Yes, it isn’t a line-up that one would expect, but with the Democrat’s top candidate seen as leaning toward neo-conservative interventionism, and the Republican’s ‘presumptive nominee’ on record opposing wars in the Mid East, what is one to presuppose is next with US national security policy
Category: U.S. 2016 presidential campaign
Macchiavelli on Facebook
In appreciation of social media and marble memories, on the day after the debate of five presidential candidates, let us take a moment to remember the meaning of the phrase “Machiavellian” and the words of “The Prince”
Another Trillion Dollar Year… and Counting
The debate over the #IranDeal swirls abetted by multi-million dollar donations and unprecedented lobbying. One issue is rarely mentioned even though the commencement of another war — an extended Middle East/Near East war — involves entangling alliances, economic/domestic consequences, and multi-dimension, multi-year costs
Cruz, Christian Evangelicals and the American Conservative
The 2016 presidential race: There are Conservatives then there are right-wing Conservatives, those who brandish Christian religion, those who believe in an era where religion and politics is elevated with fervor and biblical text. This week’s presentation of the first candidate to declare for the Republican nomination is wrapped in religious appeal and ‘Dominionism‘