Defense and the National Interest

Richard Perle, the esteemed Prince of Darkness himself, has a piece in today’s WaPo where he notes, in response to Russia’s threat to increase their strategic arsenal:
For one thing, the greatly diminished American nuclear force still has many more weapons than it needs. Far from responding in a way that lends credence to Putin’s false [...]

Fabius Maximus has an interesting post on the Navy’s death spiral, but it raises the question of whether such a fate is inevitable. That is, are there so many uses for military forces in the world that we will always need more than we can afford? The answer is that if you start [...]

by Dag von Lubitz, Ph.D., M.D. and Chairman of the Board of MedSmart

Original post by Fabius Maximus
Reply by Ed Beakley of Project White Horse

To: Fabius Maximus

We are experiencing a change in the fundamental structure of the global economic regime.
If you’re starting to become concerned about what’s going on in the financial world, check out Fabius Maximus’s frame of reference.

On his blog: Another tour de force from Fabius Maximus.  (Does this guy have a day job?)