This 2008 Video Game Is an Oddly Prescient Cautionary Tale About Venezuelan Intervention
In Mercenaries 2, China and the U.S. fight over pieces of Venezuela, before the entire country is wrecked by a nuclear warhead.
In Mercenaries 2, China and the U.S. fight over pieces of Venezuela, before the entire country is wrecked by a nuclear warhead.
While Swalwell insists it was 'sarcasm' it's bad form to reply to a citizen aggrieved at openly threatening constitutional rights connected with self and civil defense with implied threat of mass murder.
If you want to make Iranians poorer and more hostile to America, we've got a policy for you!
He celebrates his weak deal with North Korea while tearing up the Iran deal only because Obama signed it
Trump may not fly back to Washington with a denuclearization deal in hand, but the summit could still succeed if it breaks the diplomatic ice and reduces the probability of a horrific military calamity.
Kim Jong Un threatens to skip the meeting following joint U.S.-South Korean military drills.
The move pisses off America's allies, and makes military confrontation with Iran more likely.
With a meeting between North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and President Trump on the horizon, North Korean state media also vows the nation will close its current active nuke test site.
Trump's new National Security Adviser is a preemptive warrior, a nonproliferation obsessive, and someone who has described himself as a "hawkish libertarian."
Non-interventionists, consider yourselves repudiated.
Hawks and anti-Trumpers are going bananas at the news, but a rare lunge for peace sounds more promising than the constant threat of war.
The "bloody nose" strategy favored by some in his administration is extraordinarily reckless.
Daniel Ellsberg on nukes, leaks, and the lost documents he copied along with the Pentagon Papers
This week's show covers the Iran nuclear deal, threats to the First Amendment, the Harvey Weinstein scandal, and Trump's latest moves on health care.
The Truman war council discussed using atomic bombs just two weeks after the Korean War started.
As people rightly freak out over a president invoking nuclear war, a trip through recent history shows widespread support for pre-emptive bombing.
Nuclear proliferation could be good for peace-and not relying on the U.S. for security certainly would be.
Stooping to the level of North Korean bluster is both unnecessary and reckless.
State Department also announced review of deal-related sanctions suspensions.
Friday A/V Club: The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is posting declassified footage of atomic tests on YouTube.
The U.S. is warning North Korea to denuclearize or else.
Last night Trump's foreign policy mouth seemed in some cases to be outrunning his mind, making a strict interpretation of his meaning difficult.
America needn't apologize, but must consider who has his finger on the button.
It wasn't perfect, but the alternatives are much worse.
Media darling John Kasich wants to take out North Korea, too
Wars are getting rarer and nuclear stockpiles are going down.
A hydrogen bomb would represent a step up from the less-powerful nuclear technology North Korea had relied on previously.
Increasingly sophisticated homemade guns are so entrenched cops fear their use by organized crime, so now let's fret over desktop weapons of mass destruction.
And can those who call Iran the Axis of Evil be too surprised at being called the Great Satan?
Iran can reportedly use its own experts to inspect sites where weapons research was alleged to have taken place.
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Iran has not been seeking a nuclear bomb.
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The Obama administration, of course, is amenable.
Criticism of presidential treaties with adversarial governments goes back a long way.
Hawks have nothing better to propose except more huffing and puffing
Iran is not the only threat here. Our own hubris is equally dangerous.
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