American Carnage Book Tour
The Florida Veterans for Common Sense present a talk by Mel Goodman.
On Friday, November 1, 2019 FLVCS is bringing Mel Goodman to Sarasota to speak on the American Carnage arising from the Trump administration. Again, FLVCS is sponsoring a talk by Mel Goodman. Mel is a foremost thinker on critical foreign policy issues and a national security and intelligence expert. He has written six books and…
The Florida Veterans for Common Sense present a talk by Mel Goodman
Friday, November 1st at 7pm The Florida Veterans for Common Sense present a talk by Mel Goodman. American Carnage : The Wars of Donald Trump Mel will discuss national security topics dealing with diplomacy, intelligence, and war vs. peace. Melvin A. Goodman is a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy in Washington, DC,…
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The Real John Bolton
It isn’t enough for the corporate media to praise John Bolton for his timely manuscript that confirms Donald Trump’s explicit linkage between military aid to Ukraine and investigations into his political foe Joe Biden. As a result, the media have made John Bolton a “man of principle,” according to the Washington Post, and a fearless infighter for the “sovereignty of the United States.” Writing in the Post, Kathleen Parker notes that Bolton isn’t motivated by the money he will earn from his book (in the neighborhood of $2 million), but that he is far more interested in “saving his legacy.” Perhaps this is a good time to examine that legacy.
The Media and the Military Mindset
U.S. national media have been lazy in their treatment of our military—pandering to the military itself and using retired general officers with ties to the military-industrial complex as spokesmen. The United States is largely in an arms race with itself, but the media typically ignore bloated defense spending. It is past time to reinforce Martin Luther King’s address to the Riverside Church in 1967 that linked chronic domestic poverty and military adventurism.
