Tag: Lloyd Austin

No Peace Dividend Again

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

By Adam Dick | Ron Paul Institute | November 10, 2021

Back when the Soviet Union fell apart, there was much talk of a peace dividend — a big reduction in the United States government’s spending on militarism. The peace dividend did not arrive. Instead, the US government proceeded to spend big on the military and engage in a series of military actions across the world, including, as the dissolution of the Soviet Union proceeded, the US military’s first of two invasions of Iraq.

No Peace Dividend Again

Up to 12,000 Air Force Vaccine Holdouts Are Facing Dismissal, Says Report

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Up to 12,000 Air Force Vaccine Holdouts Are Facing Dismissal, Says Report

A wave of dismissals could jolt the Air Force personnel system and cause significant challenges within units that must be ready to respond to crises at a moment’s notice, especially if some vital jobs — like pilots or aircraft maintainers — are overrepresented among those who could face expulsion, said Katherine L. Kuzminski, a military policy expert at the Washington think tank Center for a New American Security.