by Barbara Slavin In the year since he announced his candidacy for U.S. president, Donald Trump has insulted Mexicans, war heroes, women, disabled people, the children of immigrants and Muslims. So perhaps no one should have been surprised when he denigrated the parents of an immigrant Muslim American war hero, Army Capt. Humayun Khan, killed […]
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Love is a Battlefield
Posted February 12th, 2016 at 2:33 pm (UTC-5)
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Relationships also reveal the power of sunk costs, or past investments that can’t be recovered. Rationally, we should ignore sunk costs and focus on the future. But instead people tend to double down and invest more to justify their earlier sacrifice….The same danger exists in wartime…
From the First Gulf War to the Islamic State: How America was Seduced by the “Easy War”
Posted February 3rd, 2016 at 9:20 am (UTC-5)
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[T]he First Gulf War entrenched the notion that technology would provide near-omniscience on the battlefield, paving the road to an uncomplicated victory. Almost overnight, in the minds of strategists and policymakers, wars had become brief, casual affairs.
The Republican War – Over War Policy
Posted November 13th, 2015 at 11:48 am (UTC-5)
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With the exception of Rand and Trump, the GOP candidates appear to believe the road to the White House lies in resurrecting the attitude and policies of Bush II that cost them the White House.
Did I Kill Anyone in Iraq? The Truth Is, I’ll Never Know
In the decade since returning from Iraq, I’ve found that it’s the one thing family, friends, girlfriends, bosses and colleagues want to know most….It’s like a mental kidney stone. It isn’t always painful, but there is no way to pass it from mind without knowing what happened, which is impossible.