Robert C. Koehler: The narrow borders of militarism
An end to war? It’s certainly necessary, but is it politically possible?
The fate of House Resolution 476, introduced by Rep. Barbara Lee, will give us a clue how close “we,” by which I mean the leading military power on the planet, are to transcending our suicidal certainties.
The wording of this bill concludes thus: “Congress supports moves to reduce the priority given to war in our foreign policy and our current war-based national economy by using significant cuts, up to $350,000,000,000 as detailed above, from current budget plans, while using
