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Obama and the Iraq Security Agreement

The Washington Times is at it again trying to resuscitate a debunked claim that was originally made by Amir Taheri that Obama was somehow secretly working against the Bush administration's security agreement with Iraq.   Rather than go through ...

From ILAN GOLDENBERG, Democracy Arsenal,  10 Oct 2008

Obama and Israel

Dan Benjamin and Steven Simon have a great piece in the Forward about Obama and Israel's security. Everyone knows that there is a bipartisan consensus in the United States for supporting Israel's military and being committed to its security.  No ...

From ILAN GOLDENBERG, Democracy Arsenal,  10 Oct 2008

"Bipartisan" Iran Report

I'm generally somewhat skeptical of explicitly "bipartisan" task forces because they often times end up with watered down recommendations that no one is happy with and won't really work.  But still, the positive is that you're putting a bunch of very ...

From ILAN GOLDENBERG, Democracy Arsenal,  9 Oct 2008

Petraeus, Talking to Our Enemies, and the Lessons of Iraq

Spencer Ackerman reports that at a talk at the Heritage Foundation General Petraeus completely contradicted many of John McCain's arguments about Iraq and Afghanistan.  This wouldn't be so important if McCain didn't consistently cite Petraeus agreeing ...

From ILAN GOLDENBERG, Democracy Arsenal,  9 Oct 2008

Foreign Policy Breadth in the Debates

Foreign policy in these debates means: Iraq, Iran, Israel, Afghanistan and Russia. And that’s it. China — China! — barely came up. India and Pakistan (Pakistan came up in the Afghanistan context, but wouldn’t you think that maybe the new nuclear ...

From ILAN GOLDENBERG, Democracy Arsenal,  8 Oct 2008

Explaining the McCain Bailout Plan

Brad Delong has an excellent breakdown of the new McCain bailout plan.  As Brad explains the nominee of the party of fiscal conservatism "wants to give $100 billion of taxpayers' money to America's worst-behaving mortgage financiers."  Sure is ...

From ILAN GOLDENBERG, Democracy Arsenal,  8 Oct 2008

Petraeus Doesn't Head CENTCOM Yet

McCain said that Petraeus is already in charge of CENTCOM.  He hasn't.  He doesn't take over that position until October 31.  Here is what the CENTCOM website currently says about its leadership. This position is vacant.  General David Petraeus has ...

From ILAN GOLDENBERG, Democracy Arsenal,  7 Oct 2008

McCain's Steady Hand on the Tiller

In this current economic crisis steady and responsible guidance from our leaders is more important than ever. Americans expect this response not just with regards to the economy but also when it comes to national security. Senator McCain’s record in ...

From ILAN GOLDENBERG, Democracy Arsenal,  7 Oct 2008

How will the economy affect our national security?

Grappling with the complexities that link our security and our economy.  The economy is foremost on voters’ minds and they will be looking for a candidate whose national security goals match up with economic policies that makes sense. ”Fiscal ...

From ILAN GOLDENBERG, Democracy Arsenal,  7 Oct 2008

Liveblogging

We'll be liveblogging the debate this evening as always... TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/317463/34269627 Listed below are links to weblogs that reference : If you have a TypeKey or TypePad account, please Sign ...

From ILAN GOLDENBERG, Democracy Arsenal,  7 Oct 2008

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