No-Fly Zone Over Libya Could Backfire & Undermine Protests in Middle East
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 14th, 2011 4:36 am by HL
No-Fly Zone Over Libya Could Backfire & Undermine Protests in Middle East
I recorded a few minutes of comments outlining my concerns over the Libya No-Fly Zone debate. In short, a no-fly zone is a high cost, low return strategy that doesn’t necessarily create a military tipping point in favor of the…
Impoverishing Our Kids? Productivity Growth Matters, Deficits Don’t
Washington politicians, like politicians everywhere in the west, have been running around with shrill cries about how we are adding trillions of dollars to the national debt and that this burden will impoverish our children and grandchildren. It is almost…
AIPAC’s Secret Strategy
There are three reasons why monitoring AIPAC (the American Israel Public Affairs Committee) is a valuable use of time for anyone following events in the Middle East. The first is that AIPAC faithfully reflects the positions of the Netanyahu government…