Deficits and Defense 11.19.2010
November 09, 2010
The Cato Institute will host a policy forum on November 19, 2010, discussing military spending and the looming fiscal crisis. Speakers include the Lexington Group's Loren Thompson, and Benjamin Friedman and Christopher Preble of the Cato Institute.
Obama, Tell Me How this Ends
"Tell me how this ends," David Petraeus posed at the outset of the Iraq war. It remains salient nearly eight years later, and in a wider context. How will the long war end? Not well, concludes Boston University's Andrew Bacevich.
Time to Leave
Obama's nation-building project in Afghanistan is a costly folly says the Cato Institute's Christopher Preble.
Hollow Victory
The University of Chicago's John Mearsheimer predicts how the ideological war between Democrats and Republicans will play out in Afghanistan.
The 'Safe Haven' Myth
Ohio State University Professor John Mueller debunks the myth that a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan would create a safe haven for Al Qaeda.
False Dichotomy
The New America Foundation's Michael Cohen scrutinizes Stephen Biddle's case for counterinsurgency in Afghanistan.