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On the Marines having second thoughts about draping an American flag from the head of Saddam’s statue: Fred Kaplan speculates that someone back … gulfstream/1112

Fred Kaplan says the U.N. U-turn signals a comeback for Colin Powell. (Kaplan seems to be wrong about as often as he is right (even taking … gulfstream/1264

Fred Kaplan: “The prison scandal keeps getting worse for the Bush administration.” gulfstream/1441

Fred Kaplan: Paul Wolfowitz might be a good choice to lead the world bank. I think he may well be a good choice too—I agree that Wolfowitz is … gulfstream/1715

The issues surrounding Iran and its (apparent) run for nuclear weapons. (Fred Kaplan is not hopeful.) gulfstream/1950

Megaton ratings of various nuclear bombs. This partly answers the question of why, if nuclear weapons are so bad, does Hiroshima and Nagasaki not only … gulfstream/2274

President Eisenhower (Republican, and former General) on the opportunity cost of defense spending: “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every … gulfstream/2362

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Yet the Air Force was compelled to take these steps [programs ... on dispersal of bases and airborne alert of the bombers themselves] only after realizing … quotes/329

At this points, very few in the CIA or the Air Force were willing to take these extraordinarily low estimates seriously. For one thing, the politics … quotes/328

Some White House officials felt that release of the pamphlet would create a public panic. Already, shelter mania was possessing large segments of the … quotes/285

Under the existing Minuteman ICBM program, the President would have to launch missiles in multiples of fifty if he wanted to launch any, and each ICBM … quotes/284

For the same reasons that McNamara liked him, Enthoven drove most military officers, especially Air Force officers, half crazy. First, it was his arrogance … quotes/274

"If I see that the Russians are amassing their planes for an attack," LeMay continued, "I'm going to knock the shit out of them before they take off the … quotes/270

The Navy, in its new official line, had come full circle: from an abhorrence of city destruction in 1950 to its doctrinal glorification in 1958. The … quotes/269