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
Kicking Down the World's Door by Tom Engelhardt, tomdispatch.com | February 6, 2012
Not a Peep About the President's Praise for War by Laura Flanders, The Nation | January 27, 2012
Mitch Daniels' SOTU Response Wrong on Social Security by Daniel Marans, OurFuture.org | January 25, 2012
I Represented All Teachers by Sara Ferguson, Huffington Post | January 25, 2012
Leave Iraq to the Iraqis by Christopher Hill, slate.com | January 20, 2012
Election Will Decide Which New Wars Will Be Waged by William Pfaff, truthdig.com | January 18, 2012
The Extreme Rick Santorum by Eugene Robinson, The Washington Post | January 18, 2012
Danger Waters: The Three Top Hot Spots of Potential Conflict in the Geo-Energy Era by Michael T. Klare, tomdispatch.com | January 11, 2012
Extremist In Pinstripes by OurFuture.org Staff, OurFuture.org | January 10, 2012
Pity the Quarter-Billionaire by Thomas Frank, tomdispatch.com | January 9, 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 » 
