by Katie Mounts and Travis Sharp] Published by MinutemanMedia.Org on October 15, 2008 The Bush administration has tried for years to build support for a long-range missile defense system in Europe. White House officials claim that the system will protect America’s allies from an Iranian missile attack. Unfortunately, the proposed system is plagued with budgetary, technical, […]
U.S.-Iraq Agreement Requires Urban Withdrawal by June 2009
by Travis Sharp An English translation of the U.S.-Iraq security agreement was released this week by the American Friends Service Committee. The agreement already has come under fire in Iraq because many Iraqi lawmakers oppose it and now are seeking to reopen negotiations. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, however, said October 21 that “There is […]
Time To Rethink Missile Defense
By Lt. Gen. Robert Gard and Kingston Reif Published in Defense News on October 20, 2008 Despite the Bush administration’s investment of an estimated $60 billion since 2001, U.S. national missile defense continues to be an unnecessary and counterproductive enterprise. Testing objectives consistently are not met, cost overruns and scheduling delays are rampant, and relations […]
Obama vs. McCain: A Side-By-Side Comparison on Arms Control
BARACK OBAMA JOHN MCCAIN Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) and New Nuclear Weapons “I do not support a premature decision to produce the RRW.” “I would only support the development of any new type of nuclear weapon that is absolutely essential for the viability of our deterrent, that results in making possible further decreases […]
Don’t Be Fooled By Calls for New Nukes
by John Isaacs Operation Teapot nuclear explosion at Nevada Test Site, Apple-2 tower shot (May 5, 1955). Over the past several months, a handful of conservative security analysts have begun to argue for upgrading the current U.S. nuclear arsenal. These arguments typically call for bolstering America’s “nuclear deterrent,” which of course is a euphemism for […]
