Andrew Bacevich is one of the most articulate leftist critics of American foreign policy, and he has just published an essay on the changing culture of the American military under President Obama. His critique echoes the concerns of many others about the growing divide between the American military and American society occasioned by the increased professionalization with the military. One may be quite happy that the draft is no longer in effect, but there is a price to pay when ordinary Americans have no essential civic connection to military service.
We’ve long suspected that the US and Israel were responsible for the cyberattacks against the Iranian nuclear program, and the New York Times has confirmed those suspicions. The attacks were highly sophisticated and ushered in a new age of conflict. While the attacks certainly delayed the Iranian program, it did not stop it. Computer programming, however, is hardly the exclusive skill of any single nation. We can expect similar attacks to escalate in the future.
The Globe and Mail (Canada) has run an excellent article on how Germany has fared throughout the eurozone crisis. German unemployment is very low, and the interest rate of German bonds is extraordinarily low. Germany has benefited from the crisis because the euro has declined in value which has boosted German exports. One wonders, however, how much time will pass before the crisis reaches Germany.
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