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Archive for the ‘war’ Category


  • AUMF

    Posted on February 12, 2015

    Congress used to declare war. Now it authorizes the use of military force. We used to go to war against countries.   Now, we use military force against imaginary caliphates....

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  • Veterans Day Rant

    Posted on November 11, 2014

    I am going to go on a bit of rant here, so excuse me in advance. I am working on Veterans Day.  That’s not that surprising.  Most Americans are working...

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  • Let’s Wander Into a Bar Brawl in the Middle East

    Posted on September 15, 2014

    Some hawks think it is smart policy and politics to push President Obama into putting boots on the ground in Syria and Iraq to battle the ISIS threat. It’s neither....

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  • Congress Should Be Careful on ISIS Authorization

    Posted on September 10, 2014

    At The Hague Convention of 1907, the British, Germans, French, Russians, Americans and other world powers met to try to figure out how the major powers should act in the...

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  • The Dangers of Passive Power

    Posted on June 13, 2014

    Even before Richard Nixon resigned after Watergate, Congress had grown weary of the Vietnam War.  Shortly after he was reelected in November of 1973, Congress passed the Case-Church Amendment by...

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