United States — Military policy. – Page 3

The Pentagon is running free.

Discussion about the U.S. military buildup.

August 24, 2025

Dr. Curtis Tarr, Selective Service director.

Press conference about the Supreme Court’s ruling on conscientious objectors to the draft.

August 24, 2025

Pretense vs. reality / Daniel Sheehan ; produced by the Christic Institute.

Talk by Christic Institute attorney Daniel Sheehan on United States defense spending, and its influence upon United States foreign policy. |r.1. U.S. militarism ; Pentagon refusal to retool ; Global Reach and Global Power ; Corporate warfare and the Third World ; Democratic party complacency toward SDI ; the CIA spying for Corporations ; the…

August 24, 2025

Unreliable sources : media selling of the Gulf War / Dennis Bernstein and Norman Soloman.

Examination of the ways Americans were viewing the Gulf War, 1990-1991, as the hostilities were going on. Issues covered include: objectifying the victims, no discussion of the morality of war, manipulation of public opinion polls through selective targeting of pupulation,s perception vs. reality of the Arab coalition, human rights in Egypt, coalition members condemned by…

August 24, 2025

Reshaping democratic structures / Noam Chomsky ; interviewed by Philip Maldari and Kris Welsh.

Noam Chomsky, noted linguist and political analyst from MIT, discusses United States foreign and domestic policies. He begins by comparing the Democratic and Republican platforms, cutbacks in education, and the realities which underlie the GATT and NAFTA agreements. The public is being excluded from the decision making process, Chomsky contends, with the global character of…

August 24, 2025

Why does Washington need a war machine if the Cold War is over? / Noam Chomsky ; interviewed by Philip Maldari.

Phone interview with noted linguist and scholar of international relations concerning the United States’ military presence around the globe. He argues that the United States will not feel safe until the Soviet Union is reduced to Third World status, and Third World intervention is no longer needed to maintain the stability of “friendly” governments. Chomsky…

August 24, 2025

The Sword and the dollar : U.S. internationalism and the Gulf War / Michael Parenti.

Talk at U.C. Berkeley about the relationships between United States foreign policy and the ideology of the political right. Parenti explores the pro-multinational character of U.S. elite, which seeks Third World countries to exploit through are distribution of wealth from the masses to the rich 2% of the population. Within this context, Kuwait and Saudi…

August 24, 2025

Bush’s military presidency / Ramsey Clark.

Speech by Ramsey Clark, former Defense Secretary. He traces the evolving military philosophy of President Bush, from the 1980 election of Ronald Reagan up to the U.S. lead war against Iraq in 1991. In 1980 Bush began discussion of a winnable nuclear war, in which the U.S. could inflict greater damage than it would recieve.…

August 24, 2025