By Christopher Preble
It appears some Republicans want to return to their familiar national security play book in their pursuit of the White House, accusing a Democratic president of gutting defense spending and undermining national security. An Associated Press story predicts that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign may feature the “hawkish and often unilateral foreign policy prescriptions that guided [...]
Romney’s National Security Problem is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By David Boaz
The Washington Post puts public opinion on gas prices in stark red and blue: Pretty clear Red Team/Blue Team answers. Republicans in 2006 accepted that there wasn’t much the president could do to reduce gas prices, but most of them think Obama could. Democrats show an even sharper shift; they overwhelmingly said that Bush could [...]
Red Team, Blue Team, and Gas Prices is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Malou Innocent
In case you haven’t heard, the war in Afghanistan is in a tailspin. Following the turbulent events of the past two weeks—including yesterday’s incident on a Helmand runway and the disarming of U.S. Marines before Defense Secretary Leon Panetta—Afghan president Hamid Karzai has demanded U.S. troops withdraw from villages and operate only from large NATO [...]
Americans Favor Accelerated Withdrawal from Afghanistan is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By John Mueller
It is well established that presidents do not gain much of anything when they launch unsuccessful military ventures. However, they generally don’t gain much from successful ones either. The public does not seem to be interested in rewarding—or even remembering—foreign policy success. The data are now in on the most recent such military venture: the [...]
Will Obama’s Libya ‘Victory’ Aid Re-Election Bid? is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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