Outside the Beltway

STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST, naturally.

The Art of the Deal in action.

“It takes money to kill bad guys.”

Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.

Lethality.

An update from the Commander-in-Chief.

Is no one thinking about the end state?

They have a right to do anything we can’t stop them from doing.

The nature of war does not change; only its character.

Shooting down cheap drones with expensive missiles is problematic in more ways than one.

“Major combat operations” are underway.

Will POTUS listen?

You’re going to be finding out over the next, maybe, 10 days. 10 to 15 days, pretty much, maximum.

An absurd matter has come to its rightful conclusion.

Other schools are likely to follow.

The long-awaited document is less disruptive than it appears on the surface.

A slow-moving disaster.

The quest for the elusive Peace Prize continues.

So says Denmark’s prime minister.

An oft-misunderstood legal principle.

We’ve seen this movie before.

A bold proclamation.

Where’s Congress?

(More than) 12 Tomahawks a-bombing.

The biggest reform in generations is being proposed.

A clear violation of the laws of war. But do they apply?

A childhood friend claims he had PTSD from his actions.

A suspect, an Afghan national, is in custody.

Support is low, but opposition is tepid.

The former Defense Secretary and Vice President is gone at 84.

It’s not an unprecedented stance.

The Pentagon’s couch cushions are huuuuge.

A million dollars a day.

What could possibly go wrong?

The SOUTHCOM commander has resigned and the Senate is debating, but it won’t matter.

Congress, Schmongress.

She was not amused by the administration’s workaround.

The obvious has been made expllicit.

A long and unusual speech has implications for civil-military relations.

A reaffirmation rather than a revelation.

A few more details have emerged.

Every general and admiral in a command billet has been called for a last-minute gathering about some unspecified topic.

A little bit more than the law would allow.

Memories are fading, as they are wont to do.

Another day, another step closer towards military policing in the US.

A meme that is as muddled and authoritarian as the President who posted it

A potentially costly rebrand and strange bedfellows.

A historically inaccurate bit of symbolic silliness.

The former White House physican (and current Congressman)’s demotion for misconduct has been reversed.

Wildly unpopular policies in hyperpolarized times.