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How Much Does Credibility Matter?

By Noah Millman|2019-04-09T15:36:34-05:00January 24th, 2015|Categories: Foreign Affairs, National Security, Truth|

Daniel Larison on how hawks use credibility as a bludgeon: The “credibility” argument is almost exclusively used by foreign policy hawks, and they pay no attention to negative international reactions to U.S. behavior that contradict their assumptions about “credibility.” If other states react to provocative and confrontational policies by becoming more assertive in their respective [...]

The Washington Post: Leviathan & “Top Secret America”

The Washington Post published a series of articles on the–seemingly out of control–growth of Leviathan. While the growth began at the beginning of the previous century with the presidency of TR, it skyrocketed at the beginning of this century under Bush II and continues under King B. Hussein Obama. All of this is being done by [...]