Tag: the power problem

Neocon Jive

Richard C. Young - July 21, 2015

Writing in the Washington Post, the erudite Charles Krauthammer fires a broadside at the Iran nuclear deal. On many matters of concern for our country,...

Hillary Clinton Embraces Neoconservatives

Richard C. Young - March 30, 2015

Originally posted on August 20, 2014. On the surface an unlikely team, but the facts indicate simpatico. Hillary Clinton was all in on Iraq, all for...

Congress: Read The Power Problem by Cato Institute’s Chris Preble

Richard C. Young - February 13, 2015

Originally posted January 27, 2014. The American people are being overrun by congressman and senators who are more interested in keeping their seats than in...

$43 Billion More for Afghanistan

Richard C. Young - January 29, 2015

Obama will ask for an 8% increase in the core budget of the Defense Department, according to the Associated Press. Something like $43 billion...

H.R. 758 “A Russophobic Rant From Congress?”

Richard C. Young - December 9, 2014

Pat Buchanan thinks so and writes that H.R.758 is full of falsehoods and steeped in superpower hypocrisy. As Pat notes, ex-Rep. Ron Paul says...

Two Losers for America

Richard C. Young - November 12, 2014

Wait till you read this essay! Who could vote for any political candidate who can be tied in, even remotely, with Sheldon Adelson or...

What does Rand Paul Stand For?

Richard C. Young - September 22, 2014

In this incoherent feature in the WSJ, it’s not hard to come away with a fuzzy view of Senator Paul’s foreign policy position. This, of...

Keeping Our Troops in Iraq?

Richard C. Young - September 19, 2014

Neocon bastion and cheerleader John Bolton advises here: “Keeping our troops in Iraq three years ago was the better course, and it is even...

Sunnis/Shia: War and Bloodshed since the 7th Century

Richard C. Young - August 25, 2014

Today in Iraq and Syria the world is facing a centuries old battle of Muhammadism. Muhammadism is strictly a religious and not a nationalist...

Brilliant Common Sense

Richard C. Young - August 19, 2014

To Make and Keep Peace by Claremont Institute fellow and professor emeritus of international relations at Boston University, Angelo M. Codevilla is just the foreign...

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