Andrew Bacevich

Avoiding repetition of the errors that marred US policy in the recent past will require more than money

Many observers worried about a close election with no clear outcome leading to a constitutional crisis of some sort

First, he is old. Second, he is old-school

The era of US dominion has now passed

Conservatism is more akin to an ethos or a disposition than to a fixed ideology

The national security establishment turns its attentions to China, having completely failed to learn from past failures

If politicians really wanted to ‘support the troops’, they’d introduce mandatory national service

Few in Washington acknowledge the scope of the self-inflicted wounds the US has sustained since 9/11

Iran’s seizure of a British-owned oil tanker transiting the Persian Gulf has let loose a fresh round of media war chatter. Yet should another Persian Gulf War actually occur, who would benefit? Not America, that’s for sure. The central theme of present-day US policy regarding Iran is deference. Nominally, US policy is made in Washington.

Through his preposterousness, the President exposes the smugness, cant, and corruption of our politics