Tag Archives: John McCain

National interest analysis from General Wesley Clark favors not intervening in Libya 0

This is not a difficult question, provided one knows a little history — General Clark does and opposes intervention in Libya General Clark briefly reviews U.S. military interventions since Vietnam and concludes: We don’t have a clearly stated objective, legal authority, committed international support or adequate on-the-scene military capabilities, and Libya’s politics hardly foreshadow a [...]

The climate bill disappeared as predicted ─ leaving plutocrats to celebrate and Bangladesh to drown a little sooner than necessary 0

Paul Krugman spotlighted this sad game Economist/columnist Paul Krugman wrote about the Senate’s failure in passing a climate bill: If you want to understand opposition to climate action, follow the money. The economy as a whole wouldn’t be significantly hurt if we put a price on carbon, but certain industries — above all, the coal [...]