Council for a Livable World

Read the full piece in Medium.  No one knows how much of the $600 billion Pentagon budget is being spent prudently on readiness and necessary weapons, and how much is being wasted. Throwing more money at the Pentagon is not the answer — and neither is embellishing a readiness crisis. The only real crisis is the Pentagon’s lack […]

Read more in Politifact.  Jim Walsh, an international security and research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said he’s “seen nothing” suggesting Trump would use nuclear weapons against America’s European allies. “What Trump may be trying to say is actually consistent with traditional U.S. doctrine, that is, we are prepared to use (nuclear weapons) […]