Editorials
and Analyses by FCNL's Senior Fellow on Military Affairs
Index
of Articles by Date
For more of Dan Smith's writing, read his blog, The Quaker's Colonel.
2008
Seven Years After (9/9/08)
McClellan's Revelations: Deceiving the Dead by Col. Dan Smith (USA, Ret.) (Counterpunch, 5/29/08)
A Different Memorial Day by Col. Dan Smith (USA, Ret.) (Counterpunch, 5/26/08)
It's lying...and it's murder by Col. Dan Smith (USA, Ret.) (Counterpunch, 5/7/08)
Lessons learned in Iraq not applied to Iran by Col. Dan Smith (USA, Ret.)(OpEdNews.com, 5/6/08)
Why May 1 Is Important (5/1/08)
Base-less Strategy by Col. Dan Smith (Anti-War.com, 5/1/08)
U.S. embroiled in de-basing deal (Asiatimes.com, 4/30/08)
A war with bases but no basis by Col. Dan Smith (USA, Ret.) (Lake County News Chronicle, 4/25/08)
The Toys of War by Col. Dan Smith (Counterpunch, 4/2/08)
Pulling triggers in Iraq by Col. Dan Smith (OpEdNews.com, 3/28/08)
On Admiral Fallon's Departure by Col. Dan Smith (OpEdNews.com, 3/23/08)
2007
Casualties Round-Up December 2007 (Foreign Policy Forum, 12/31/07)
The Pentagon’s “People System” Still Doesn't Work (OpEdNews.com, 11/26/07)
Paying for the Wars’ Wounded (Common Dreams, 11/9/07)
Lies Make the War Go Round (Common Dreams, 11/7/07)
The Non-Vote on Genocide 2007 (OpEdNews.com, 11/2/07)
The Politics of Paranoia: Jane Harman’s War on the First Amendment (Counterpunch, 10/25/07)
At the Intersection of Myth, Religion, and Manifest Destiny – Why “Winning” in Iraq Was Never to Be (University of Wisconsin Seminar on “Multiculturalism, Pluralism, and Globalization,” 10/5/07)
Freedom to Speak, Freedom to Learn: Mahmoud Admadinejad at Columbia (Counterpunch, 9/26/07)
A Welcome Page in the Newspaper (Foreign Policy in Focus, 9/17/07)
Bush at the VFW Convention (8/29/07)
Of Secrecy and Sex in Washington (Common Dreams, 8/25/07)
Why Saudi Arabia? Why Now? (Foreign Policy in Focus, 8/6/07)
Of Time and Iraq: Gates the Gardener (Counterpunch, 8/6/07)
Guns Galore (OpEdNews.com, 8/3/07)
Iraq: Finding the Diamonds? (7/28/07)
War as Theater (7/27/07)
Stopping the Imperial Presidency (7/27/07)
Counting Troops in Iraq (7/19/07)
How the U.S. Could “Lose” Saudi Arabia (Counterpunch, 7/18/07)
Putting the President in His Place (Foreign Policy in Focus, 7/13/07)
June Statistics Plus (Foreign Policy Forum, 7/3/07)
Afghanistan: Backing into the Future (6/4/07)
Exiting Iraq (Foreign Policy in Focus, 6/2/07)
QUIT Remarks: Guilford College (6/2/07)
The Defense of ‘Command Influence (6/1/07)
A Different Memorial Day Rembrance (5/22/07)
Ghost Prisoners, Shadowy Prisons, and Secret Trials (3/12/07)
The Sins of Walter Reed (3/6/07)
Iran, Carriers, and Cans of Worms (2/26/07)
Letter to a Young Sailor (2/20/07)
Iran Bashing Goes Primetime (2/13/07)
The Self-Destructive Logic of War (2/6/07)
Non-Debating the Non-Binding Resolution on the Non-Troop Drawdown (2/6/07)
Burning Bridges Before and Behind (1/11/07)
Hierarchical and Relational Societies: Why U.S. Policy is Failing (1/10/07)
Bush Skimps on Communal Rights and Responsibilities (1/10/07)
Bush to Iraq: More War (1/5/07)
2006
A Plan for Iraq (12/05/06)
Iraq Is Not in Civil War: Bush is Right (12/05/06)
If War Is Not the Answer, Then What Is? (12/01/06)
United We Fall, Divided We Stand (11/15/06)
Iraq: Controlling Chaos Collectively (10/19/06)
Breakin’ Up that Old Gang of Mine (10/17/06)
Dispelling Brutality (9/18/06)
The Centrality of War in the Presidency of George W. Bush (9/11/06)
Crimes Against Peace – Beyond Nuremberg (8/11/06)
No Standards, No Accountability (8/4/06)
Middle East: Irresistible Resistance (8/2/06)
From Gaza to Lebanon: Aflame Again (7/18/06)
Musings on Iraq and Independence (7/3/06)
Repairing a Broken Iraq? (6/30/06)
Fantasy Land (6/26/06)
Iraq: Fool Me Twice (6/22/06)
Support the Troops (6/20/06)
