Blogs: Real Security

MINNEAPOLIS - During this whirlwind book tour, I've had trouble keeping up with the minute-to-minute trajectory of television's political debate. However, I didn't know that it is now considered out of bounds to talk about John McCain's support for staying in Iraq for 100 years. more »

McClatchy Newspapers is scheduled on Sunday to release a major investigation of the facts behind the detention of some 66 people in Guantanamo Bay and in Afghanistan by the U.S. government. more »

Pledging to not liberalize trade with Cuba remains for most candidates one of the de facto requirements for getting elected, and even though any thinking person can easily grasp the utter silliness of arguments for the status quo. (Remind me again: How did more than four decades of a trade embargo succeed in democratizing Cuba?) more »

If my father were alive this Memorial Day, he would still display the flag. But not without anger, if he knew how today's veterans are abandoned to fight the war inside — the same one he fought when he came home — on their own. more »

Bush's actions in Israel and Saudi Arabia spotlight his twin failures in foreign policy and energy policy. more »

Hey ABC. Next time, instead getting your debate questions spoon-fed from Sean Hannity, maybe listen to those of us here at Campaign for America's Future. more »

It's almost a shame that the subprime mortgage bonanza burned out before the sun finally sets on the George W. Bush administration. After all, they managed to lure Americans into a war we didn't need and couldn't afford, then stuck us with a ballooning bill and never ending payments. Reborn as a brokerage firm dealing in subprime mortgages, this administration could have made a killing.

Don't take my word for it. Just have a look at your bill.

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A prominent conservative blog argues that keeping troops in Iraq for 100 years is just like having "standing American armies in the South." more »

Based on the opening statements from Gen. David Petraeus and Amb. Ryan Crocker, shifting blame onto Iran for the continuing violence in Iraq appeared to be a major objective of their congressional testimony. more »

When Gen. David Petraeus testifies today about the status of the Iraq occupation, I'll be thinking about my neighborhood elementary school, which may have to close while we continue to waste billions on a failed foreign policy. more »