With the Pentagon facing cuts to a tiny portion of its budget, the right wing is in full freakout mode and they’re lying to support the claim that we need to spend more, not less, on weapons. PolitiFact takes Mitt Romney to task for the standard lie we’re hearing these days, that “our Navy is …
Category Archive: Defense
Dec 29 2011
Iraq: Worth The Cost?
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta had a press conference in Turkey a couple weeks ago after participating in a ceremony in Baghdad marking the end of America’s official (but not unofficial) military presence in that country. And he claimed that the invasion of Iraq was worth the cost:
Dec 22 2011
The Defense Bill and Indefinite Detention
There seems to be a disagreement between a couple of prominent commentators on whether the defense authorization bill passed last week does or does not allow for the indefinite detention of American citizens. Adam Server, writing at Mother Jones, says it doesn’t:
Nov 02 2011
Defense Spending, Employment and Republican Cluelessness
The defense industry is now promoting a report that says cutting defense spending will lead to more unemployment. A trillion dollars in cuts over a decade, they say, will lead to the loss of one million jobs. Republicans will undoubtedly start using this report as a reason not to cut defense spending.
Oct 31 2011
Cain Gets His Demagogue On
Hermain Cain did an interview with a far right Israeli newspaper called Israel Hayom and engaged in some serious demagoguery, with a whole lot of ignorance unsurprisingly thrown in for good measure. But he also revealed who might be his VP choice if he gets the nomination:
Oct 30 2011
Funniest Thing I Read Today
Herman Cain is trying to shore up his foreign policy cred by hiring a consultant to give him a few clever catchphrases to throw around that sound inspiring and compelling. Like this one, from the consultant himself:
Oct 29 2011
The Smartest Thing Said Yet About Iraqi Withdrawal
Conor Friedersdorf explains to the neo-cons who have yet to meet an invasion they didn’t love that the argument that leaving Iraq strengthens Iran’s influence in the region is an argument against intervention in the first place:
Oct 27 2011
Gingrich’s Confusion on Iraq
ThinkProgress shows how confused Newt Gingrich is on the subject of the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. First he said that Obama was doing the right thing by not leaving a small contingent of troops behind because they would just become convenient targets:
Oct 25 2011
Kristol Wants Another War
Bill Kristol, who has never seen a proposed invasion that didn’t give him an erection, now has his sights set on Iran. He’s using the alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador as a pretext for launching yet another multi-trillion dollar war that will end up killing hundreds of thousands of people not named Bill …
Oct 24 2011
Why Panetta Has to Go
Michael Cohen looks at the very disturbing track record of Leon Panetta as Secretary of Defense, something he has compiled in record time. Contrary to his Republican predecessor, Panetta has made some truly ridiculous statements about the impact of even modest cuts in defense spending.
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