News & Views | 04.13.17

 News… Commander-in-Chief Trump Drops ‘Mother of All Bombs’ on Afghanistan by Lauren McCauley Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) said the “unprecedented use of an MOAB…marks a new front in the almost 16 year war in Afghanistan.” Bill Introduced to Protect Fliers from Being

Obama Sharpens His Nuclear Posture

A new Pentagon document indicates that contingent plans for the use of nuclear weapons are being made, with the self-evidently impossible task of minimizing collateral damage. — by Peter Weiss Soon after President Barack Obama began his first term, he called for

Hope and Change Fade, but War Endures—Seven Reasons Why We Can’t Stop Making War

— by William J. Astore If one quality characterizes our wars today, it’s their endurance.  They never seem to end.  Though war itself may not be an American inevitability, these days many factors combine to make constant war an American near certainty.