America Cannot Afford an Endless War in Afghanistan By Jim McGovern and John Isaacs Read this post on the Huffington Post. It’s time to face the fact that the U.S. mission in Afghanistan has changed significantly since 2001 when Congress passed the authorization for the use of military force there. We simply cannot continue on […]
Iran Deal Implementation
Iran Deal Implementation: A Good Day for American National Security FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Dr. Jim Walsh, Council Board Member and international security expert at MIT Dr. Edward Levine, Center Board Chair and former senior staff member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Lt. Gen. Robert Gard, Center Chair Emeritus and 31-year veteran of the […]
Foreign Policy: Bring Back the Russo-American Axis to Defeat the Islamic State
Bringing Back the Russo-American Axis It’s high time for Obama and Putin to put aside the differences that dog them, and focus on destroying the Islamic State. By LESLIE H. GELB, ROBERT GARD, JOHN H. JOHNS Read the full article at Foreign Policy. Terrorist attacks in France, Lebanon, Mali, and in the skies over Egypt, highlight […]
The U.S. Needs to Stop Throwing Weapons at Problems
The survival of the Iran nuclear agreement in Congress sent countless members of Congress scrambling for new ways to demonstrate their opposition to the deal and to throw sand into the gears required to carry out the agreement. One of the more preposterous ideas put forward was to send Massive Ordnance Penetrators (or MOPs) to Israel. MOPs are essentially really, really big bombs that have the capacity to penetrate up to 200 feet into the ground.
Greg Terryn: Rep. Westmoreland is Mistaken on Iran Deal
Greg Terryn sets the record straight on a comment from Rep. Westmoreland (R-Georgia) on the Iran nuclear deal.
