Category Archives: national security

Drone Hysteria And Our Defense Of The Realm

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Drone Hysteria And Our Defense Of The Realm”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Rand Paul probably thinks every confederate casualty at Gettysburg was the victim of an extrajudicial targeted killing. Filibustering the nomination of John Brennan today, Kentucky’s teapublican senator spoke for … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Liberties, Drones, national security, Rand Paul | Tagged military history | 3 Comments

Drone Fever Peaks As Brennan Speaks

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Drone Fever Peaks As Brennan Speaks”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailA recent Huffington Post headline: President Obama decided not to leave the White House without formalizing the drone warfare rule book and reducing attendant secrecy. That process revealed a robust conversation within the … Continue reading →

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Mitt Romney Knows Nothing About the World Except That He’s Afraid of it

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Mitt Romney Knows Nothing About the World Except That He’s Afraid of it”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailTonight, Mitt Romney proved why he should not be allowed anywhere near the levers of state power. President Obama accurately said his opponent’s shifting positions … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Blowback Bloviations

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Blowback Bloviations”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail I’m not sure why so many op-ed writers feel the need to inform the president about the concept of blowback. Maybe it’s because George W. Bush was the first American president who didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Morning Awful, national security | Tagged drone hysteria, drones | 2 Comments

Fast & Furious Drone Hysteria

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Fast & Furious Drone Hysteria”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Don’t you love it when the fringe comes at the middle from both sides and calls it “bipartisanship”? Yes, Republicans have finally picked up on the potential political power of drone hysteria … Continue reading →

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Vacation Blogging: Stories of Secrecy

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Vacation Blogging: Stories of Secrecy”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI recently came across the object below while moving some stuff around in preparation to pull up stakes; it’s my farewell card from the 1st Cavalry Division ACE. We did open source analysis … Continue reading →

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The Future of Progressive Security Policy

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Future of Progressive Security Policy”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI wasn’t at Netroots Nation this year, so I had to attend this panel by internet. As I keep saying, the noninterventionist argument is self-limited, and dissonant with the empirical evidence of … Continue reading →

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The Zelikow Memorandum

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Zelikow Memorandum”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The newly-unearthed Zelikow memorandum is interesting as historic record, like the dissenting opinion in an 8-1 Supreme Court decision. There has been some speculation that it provides a “smoking gun” to reopen the possibility … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Paul Ryan Priorities

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Paul Ryan Priorities”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailPaul Ryan’s Path to Prosperity Poverty will cut spending on every function of the federal government except one: defense. Of course! Because America was only spending as much money on national defense as … Continue reading →

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“Everyone has to do the right thing”

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post ““Everyone has to do the right thing””FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis weekend, Melissa Harris-Perry hosted a fantastic segment with Jon Soltz of VoteVets and MSNBC’s Jack Jacobs that is essential to understanding Afghanistan.

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Morning Awful: Romney Incoherent on Afghanistan

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Romney Incoherent on Afghanistan”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailAmericans have been there for a decade, but Mitt Romney won’t take a stand on whether American troops should withdraw from Afghanistan until he’s heard from the generals on the ground. That … Continue reading →