Real Security
Real Security
Progressives champion an America that leads collective efforts toward a more peaceful world, not the go-it-alone, swaggering machismo of a conservative ideology of might makes right. America must have the military strength to protect itself, but we believe in a security policy that uses military means as a last, not first, resort. Real security, we believe, comes through building alliances, investing in international law and institutions, curbing weapons proliferation, launching a concerted drive toward energy independence, and in making America once again a source of hope for the world through the strength of its ideas and its ideals.
Blogs and Opinion
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BLOGS AND OPINION
How to Forget on Memorial Day by Tom Engelhardt, tomdispatch.com | May 24, 2012
How Much Does Washington Spend on "Defense"? by Chris Hellman and Mattea Krame, tomdispatch.com | May 22, 2012
Budget Cuts Have Consequences: Ask Andrews Air Force Base by Stan Collender, OurFuture.org | May 21, 2012
Get U.S. Troops Out Of Afghanistan by Keith Ellison, OurFuture.org | May 2, 2012
How America's Security-Industrial Complex Went Insane by Rachel Maddow, alternet.org | April 7, 2012
Spearing Another Sacred Cow by Rep. Keith Ellison, Huffington Post | March 26, 2012
Throwing Money at the Pentagon: A Lesson in Republican Math by William Hartung, tomdispatch.com | March 20, 2012
Discussing The Motives Of The Afghan Shooter by Glenn Greenwald, salon.com | March 20, 2012
US 'Justice': The Weasel is in the Words by Philip Palij, OurFuture.org | March 9, 2012
'SWIFT Boating' Iran: Economic War a Prelude to Military Attack by Tom Burghardt, globalresearch.ca | February 24, 2012
America’s Confused Approach to Afghanistan
February 10th, 2010
Richard Holbrooke's comments on reconciliation with the Taliban in Afghanistan, made during the recent Munich Security Conference, echoed earlier remarks by U.N. officials and American military commanders in Kabul that suggest that diplomacy might be coming alive on the Afghan front. This could be true despite, or in coordination with, a new NATO offensive in southern Afghanistan. For it to succeed, however, it has three enormous obstacles to overcome.
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Our Wars Are Killing us
January 27th, 2010
The tea-party crews don’t rail against Pentagon giveaways, nor do Massachusetts voters grumble about them. Unfettered Pentagon budgets pass in the tick-tock of a Washington clock and no one seems fazed when the Wall Street Journal reveals that military aides accompanying globe-hopping parties of congressional representatives regularly spend thousands of taxpayer dollars on snacks, drinks, and other “amenities” for them, even while, like some K Street lobbying outfit, promoting their newest weaponry. Think of it, in financial terms, as Pentagon peanuts shelled out for actual peanuts, and no one gives a damn.
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Contractors in Afghanistan, A Recipe for Failure
December 18th, 2009
Similar to Iraq, the use of contractors by the U.S. government in Afghanistan stands at unprecedented levels. In fact, contractors in Afghanistan outnumber American troops –and will continue to do so despite Obama’s troop increase in 2010. more » 
