite a burgeoning debate over both the Pentagon’s soaring budget, the wisdom of a significant expansion of the United States military’s global footprint after two disastrous [...]
AS AMERICAN TROOPS LEAVE IRAQ, THEY LEAVE BEHIND SOME “TRAITOR TOWNS” OF PEOPLE WHO HAD COOPERATED WITH U.S. FORCES AND ARE NOW PAYING A PRICE FOR IT. (New York Times) There were some 500 U.S. military bases in Iraq, many now closing with troop withdrawals. A typical one is Spreicher base near the town of [...]
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