Outside the Beltway

When America’s leaders make the decision to engage in military action abroad, has the time for debate ended, or is it more important than ever that those with doubts about the policy speak out?

Operation Odyssey Dawn has resurrected the eternal battle over what limits there are, and should be, on the President’s ability to use military force without Congressional authorization.

The antiwar movement has been strangely silent despite the fact that U.S. foreign policy hasn’t really changed that much since Barack Obama became President.

Is Libya a war? Hell yes, Libya is a war.

So much for not getting invaded…

How many Americans are really even paying attention to the actions in Libya?

There must be a predisposition against war and we should only engage in just wars.

There are many opportunities to go to war. Here’s a guide for choosing between them.

America is about to enter a third war in the Muslim world with no clear idea of the end game.

Public support for the war in Afghanistan continues to plummet, but will that hurt the President when 2012 rolls around?

John Kerry’s Washington Post op-ed supports U. S. leadership in establishing a no-fly zone in Libya.

We’re heading towards a future of higher food prices and more hunger.

While there are doubtless flaws with the journalistic values and culture of the New Media, we too often contrast today with a Golden Age of Media that never existed.

The top ranks of the military are whiter and decidedly more male than the country as a whole. Should that change?

Former French president Jacques Chirac is being tried on corruption charges stemming from misconduct as mayor of Paris.

Pfc. Bradley Manning faces twenty-two new charges, including one that could put him before a firing squad, but investigators still can’t prove any direct links between him and Wikileaks.

Intervening to “help” the Libyan revolt is very tempting, but it’s a temptation we ought to resist.

The Supreme Court rules that “offensiveness” does not trump the First Amendment. And they’re right.

It’s not the size of your government that counts — it’s what you do with it that matters.

While the prestige outlets of the halcyon days of the last millennium still hold some cachet for those of us old enough to remember that era, they mean next to nothing on the Web.

Nine years into a war that seems to be without end, it’s time to declare victory and go home.

Is Saudi Arabia the next domino to fall in the Middle East? The Royal family is hoping that money will be enough to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Did a unit in Afghanistan engage in an IO operation against U. S. senators?

It’s a Republican meme that President Obama has “apologized” for America repeatedly. The one problem with the meme is that there aren’t any facts to support it.

Calls are coming from both sides of the aisle for the U.S. to do “something” about the situation in Libya. It would be better if we didn’t get involved.

Prominent commentators on the Left and Right are amused by an outrageous assault on CBS reporter Lara Logan.

It turns out the Iraq War was indeed based, in part at least, on a lie.

We need to remember who actually sets the budget and, further, who is ultimtately responsible for the behavior of politicians.

Ezra Klein dubs the Federal government “an insurance conglomerate protected by a large, standing army.”

Ron Paul has won the CPAC straw poll for a second straight year. But YAF has voted him off its board over his opposition to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The US has limited influence over events in Egypt–something that recent history should underscore (although not everyone appears to understand this fact).

The GOP is facing a battle between its fiscal conservatism and i’s military adventurism.