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Gregory Daddis

J. William Fulbright
Military Industrial Complex

Today's 'Arrogance of Power' meets the ghost of J. William Fulbright

The Arkansas senator's words warning against the perils of Washington’s ‘war fever’ in 1966 are more prescient than ever. Are we listening?

Lyndon Johnson
Military Industrial Complex

Church of War: Our faith that lethality has the power to heal

US leaders treat the military, not as a tool of last resort, but as a divine instrument

Are budget boosters actually breaking the military?
Military Industrial Complex

Are budget boosters actually breaking the military?

They say we need 'overwhelming superiority' over adversaries with no measure of actually achieving it. Convenient

Stop Listening to David Petraeus
Middle East

Stop Listening to David Petraeus

The self-promoting ex-general continues to rewrite history, suggesting that Israel deploy an Iraq-style 'surge' in Gaza

War and violence isn't 'cleansing' at all
Global Crises

War and violence isn't 'cleansing' at all

Frantz Fanon's 60-year-old post-colonial writings about the rehabilitative nature of conflict can be widely misinterpreted today