Ivan Eland on Russia Today discusses why cuts to the U.S. military budget are unlikely to happen, given how the defense industry is closely tied to campaign funding for politicians.
Ivan Eland on Russia Today discusses the motivations behind Hamid Karzai’s crackdown on private security forces, saying that the intended target is local warlords rather than legitimate security firms.
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In June 2008 the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling on the Second Amendment individual right to “keep and bear arms” with its Heller v. District of Columbia decision. Two years later, in June 2010, a second historic decision squeezed through the highest court in the land.
Ivan Eland on Russia Today discusses the flaws in the 2014 U.S. plan to leave Afghanistan citing the Afghan army’s corruption and lack of military readiness to retain stability.