While Congress Talked, 2,500 Died (6/15/06)
Memorial Day 2006 (5/25/06)
Iran, History, and Preventive War (5/24/06)
Border Duty (5/15/06)
The Peace Quilt (5/8/06)
Blowback in the Gulf (5/6/06)
When Words Matter (5/5/05)
Privatizing West Point (5/5/06)
Bombs Away! Or Bomb Anyway (5/3/06)
Candor or Career (4/17/06)
Permanent Bases in Iraq: Where Politics and Law Hit a Brick Wall (4/6/06)
Congress: Move Out on Iraq (3/22/06)
The Missing Dimension in Iraq (3/21/06)
Deciphering the "Long War" (2/28/06)
Reclaiming the City on the Hill (2/22/06)
Imperial Tales in Twos: Bush's 2006 State of the Union Speech (2/1/06)
Spying and Lying in 21st Century America (1/18/06)
2005
Iraq: A Forensic Anatomy of the Strategy for “Victory” (12/21/05)
Iraq: Rep. John Murtha’s Legislation to Withdraw All U.S. Military Forces (12/13/05)
So Why DID Support for War Go South? (12/9/05)
Letter to Gen. Pace supporting his stand against torture (12/7/05)
Iraq and Collective Responsibility (12/5/05)
Iraq Strategy: Still AWOL (12/1/05)
Iraq + Time = Limited Military Power (10/15/05)
Iraq: Keeping Promises (10/6/05)
Measure for Measure: the McCain Torture Amendment (10/5/05)
Address at the United Nations Association (9/21/05)
The Third Front of Terror in the Gulf--Paying the Piper (9/8/05)
The President's Dilemma (8/20/05)
Iraq on Autopilot (8/19/05)
General Abizaid, I'm Glad You Asked (7/19/05)
What If? (7/13/05)
Memorial Day 2005: Never Again? (6/29/05)
H.R. 2745: IED at the UN (6/13/05)
Frustration and Unquiet Desperation: Liberation vs. Survival in Iraq (6/10/05)
John Bolton: Diplomacy Redeemed?(5/16/05)
Opening Day Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference (5/13/05)
Measuring the Immeasureable (5/10/05)
Global Security Challenges: Seeing (the) US as Others Do (4/13/05)
The 2005 Inaugural Speech: "Play it Again, George" (4/13/05)
Budget Legerdemain (4/13/05)
Riding the Dragon, Soaring on Eagles (4/13/05)
In- and Out-Sourcing Warfare in the 21st Century (4/8/05)
Democracy Hijacked (3/22/05)
The Iraq-U.S. Second Anniversary (3/17/05)
The "Fun" of Shooting Anything (3/7/05)
The Real State of the Union (2/4/05)
'Twixt Profit and Principle: Arms for China (2/4/05)
"W" Stands for Withdrawal (2/2/05)
Leaving Iraq (1/7/05)
Democracy 2004 (1/7/05)
2004
The Landmine Web (12/2/04)
Intelligent Intelligence Reform (Foreign Policy in Focus) (11/26/04)
Iraq and the U.S. Legacy (Foreign Policy in Focus) (11/26/04)
Being "Over There:" Location, Location, Location (Foreign Policy in Focus) (11/11/04)
Breaking Trust (Global Beat Syndicate) (11/1/04)
They Didn't Sign Up for Suicide Missions: Rebellion in the Rank (Counterpunch) (10/28/04)
Pulling Words (and Verbiage) into Context (Reality) (PDF) (10/25/04)
Indecision on Iraq? (Foreign Policy in Focus) (10/18/04)
The Cost of Using "Any Means" (10/13/04)
When "Scores" Count (9/28/04)
When Turn About Isn’t Fair Play (9/28/04)
Terror and Ideology in “Real” Revolutions (9/28/04)
Studies in Contrasts: Life, Death, Responsibility, Culpability (PDF) (9/17/04)
Overview of the Recommendations from the 9/11 Commission (9/8/04) (PDF)
Uzbekistan Aid: Lamentable U.S. Priorities (Global Beat Syndicate) (9/6/04)
Ripples from the Schlesinger Report (8/30/04)
Into the Valley (8/18/04)
A Different Remedy for "Force Stress" (8/11/04)
Posing the Right Question (Foreign Policy in Focus) (7/30/04)
A Question of Fair "Justice" for Prisoners Held at Guantanamo Bay (Global Beat Syndicate) (7/26/04)
From Iraq to Asia--The Butterfly Effect (Foreign Policy in Focus) (7/8/04)
A Deluge of Bad Advice and Statistics (Foreign Policy in Focus) (6/29/04)
Screaming Silence: When Words Don't Count (Global Beat Syndicate) (6/28/04)
Charging on in Iraq--But Which Way? (Foreign Policy in Focus) (6/7/04)
How Long a War? (Foreign Policy in Focus) (5/13/04)
