Trump Would Be ‘Most Reckless’ President Ever: Top GOP National Security Experts

Trump Would Be ‘Most Reckless’ President Ever: Top GOP National Security Experts
Trump Would Be ‘Most Reckless’ President Ever: Top GOP National Security Experts

UPDATED: Adds Trump Riposte WASHINGTON: When a group of Republican national security experts signed a letter denouncing Donald Trump during the primaries, we didn’t report it because it was still intramural politics. Today, some of the most respected Republican experts in national security released a letter saying Trump “would be a dangerous President and would put…

The Fiddler Crab Effect: State, AID, NSC Can’t Keep Up With DoD

The Fiddler Crab Effect: State, AID, NSC Can’t Keep Up With DoD
The Fiddler Crab Effect: State, AID, NSC Can’t Keep Up With DoD

[UPDATED with Gen. Hayden’s comments] Frantic diplomacy seems to have forestalled US military action in Syria – for now. But we stumbled into negotiations at the last minute, only after President Obama had threatened strikes and asked for a vote authorizing the use of force, when Secretary of State John Kerry made an off-the-cuff, off-message…

Why The Army Matters: Human Factors And Killing

Why The Army Matters: Human Factors And Killing
Why The Army Matters: Human Factors And Killing

FORT BELVOIR: The intellectual ice is beginning to break. You could see it at the Fort Belvoir Officers’ Club on Tuesday afternoon, where the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) hosted a three-day, tri-service conference on “Strategic Landpower.” The US Army is wrestling with how to stay relevant once large-scale counterinsurgency in Afghanistan comes to…