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In April, the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet ran a much-anticipated Fleet battle problem. Arguably, its dull official name, Unmanned Integrated Battle Problem 21, was a touch misleading. Navy Fleet battle problems have a remarkable history for testing technology, training sailors, developing organizations and informing long-term decisions that have greatly benefited the United States. I'm referring to the 1920s and 1930s battle problems, which always had a trans-oceanic campaign against Japan as their strategic backdrop. Prescient? Yes. And the battle problems were rigorous in execution and detail...

The administration claimed the attack was self-defense against Iranian-backed forces in the region.  Biden had campaigned on revitalizing U.S.-Iran relations by rejoining the nuclear deal that Trump had walked away from. Yet, like so many presidents before him, he reached for the military option rather than a diplomatic one.  This isn’t surprising. But it is illegal.  The Pentagon claimed that the strikes were retaliation for attacks by an Iraqi Shiite militia against American and coalition personnel. The administration apparently judged that a military response in Iraq would be politic...

Misplaced priorities March 5, 2021 It took barely a month into Joe Biden’s presidency for him to boot the US war machine back up, authorizing airstrikes on Syria on February 25. The administration claimed the attack was self-defense against Iranian-backed forces in the region. Biden had campaigned on revitalizing US-Iran relations by rejoining the nuclear deal that Trump had walked away from. Yet, like so many presidents before him, he reached for the military option rather than a diplomatic one. This isn’t surprising. But it is illegal. The Pentagon claimed that the strikes were retali...

People overcame great challenges to put this administration, and this Senate, in power. We shouldn’t be bombing people abroad while families at home struggle to…

A return to normalcy. and tonight, biden called out for not asking for a vote. >> if he is going to address foreign policy, he has a responsibility to address the support of the iraq war and the war authorization. >> reporter: and bernie sanders also reminding of the vote on the war. >> he led to that war. >> and the closest that biden came was this. >> it is not infallible, and we have made mistakes. >> reporter: and leading to the longest conflict in history. >> it is long past time that we have ended the forever wars and i have long argued to bring home the vast majority of the combat troop...