By Ivan Eland, on September 24th, 2010 The founders of the United States would roll over in their graves at the mutation of their traditional, peaceful, and restrained foreign policy into a militaristic, globe-girdling empire that is exhausting the country economically and ruining the republic that they created.
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By Ivan Eland, on August 26th, 2010 Even if erecting the mosque is insensitive to the pain of 9/11, the Constitution doesn't require people or groups to be sensitive to others' concerns in order to enjoy religious freedom.
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By Ivan Eland, on July 28th, 2010 Gaza has not prospered during the Israeli blockade, but Hamas certainly has.
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By Ivan Eland, on July 21st, 2010 The United States is "internationalizing" local Islamist groups and their causes by needlessly helping the governments of Somalia, Yemen, Pakistan, and China fight radical Islam.
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By Ivan Eland, on July 22nd, 2009 Adopting the more restrained foreign policy of a republic, instead of the current expansive posture of an empire, would return America to the fine tradition of the nation's founders.
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By Ivan Eland, on June 16th, 2009 Although Obama wants to negotiate with Iran, he still shares Bush's unrealistic concept of where he wants Iran to go.
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By Ivan Eland, on June 2nd, 2009 Barack Obama is only one of a string of U.S. presidents, beginning with Ronald Reagan, to press the Israelis to stop settlement activity.
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By Ivan Eland, on May 5th, 2009 The Republican Party's virtual collapse has left neo-conservatives discredited and facing policy extinction.
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By Ivan Eland, on April 30th, 2009 If a president's policies contribute to peace, prosperity, and liberty, and he doesn't overstep the limited role for the chief executive expected by the nation's founders in the Constitution, he should be considered a good or great president.
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By Ivan Eland, on March 6th, 2009 Congressman Barney Frank recently made the bold proposal to cut defense spending 25 percent. Here's how to get started on achieving that goal.
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By Ivan Eland, on February 5th, 2009 The Bush/Obama governments are trying to fund two wars while also spending at least $1.5 trillion to trick American consumers into thinking the government can save them from an inevitable recession — all the while making that downturn worse.
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By Ivan Eland, on January 24th, 2009 Even before the economic crisis hit, the United States was overextended abroad.
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By Ivan Eland, on January 7th, 2009 Israel doesn't seem to understand that superior power doesn't buy security as long as the adversary's grievance lingers.
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By Ivan Eland, on November 13th, 2008 Muscular liberals and neoconservatives hate each other only because they are so much alike.
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By Ivan Eland, on November 10th, 2008 The bear is coming out of a long hibernation and feeling a bit rejuvenated.
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By Ivan Eland, on October 22nd, 2008 The U.S. should withdraw its forces from Afghanistan and concentrate on pressuring the Pakistani government into finding and turning over bin Laden.
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By Ivan Eland, on September 30th, 2008 Financial institutions must be allowed to fail, and the market must be allowed to return to equilibrium.
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By Ivan Eland, on September 17th, 2008 In the twilight of his eight-year term, George W. Bush is the loneliest guy in town these days.
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By Ivan Eland, on September 9th, 2008 A recent report by RAND concluded that the administration's war on terrorism has not significantly degraded al-Qaeda and that the group has morphed into a more formidable enemy.
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By Ivan Eland, on July 29th, 2008 The reconciliation occurring in Iraq is largely cosmetic and forced by U.S. pressure.
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By Ivan Eland, on May 8th, 2008 John Yoo's assertion that Congress has no right to pass laws that impinge on the president's claim to a broad interpretation of his role as commander-in-chief violates the core of the constitutional system of checks and balances.
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By Ivan Eland, on May 6th, 2008 In fiscal year 2007, nearly one in five Army recruits were brought in under waivers for felonies and misdemeanors.
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By Ivan Eland, on April 9th, 2008 Although George W. Bush was especially gullible and incompetent in attempting his armed, nation-building fiasco in Iraq, the hyperactivity in U.S. foreign affairs is mainly structural.
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By Ivan Eland, on March 24th, 2008 Although a U.S. withdrawal and soft partition is not a perfect solution, Iraq is in some sense already partitioned, with forces primarily loyal to ethno-sectarian groups providing security.
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By Ivan Eland, on March 11th, 2008 The obliviousness of the American people, politicians, and press is especially acute when it comes to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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