by Thomas Mills | Nov 19, 2015 | Editor's Blog, Foreign Policy |
Kevin Drum of Mother Jones does a good job of summarizing the politics of the Syrian refugee crisis. In the wake of the Paris attacks, people are legitimately scared. More attacks could be coming and terrorist cells might be operating anywhere. The flood of people...
by Thomas Mills | May 26, 2015 | Editor's Blog, Foreign Policy |
In his Memorial Day address yesterday at Arlington National Cemetery, President Obama noted that this is the first Memorial Day in 14 years when the US did not have large numbers of troops engaged in a ground war. Most people see that as a positive turn of events. The...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 4, 2014 | Editor's Blog, Foreign Policy |
The recent swap of Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban commanders is the latest illustration of the media and partisans’ rush to judgement. For five years, we’ve been hearing about Bergdahl as the only American soldier held captive in Afghanistan. Periodically, we saw...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 7, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Foreign Policy, National Politics |
With Syria, Barack Obama has a mess. The Assad regime almost certainly used gas against its own people, killing hundreds of civilians including children. However, the American public is tired of entering into foreign conflicts in that part of the world and many do not...
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