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Al Qaeda and the Taliban still tied in a knot
Guest post by Michael LiebermanMichael Lieberman, a Truman National Security Project fellow, is an associate at Steptoe & Johnson LLP in Washington D.C., where he works on international regulatory and compliance issues. (The views expressed here ...
Are military commissions really much different?
Guest post by Michael FooteMichael Foote is a deputy district attorney in Boulder, Colorado and a principal at the Truman National Security Project. This is his first guest post at The Reaction.**********Many critics of Attorney General Holder's deci...
Taking the mission to secure America to Copenhagen
Guest post by Jonathan Powers and Robert DiamondJon Powers is the Chief Operating Officer of the Truman National Security Project. He is a veteran of the Gulf War, serving as an officer in the United States Army, and the founder of War Kids Relief. H...
Thoughts on Obama\'s Afghanistan speech at West Point
By Michael J.W. StickingsI'll be adding to this throughout the night. Stay tuned for updates.********** As expected, it was an admirable speech (transcript), regardless of the questionable content, but, then, we've come to expect such lofty rhetorica...
The stakes in Afghanistan
Guest post by J.F. MurphyJ.F. Murphy is a former Marine infantry officer and Iraq veteran who graduated from the U.S. Navy's SERE program. He is a fellow of the Truman National Security Project.Ed. note: This is Jim's second guest post at The Reactio...
Collateral damage after the Fort Hood massacre
By (O)CT(O)PUSInspiration for this post comes from a close friend, Lindsay at Majikthise, who questioned the journalistic integrity of one of our major news gatherers in: AP trafficks in innuendo over Ft. Hood shootings.My interest in the Fort Hood s...
Obama at Fort Hood
By Michael J.W. StickingsSome, including Marc Ambinder and Taegan Goddard, are calling it Obama's best speech ever. I wouldn't go that far, but it's definitely up there with his best -- and it may very well be his best as president.Coming just a day ...
Whither U.S. Afghan policy? How many more troops?
By Michael J.W. StickingsCBS News is reporting that President Obama has decided to send about 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan, upping the U.S. military presence to about 100,000 by 2012, which is more or less what McChrystal wanted:The first combat...
Quote of the Day: Andrew Sullivan on religious extremism and the Fort Hood massacre
By Michael J.W. StickingsGiven how little we know, it is ridiculous, as Joe Lieberman did, to call the Fort Hood massacre a "terrorist attack." (It seems to have been an act of violence, not terror, as the point was not to terrorize, or necessarily t...
Blood and bigotry: Conservatives attack Obama, scapegoat Muslims, and shamelessly use Fort Hood massacre to score partisan political points
By Michael J.W. StickingsHere's what I tweeted yesterday:I can't wait for the right's all-out anti-Muslim take on the Fort Hood massacre. You know they'll fit the blame to their biases. And later:The rush to judgement by conservatives is disgusting. ...
In Afghanistan, troop numbers should be based on strategy
Guest post by Jared StancombeJared Stancombe is a 2009 graduate of Indiana University, where his studies focused on peace and conflict studies in Northern Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. His other academic interests include counterinsu...
