Tag Archives: European Union

The Economist: Liberalism- Where Did it Come From and Are its Days Numbered?

Source: The New Democrat On this overcast, ugly, cool Memorial Day in the nations capital just outside of Washington, I thought as we celebrate as a country the lives of the people who died for our freedom, I would explain … Continue reading

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President Harry S. Truman: Speech to Congress on Foreign Policy- March 12th, 1947: ‘The Truman Doctrine’

Source:THULE– President Harry S. Truman (Democrat, Missouri) 1945-53 Source:The New Democrat “Truman talks about giving aid to Greece and Turkey for fear that Communist forces in those countries will take over. March 12, 1947.” From THULE When I think of the … Continue reading

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The National Interest: Daniel R. DePetris: 10 Questions to Ask Before Intervening in Libya Again

Source:The New Democrat It’s not that intervening in Libya in 2011 was the wrong decision. The American, European, as well as Arab intervention there saved as many as a hundred-thousand lives from the Libyan governmental forces. It was the aftermath … Continue reading

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Conservable Economist: Timothy Taylor- President Dwight D. Eisenhower on the Opportunity Cost of War

Source:The New Democrat General and then later President Dwight Eisenhower, represents at least one major lesson that Neoconservatives never learned. Which is the limits of American military power and the limits to what America can do by ourselves militarily. President … Continue reading

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Notes on Liberty: Brandon Christensen- From The Comments: A Libertarian Solution to DAESH (ISIS/ISIL) and The Civil War in Syria

Source: Notes on Liberty: Brandon Christenson- From The Comments: A Libertarian Solution to DAESH (ISIS/ISIL) and The Civil War in Syria An interesting idea to dealing with ISIS and the Syrian Civil War. But I gotta tell you its a … Continue reading

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The National Interest: Robert Farley: ‘What If America Had ‘Eliminated’ Saddam Hussein?’

Source:The National Interest– American fighter jets. Source:The New Democrat “In the early days of the air campaign of the 1991 Gulf War, the United States undertook a concerted effort to track and strike Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The effort was … Continue reading

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Mal Partisan: ISIS Must be Destroyed, But it Won’t be Easy: Time For a Coalition of The Able and Willing to Destroy ISIS

Source: Mal Partisan: ISIS Must be Destroyed, But it Won’t be Easy For anyone to say that this is just about revenge for what happened in Paris and that I and others are scared that this could happen in Washington, … Continue reading

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The Nation: Laila Lalami: To Defeat ISIS, We Must Call Both Western and Muslim Leaders to Account

Source:The New Democrat I watched Senator John McCain, whose not exactly amateur when it comes to national security and foreign policy experience and knowledge, give a speech on the Senate floor today about the Paris attack and ISIS. Because I’m … Continue reading

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The National Interest: Albert Carnesale: Deal or No Deal: The Choice Before Congress

Source:The National Interest Albert Carnesale, in his National Interest piece, makes a good point about Congressional Republicans. And maybe the problem they’re having is that America unlike Europe and a lot of other places, does not have a true opposition … Continue reading

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The National Interest: Matthew Del Santo- ‘The Next Superpower: Is a United States of Europe Possible?’

“Four days ago, French President François Hollande declared his in-principle commitment to the creation of a “euro government, with the addition of a specific budget and a parliament to ensure democratic control.” From The National Interest “David Aaronovitch, Gillian Tett and … Continue reading

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