Six Global Issues The Foreign Policy Debates Won’t Touch
In the foreign policy debates between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, expect these issues to get short thrift.
Top 10 Myths of the Jobs Argument Against Military Cuts
From the crowd that wants to shrink government because this will create jobs, we are now hearing that we can’t shrink the Pentagon because that would cost jobs. Here are the main points of their case, rebutted one by one.
Steering Clear of the Iceberg Ahead
It’s time for Congress to get real.
Industry-backed study on defense and jobs still flawed, say experts
Experts skeptical about aerospace industry study on military spending and jobs. “Defense contractors are notoriously bad jobs creators,” said IPS Research Fellow Miriam Pemberton.
Global Day of Action planned to protest military spending on U.S. Tax Day, April 17
Over 130 events planned in 39 countries on Tuesday, April 17. Actions come as new global military spending data released by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Action coincides with U.S. tax day.
Greening the Pentagon
If we want to build up a green manufacturing economy, we should directly invest in it, not plow more money into military spending.
Standing Up For Common Sense
Keene, New Hampshire has no crime that would warrant rolling out a tank.
Profiting from the Pentagon
A two-war strategy is like a two-car garage — you’ll own two cars sooner or later.
Obama’s New Military Strategy Doesn’t Add Up
What happened to the idea of saving money?
Expert Available: Miriam Pemberton calls President Obama’s proposed military strategy “timid in the extreme,” saying proposed changes are “inadequate”
“The President followed his bold action in defying Congress to get his consumer protection bureau going by announcing a new military strategy that is timid in the extreme,” said Pemberton.
The Year’s End Brings Real Disarmament That You Can Touch and Feel
Defense cuts — especially to nuclear weapons — are the silver lining of our economic crisis.
Cut the Pentagon’s Budget, Make the U.S. Safer
Let’s have a discussion about the benefits of pouring more and more money into wars.
Sequestering Military Spending
Even if sequestration cuts across all military programs, this sort of ham-handed approach is safely doable.
Nuclear Turkeys
The Pentagon has too much hardware once thought necessary to defeat the Soviet Union.
House Armed Services Committee Hearing Misleading on Doomsday Projections
Hearing on military spending, jobs, and the economy leaves out one side of the story, say experts.