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McCain, You've Come a Long Way, Baby

2008-10-29T03:30:32Z

John McCain on length of U.S. military presence in Iraq

Flynt Leverett: U.S. Standing and Influence in Decline

2008-10-28T14:36:12Z

We are in a historically unprecedented situation, says Leverett. U.S. military hegemony continues to be quite robust, but our standing and influence is in decline.
This is an excerpt from a Carnegie Council Global Policy Innovations event, "The Rise of the Rest," on July 1, 2008. For the full video, audio, and transcript, go to www.policyinnovations.org or www.carnegiecouncil.org

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Americans Trust McCain's Military Ability

2008-11-20T15:40:13Z

Americans are more likely to have confidence in John McCain than Barack Obama to send troops into combat and to handle the responsibilities of commander in chief.

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In U.S., Military Ranks Best, Congress Worst

2008-11-20T15:39:58Z

Of 16 institutions, Americans express the most confidence in the military (71%) and the least in Congress (12%).

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Michael Klare: A New Arms Race over Energy Resources?

2008-10-27T15:30:14Z

The energy competition between the U.S. and China can drive a self-sustaining military competition with dire consequences, warns Klare. Instead of competing with China it is essential to cooperate with it to find alternative energy sources.
This is an excerpt from a Carnegie Council talk on May 14, 2008. For the full video, audio, and transcript, go to www.carnegiecouncil.org (more)

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Michael T. Klare: U.S. and Chinese Competion for Oil

2008-10-27T09:31:44Z

The U.S. and China are the world's number 1 and number 2 importers of oil, says Klare, and they are using every means at their disposal to get it--commercial, diplomatic, and military. Worryingly, they both provide arms and other military assistance to oil-producing countries.
This is an excerpt from a Carnegie Council talk on May 14, 2008. For the full video, audio, and transcript, go to www.carnegiecouncil.org

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Charlie Rose - Admiral Mike Mullen

2008-10-17T15:29:44Z

Admiral Mike Mullen is Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest ranking officer in the U.S. military and President Bush's top military adviser on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In our recent hour-long conversation, we spoke about Admiral William Fallon's abrupt resignation as head of U.S. Central Command, problems that the U.S. military faces with the new Pakistani government, and the state of the Iraq
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News from Korea

2008-10-14T11:16:00Z

I just returned from a weeklong trip to Seoul, where the big news revolved around the "Key Resolve," the annual joint military exercises staged by South Korea and its sole military ally, the United States. 27,000 U.S. troops and the U.S.S. Nimitz joined South Korean soldiers in war games and maneuvers across the Korean peninsula. North Korea claimed the drills were a precursor for a U.S.-backed invasion in the increasingly tense standoff over the North's denuclearization process. The North also denounced South Korea earlier in the week for going before the U.N. to get the North to improve its ghastly human rights situation.

U.S. Gov. Lies to American People and the Troops

2008-10-19T15:29:49Z

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Thank you for making us an easy target, BushCo.

2008-01-31T12:46:04Z

Our tough guy, cowboy Swaggerer In Chief is pathetic:

The U.S. military isn't ready for a catastrophic attack on the country, and National Guard forces don't have the equipment or training they need for the job, according to a report.

Who are the 30-something percent who still approve of Mountain Bike George ?

Even fewer Army National Guard units are combat-ready today than were nearly a year ago when the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves determined that 88 percent of the units were not prepared for the fight, the panel says in a new report released Thursday.

911, 911, 911!!! War on terrorism! Extremists!

The commission's 400-page report concludes that the nation "does not have sufficient trained, ready forces available" to respond to a chemical, biological or nuclear weapons incident, "an appalling gap that places the nation and its citizens at greater risk."

Say again? "Greater risk"? The bigmouth, threatening, pre-emptive war president has put us at greater risk? Well, okay, we knew that. I'm just rubbing it in.

"Right now we don't have the forces we need, we don't have them trained, we don't have the equipment," commission Chairman Arnold Punaro said in an interview with The Associated Press. "Even though there is a lot going on in this area, we need to do a lot more. ... There's a lot of things in the pipeline, but in the world we live in — you're either ready or you're not."

Now we know why we don't want to fight 'em over here. We can't.