The Shame of Abu Ghraib (Counterpunch) (5/10/04)
Of Rumor and Reality (Foreign Policy in Focus) (4/30/04)
Whistling in the Dark: Israel, Palestine, and Bush (4/22/04)
Living with the New Iraq (4/22/04)
The Psychology of War: Iraq and Vietnam (4/13/04)
The Language of Disbelief (Counterpunch) (4/6/04)
Spending under Fire: Congress Questions Defense Budget (4/01/04)
Secrecy: The Real Mother of Terror (3/24/2004)
Travails of Transition: Iraq on the Brink (2/25/04)
Bush's Speech on Nuclear Non-Proliferation: The Language of UN Resolution 1441 (2/25/04)
FCNL Analysis of CIA Director George Tenet's Speech: Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction (2/12/04)
Organizing for Peace: January 1, 2004 (2/12/04)
CIA Director George Tenet on Weapons Intelligence: The Iraqi Boomerang (2/9/04)
The World at War: January 1, 2004 (2/6/04)
Governance in Iraq: Getting It Right (2/5/2004)
Iraq Intelligence: Why So Many Were So Wrong For So Long (2/5/2004)
2003
Iraq: Thinking Through Alternatives to Occupation (12/12/2003)
Foreign Bases–A Hazard of Empire (12/18/2003)
The Proliferation Security Initiative: A Challenge Too Narrow (10/23/2003)
Truth In Spending (Foreign Policy in Focus) (10/10/2003)
Good Fences, Good Neighbors? (8/22/2003)
Plain Talk is Not Always Straight Talk: Bush's Foreign Policy (7/31/03)
Preemptive Peace: Rumsfeld's Proposal on an International Peacekeeping Force (7/14/03)
Iraq: Descending into the Quagmire (Foreign Policy in Focus, 6/03)
Ethics in Public Service: Questions About Iraq, Intelligence, and Integrity (6/20/03)
The Democracy Trap: Comparing post-conflict Iraq and South Korea (6/15/03)
Iraq: Integrity and Ethics in Formulating and Interpreting Intelligence (6/11/03)
Code Orange, Cry Wolf: U.S. Terrorism Alert System (6/2/03)
Road Map to Nowhere: Col. Dan Smith on the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan (Foreign Policy in Focus) (5/1/03)
Appointment in Samarra (4/17/03)
Preemption vs. Prevention: A Short Primer on the Bush War Doctrine (4/17/03)
On the Road to Damascus: Assessing the Syrian Threat (4/17/03)
"Kill the Vehicles": The Impact of Civilian Casualties (4/14/03)
A New 100 Years War: Post-War Iraq (4/7/03)
Analysis of the National Security Strategy of the United States 2002 (3/03, posted 4/3/03)
The World at War--January 1, 2003 (posted 4/2/03)
Organizing for Peace: January 1, 2003 (1/1/03, posted 4/2/03)
Authority for War IS an Issue (3/20/03)
A Militarily Limited Coalition (Project Against the Present Danger, 3/19/03)
Oh To Be As Gods: Col. Dan Smith on Bush's Security Strategy (3/18/03)
Of Glass and Iraqi Compliance: The Progress of Weapons Inspection (3/5/03)
Sec. Wolfowitz on Iraq: Twelve Assertions and FCNL Responses (2/27/03)
When Democracy Becomes Inconvenient: Governments Must Listen to Popular Opinion (2/20/03)
War with Iraq--Take Two (2/13/03)
Analysis of Secretary of State Colin Powell's UN Presentation on Iraq (2/5/03)
Analysis of North Korea: War By All Other Means ( 2/4/03)
Iraq: What Webs Men Do Weave (1/29/03)
Iraq, North Korea, and the U.S. Nuclear "...Or Else" (1/24/03)
2002
Building "The Case" Against Iraq: What December Holds (12/2/02)
Honest Accounting--The Real Cost of Going to War with Iraq (10/31/02)
Scud Hunting in Iraq--Chancy at Best (10/29/02)
Attacking Iraq Invites Retributive Violence (10/18/02, posted 10/29/02)
Is the U.S. at War with the World?: UN Negotiations on Iraq Resolution (10/28/02)
Point-Counterpoint: President Bush's October 7, 2002 Speech (10/8/02)
How to Remain the World's Real Leader (10/1/02)
Has Iraq Blinked? (9/20/02)
Intervening in Iraq--It Isn't Even Wrong (9/9/02)
Considering Iraq--Parallel Universes (9/9/02)
Unwrapping Tony Blair: Counterarguments to Blair's Speech on Iraq (9/02)
Reviewed:
09/09/2008
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