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Obama's exit from Iraq was almost inarguably the opening ISIS needed, but he didn't have much choice as Iraq did not want to renew the status of forces agreement under conditions that the US wanted. I know he ran on a campaign of pulling out of Iraq and Afghanistan, but in practice I don't think...

Note I said in Obama's case, not Bush's Even in hindsight Bush's decisions (particularly Iraq) were terrible for US foreign policy.It doesn't look like they were insurmountable mistakes as of yet though. As for Afghanistan it remains to be seen. I don't think we did the Afghans any favors...

The e-mail scandal is definitely very bad yes, but if she hasn't been indicted then I have to trust there are extenuating circumstances or otherwise it was not a major deal. I'm not saying Hillary is a great candidate, but she is better than Bernie or Trump in terms of what she can do in the...

Piper put it in better words than I could. US gov foreign policy is heavily influenced by the president and his cabinet, and in Obama's case I would not say It has generally viewed the issues in the world as nails, to be pounded by American military force.

The voters will decide sure, and I think they will decide Hillary is better suited than Trump, but i'm entitled to my opinion of him until he changes his tune. Everything I've read or heard him state has been simply bad policy or pie in the sky crap that anyone with any knowledge of politics...

Of course we will see, but until proven otherwise I cannot believe this demagogue will step foot in the white house. He would have to show a completely and heretofore unrevealed side of himself in the general election to change my opinion.

Sanctions, business deals, coalition building (deterrence), diplomacy/ deal making, support of groups that align with our interests,etc.

I'm surprised iat the likelihood of it happening, simply because I didn't think the far right were such a large part of the Republican party today. That said I'm still confident he will not win against Hillary in the general.

True of the military, though its their job to think like that. Not true of the government, should be obvious given the deal worked out with Iran, the sanctions on Russia, the support for the SDF. Its pretty clear that the US has and uses more options than brute force. That said, if we had to we...

All the test pilots have said the F-35 is a game changer.

Canada will not exclude F-35 from competition to replace CF-18 | IHS Jane's 360 Oh no! Trudeau is backing away from his campaign promise already! :o: This competition is going to turn into lots of wasted time and money, but I suppose better late than never...:coffee:

US-ROK-Japanese Trilateral Security Coo | The Asan Forum A US Perspective Michael Auslin, American Enterprise Institute Kyodo ⓒREUTERS A Japanese Perspective | The Asan Forum February 11,2016 National Commentaries A Japanese Perspective Yamaguchi Noboru*, National Defense Academy of Japan...

Fair enough, an impasse is an impasse and we will let the future decide. I have read both articles on the Fukuda doctrine in SE Asia but it will take a while to read through the entirety of the article by KG Burns though. I notice through all the pieces though the US is very strongly implicated...

erm no, the idea was thought up by an American engineer and proof of concept was done in 1997 at the us air force research laboratory (its in the second article you posted). Neither of which is related to this particular demonstration of the concept technology as it is for a different purpose...

The way I see it, given the huge number of applicants, they can afford to be more discerning with their applicants and so added on the requirement for Russian to cut down the applications, given the ISS is a joint US-Russian project.

First off I am glad to see you have not chosen the easy road to simply ignore me, it raises my opinion of your character even if I disagree with your views, some of them more vehemently than others.:) That article you posted does mention a desire to improve relations with all other countries in...

Japan Seeks More Prominent Role in 'Global Defense and Security' By Martin Banks, Defense News4:38 p.m. EST February 17, 2016 BRUSSELS — Japan's ambassador to the EU says Tokyo plans to take a much bigger role in "shouldering the burden of global defense and security." Speaking in Brussels...

I have asked before and not recieved so I am not optimistic about the chances of you backing up your views but...source? I have found nothing of the sort in English.... urging for Japan to keep in mind the correct war history and rebuking historical revisionism? That's not evidence one way or...