Tag: the power problem

John McCain & John Bolton—Neocons Ablaze

Richard C. Young - June 18, 2020

Originally posted July 23, 2014. Here is just a small taste of why it was never a good idea to consider John McCain a quality...

Senator John McCain Is Wrong; Cato Institute’s Chris Preble Is Right

Richard C. Young - August 21, 2017

Originally posted January 16, 2014. Senator McCain wants to push the U.S. deeper into the never-ending Iraqi civil quagmire. Neocon war whoops led by Bill...

State of War

Richard C. Young - July 6, 2017

In The Secret History of the Bush Administration, James Risen points out the poisonous effect the neocons had on George W. Bush. The neocons...

A Large Army For America—Yes or No?: Part I

Richard C. Young - July 3, 2017

Originally posted March 8, 2014. The Wall Street Journal and neocons and their sympathizers vote yes. Cato Institute’s Chris Preble and Ben Friedman, Defense Secretary...

Paul Ryan and Rand Paul Meet Cato Institute’s Chris Preble and Dan Mitchell

Richard C. Young - June 28, 2017

Americans demanding small government find no home at either the Republican or Democratic parties. Americans are told by Wisconsin rep Paul Ryan that the...

The Most Important Person You May Have Never Heard Of: Part I

Richard C. Young - January 12, 2017

Originally posted March 11, 2013. Can there be any subject more vital to your personal security, your family’s security, and the security of America itself...

Brent Scowcroft and the Realists

Richard C. Young - January 22, 2016

Originally posted March 31, 2015. James Antle, III, writing in the America Conservative, notes that Republican realists, including Brent Scowcroft, understood “how to use power...

Milton Friedman: “War is a Friend of the State”

Richard C. Young - November 2, 2015

Originally posted December 16, 2014. The Cato Institute’s Chris Preble, vice president for defense and foreign policy studies, is the author of The Power Problem:...

Stop Policing the World

Richard C. Young - September 3, 2015

The 2016 presidential election offers Americans a chance to get back on the right track regarding how America works with other countries. The Cato Institute’s...

Defenseless in America Part II

Richard C. Young - September 1, 2015

There is a better way to make America safer, more prosperous and freer. More here from the Cato Institute policy analysis, Budgetary Savings from Military Restraint...

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