Top Stories for the tag "foreign policy" voted on by you! RSS feed July 6, 2008

1 2 > »

This story has mostly positive ratings. 20 votes / No sinks

Another Nail in the NPT Coffin

Politics – Now, arguably, the United States is the most flagrant violator of NPT commitments, frequently intervening to prevent other NPT signatories from exercising their "inalienable rights" affirmed under the NPT to access…

This story has mostly positive ratings. 10 votes / No sinks

The Destruction of Iraq - A Mass of Evil

Do No Evil – The callousness of Americans toward the lives of other peoples is stunning. How many Christian churches ask God's forgiveness for having been rushed into an immoral, un-necessary War that has killed, maimed,…

This story has mostly positive ratings. 33 votes / 1 sink

Military-Industrial Convergence

Politics – Raytheon, Boeing and Rice in Prague

This story has mostly positive ratings. 48 votes / 2 sinks

What Does China Think?

Books – The rise of this China - as opposed to the China that was supposed to arise, a capitalist and democratic disciple of the West - will pose an enormous challenge to the established order.

This story has mostly positive ratings. 2 votes / No sinks

Mission Impossible: Afghanistan

Do No Evil – Those who don't study history are condemned to repeat it, with a twist or two. Why are Americans still enlisting to fight no-win wars, such as Afghanistan. An in-depth look at how we got into the mess we're in,…

This story has mostly positive ratings. 32 votes / 1 sink

The Uselessness of Sanctions

Politics – Economic sanctions are coward's war. They do not work but are a way in which rich elites feel they are "committed" to some distant struggle".

This story has mostly positive ratings. 24 votes / 1 sink

Learning from Past Disasters, Preventing Future Ones

Books – It might not seem surprising that after thirty years, a generation of decision-makers and voters would have come along that knew little about the past experience in Vietnam.

This story has mostly positive ratings. 20 votes / 1 sink

Nicaragua: Do What We Want or Else

Politics – Anyone stepping back from the recent hyped-up drama engineered by the minority right wing parties in Nicaragua and their overseas allies will see all the tell-tale signs of yet another instance of US and allied…

This story has mostly positive ratings. 24 votes / 1 sink

Preparing the Battlefield: Scott Horton Interviews Seymour…

Politics – discusses his new one for The New Yorker magazine, "Preparing the Battlefield," Secretary Gates's warning about long term consequences of an air attack, the turning over of much of America's covert action under…

This story has mostly positive ratings. 32 votes / 2 sinks

Isolationist Options for the United States

Politics – The best paradigm for foreign policy is the libertarian one - one which embraces limited government in overseas affairs and freedom for the American people - the private sector - to interact with the people of the…

This story has mostly positive ratings. 22 votes / 1 sink

Iran in the Crosshairs

Politics – Now the same people that gave us Iraq, and remain just about the only supporters of their own failed policy there, are signaling that it is necessary to destroy the Iranian nuclear threat. And again, one problem…

This story has mostly positive ratings. 22 votes / 2 sinks

And Then There Was One

Politics – So the US is concerned about North Korea's uranium enrichment and, thanks to the Democrats, ready to go to war over Iran's.

This story has mostly positive ratings. 38 votes / 2 sinks

Congress to Bush and Cheney: Do What You Want in Iran

Politics – Vice President Cheney learned long ago that he can outplay the Democrats in the game of power, because he is willing to use power. The Democrats, by contrast, don't even want to be responsible for the power that…

This story has mostly positive ratings. 23 votes / 1 sink

So Crazy, it Might Work

Politics – A Grand Nuclear Bargain between Israel and Iran

This story has mostly positive ratings. 33 votes / 2 sinks

Getting Your Plane Shot Down Does Not Make You Qualified…

Politics – "I don't think getting in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to become president." General Wesley Clark about John McCain

The Speculation Explanation: Framing the Energy Crisis
This story has mostly positive ratings. 39 votes / 2 sinks

The Speculation Explanation: Framing the Energy Crisis

Money – The speculation explanation blurs the issues involved in our present energy crisis.

This story has mostly positive ratings. 33 votes / 2 sinks

Starting the Next Cold War

Politics – NATO is an organization without a mission -- will it create its own?

This story has mostly positive ratings. 25 votes / 1 sink

Don't Invade Zimbabwe

Politics – What should the U.S. government do in this horrific situation? Should it invade and occupy Zimbabwe? Should it attempt a regime-change operation? Should it assassinate Mugabe? Should it impose sanctions and embargos?…

This story has mostly positive ratings. 32 votes / 1 sink

Threats, Blockades, Sanctions, Airstrikes on Iran, ALL wrong

Politics – It's essential to understand that Iran is under International Atomic Energy Agency inspection, and signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The United States, which has 10,000 nuclear weapons is not under that…

This story has mostly positive ratings. 31 votes / 2 sinks

Barack Obama: The Peace Candidate?

Politics – With Obama in the White House, we could look forward to more Wilsonian military adventures: "We have heard much over the last six years about how America's larger purpose in the world is to promote the spread of…

This story has mostly positive ratings. 46 votes / 1 sink

Robert Mugabe and the Downfall of Liberal Interventionism

Politics – We can portray Mugabe in the press as a blood-thirsty gorilla and impose so-called smart sanctions, in order that we can feel a little better, but our fine feelings are hardly central to Africa's predicament.

This story has mostly positive ratings. 45 votes / 1 sink

Selling The Fireball: George Bush And Iran

Politics – Bush said pressure on Iran was necessary to "solve this problem diplomatically", but warned: "Iranians must understand, however, that all options are on the table."

This story has mostly positive ratings. 38 votes / 1 sink

Do Americans Really Want "Change?"

Do No Evil – Are we ready to see ourselves as an aggressor nation (roughly 200 US military and clandestine operations in foreign countries in the past two centuries, excluding WW1 and WW2), a nation that sides with the rich…

This story has mostly positive ratings. 40 votes / 2 sinks

Obama to Take on Republican Attack Machine

Politics – Senator Barack Obama spoke to about 600 paying guests at a fundraising reception in downtown Jacksonville, where attendees paid between $500 and $2,300 to Barack Obama for America.

This story has mostly positive ratings. 1 vote / No sinks

It's All in the Contrast

Politics – Collection of detailed John McCain interviews discussing the economy, international affairs and Obama's flip flops.

1 2 > »

Channels
AnchorsArt & DesignAutos
BooksCareers & JobsCelebrities
Do No EvilDo-It-YourselfFamily
FoodGadgets & TechGay & Lesbian
Health & FitnessHumorLove & Personals
MenMoneyMovies
MusicNewsPets
PoliticsPopular VideosReal Estate
ReligionScienceShopping
SportsTelevisionTravel
VideoVideo GamesWomen
Propeller Tracker (Watch LIVE)

Comment posted to Foreclosures to rise whoever wins White House

“Exactly! Bush and repukes moved this country 1...”

This story now has 26 comments.

Comment posted to Lindsay Lohan Sex Tape Found

“She is Very Hot Girl! her body is just perfect...”

This story now has 26 comments.

Top Propeller Contributors
MyWayOnNow digitalfever populist Varadinum TechnologyExpert traveler.com.br SunnyDays averynicholas645 bubba2 alphomega ind06 STONERS omerazam Radiofreeeuropa DiffeeOnline monicachenoa engineer JessicaLaurie