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Trump Foreign Policy

Bombing His Way to Re-Election: The Trump Doctrine

April 25, 2017 Reece Ellis Foreign Policy, International, Military, Trump Leave a comment

“We are going to stop the policy of regime change overseas” “[Hillary Clinton] wants to start a shooting war in Syria in conflict with

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Gender issues in the military

A progressive feminist view of equality in the military draft

March 29, 2017 Mary Di Valerio Activism, Civil liberties, Civil Rights, Democracy, Gender issues, Military One comment

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been an outspoken feminist since my awkward middle-school years. I own multiple shirts proclaiming “This is What a Feminist

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Don’t peace activists have a say in who will be our next commander-in-chief?

September 19, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Military One comment

A lot of Democrats also thought that it was just fine when Matt Lauer and NBC hosted their September 7 Commander-in-Chief Forum and decided

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Obama could take a page out of Fiorina’s playbook on Syria

November 17, 2015 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Foreign Policy, History, Military, Obama Leave a comment

Well, not exactly. But there is something interesting that Carly Fiorina says about budgeting for the federal government that might be helpful in reassessing

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The case for closing our overseas military bases

October 26, 2015 Madonna Gauding Media, Military, Politics 2 comments

The most popular post, over the years, on Occasional Planet is: “Military Mystery: how many bases does the US have, anyway?”  American University anthropology

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Women graduate from US Army Ranger School: Pro and con

August 21, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Military, War, Women Leave a comment

When the U.S. Army recently announced that two women had successfully completed its toughest training regimen, my initial reaction was, “Good for them, and

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The “President Trump,” Seven-Days-in-May scenario

August 13, 2015 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Foreign Policy, Military, War Leave a comment

If you were a child of the ‘60s, one of the most gripping novels and then movies was Seven Days in May (video link

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Some wins for Obama are better than others

July 1, 2015 Arthur Lieber ACA/Obamacare, Civil liberties, Courts, Democracy, Employment, Gender issues, Health care, Justice, Military, Obama, Violence Leave a comment

June 2015 was a remarkable month for President Obama. In particular. the last week of the month was a real “winner” for the president.

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More boots on the ground for Iraq? Retired Air Force officer says, “No.”

June 1, 2015 Susan Cunningham Foreign Policy, Military Leave a comment

Below is a letter in the May 30th, 2015 St. Louis Post-Dispatch, from a retired US Air Force officer. He says what many of

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Who really won the Cold War?

May 18, 2015 Susan Cunningham Foreign Policy, History, Military Leave a comment

I recently read that our “representatives” in Congress plan to authorize a yet-to-be named corporation to build 80 to 100 new LRS-B aircraft for

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