Avoiding bloodshed? Sanctions in Iran are working
Military action against Iran may still be necessary. But sanctions may help move Iran’s policies before any shots are fired. read post
Topic: Defense
‘The cure would be worse than the problem’: Why a military strike against Iran is not the solution
Joe Cirincione, president of Ploughshares Fund and author of “Bomb Scare,” says that a military strike against Iran “would make Iraq and Afghanistan look like a warm-up act.” watch video
Celebrating 1 year of equality in the military
Soldiers were going to flee the service by the hundreds of thousands. Troop unity would unravel. Recruitment numbers would drop into virtual invisibility. Well, none of it happened. read post
Mitt Romney’s foreign policy strategy: Cast Obama as an ‘apologist abroad’
“When the president kept using drone strikes, got bin Laden, has gone after — effectively gone after — al-Qaida, he robbed [the Republican presidential ticket] of their greatest weapon against him.” —Marc Ginsberg watch video
Why the US must stay the course with Libya and Egypt
“For every two steps forward, there will be one step back.” —P.J. Crowley watch video
Eliot Spitzer tempers 9/11 reflection with optimism: ‘We have won the larger battle’
“The cause of freedom and unabridged rights is winning — and will continue to do so.” —Eliot Spitzer watch video
Did the CIA’s pre-9/11 warnings fall on deaf ears?
“They fed so much information to the White House. They were there day in, day out, saying, ‘There’s an attack coming.’” —Kurt Eichenwald watch video
‘Fraudulent’: Barney Frank takes on Paul Ryan’s budget
“[Paul Ryan] is an absolute extremist.” — Barney Frank watch video
Eliot Spitzer: Paul Ryan’s budget doesn’t deal in reality — or the logic of basic math
“Numbers can be cruel. They take away the soft, gauzy rhetoric that shrouds political platitudes and subject them to a hard-edged reality.” —Eliot Spitzer watch video
‘People pull the trigger — but guns are the instrument of death’: Eliot Spitzer calls for gun control
“Use the power of the government as a purchaser — as a consumer — to get the companies marketing these products to change their behavior. And do it now. Stop blaming the legislature. Act immediately.” —Eliot Spitzer watch video
