by Spencer Ackerman | Oct 23, 2012 | Monitor
In his final debate with President Obama, right, former Gov. Mitt Romney sounded reluctant to use military force. Photo: Wired.com/Spencer Ackerman He doesn’t want military intervention in Syria. War with Iran has to be an absolute last resort. The surest way to...
by Spencer Ackerman | Oct 22, 2012 | Monitor
Photo: Flickr/donrelyea The assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya promises to play a big role in Monday’s debate between President Barack Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney. But don’t cringe: For all the silly gotcha moments about who cried...
by Spencer Ackerman | Oct 2, 2012 | Monitor
NATO forces take cover from dust as a UH-60 helicopter lands in Kandahar, July 2010. Photo: Flickr/ISAF The U.S. appears to have given up on a political settlement with the Taliban in Afghanistan. If so, time to rip off the Band-Aid: The U.S. will lose the longest war...
by Spencer Ackerman | Sep 19, 2012 | Monitor
Marine reserves, attached to Special Marine Air-Ground Task Force-24, and a group of Peruvian Marines, listen to the range orientation brief in English and Spanish before a 2010 training exercise. Photo: DVIDS Insurgents and terrorists in Yemen, Somalia and beyond owe...
by Spencer Ackerman | Sep 11, 2012 | Monitor
Photo: Flickr/Michael R. Perry Once again, it’s September 11. Once again, the nation pauses — however momentarily — to reflect on the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, and the country they continue to reshape 11 years later....