Douglas Macgregor

Make Peace, You Fools!

Make Peace, You Fools!

(Come see Col. Macgregor LIVE at the Ron Paul Institute Sept 2nd DC Conference!)Incrementalism—the tendency to inch forward rather than to take bold steps—is usually preferred by political and military leaders in warfare, because the introduction of a few forces into...

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Americans Must Choose

Americans Must Choose

Choosing war is the most important policy decision Washington makes on behalf of the American people. War profoundly affects the domestic economy, and the human carnage it creates is not limited to foreign soil. Yet, the last time American voters compelled a...

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This Time It’s Different

This Time It’s Different

Until it decided to confront Moscow with an existential military threat in Ukraine, Washington confined the use of American military power to conflicts that Americans could afford to lose, wars with weak opponents in the developing world from Saigon to Baghdad that...

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Playing at War in Ukraine

Playing at War in Ukraine

As the astute author Hunter S. Thompson noted, “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” Weird is indisputably the condition in Great Britain, where Liz Truss, an arguably empty and talentless prime minister, is out—and was, it seemed for a moment, very nearly...

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Washington’s Carthaginian Peace Collides With Reality

War and Regrets in Ukraine

Of the Vietnam War, Henry Kissinger, former national security advisor and secretary of State under Presidents Nixon and Ford, said, “We should never have been there.” Before long, Americans, even the politicians inside the Beltway, will reach the same conclusion about...

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Worshipping Dead Horses

Worshipping Dead Horses

Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, known to history as Caligula, ruled as the Emperor of Rome from A.D. 37 to 41. For those who are unaware, Caligula, the great grandson of Rome’s first emperor, the brilliant Augustus Caesar, squandered the enormous wealth of the Roman...

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When The Lies Come Home

When The Lies Come Home

Diogenes, one of the ancient world’s illustrious philosophers, believed that lies were the currency of politics, and those lies were the ones he sought to expose and debase. To make his point, Diogenes occasionally carried a lit lantern through the streets of Athens...

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With All Due Respect

With All Due Respect

Presidents usually get the generals they want. In the last election, though, the generals got the president they wanted. Or, at least, so they thought. It’s easy to understand. President Trump was a menace to the generals, especially the four stars in the Army and the...

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Soldiers of France

Pessimistic observers of western nation-states express the doubt that in the post-COVID world, a reversal of fortune is possible—a return to historic national strength and greatness in the United States and Europe. The Chinese are certainly convinced that the...

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John Bolton is the Problem

John Bolton is the Problem

Thanks in large part to John Bolton, America, the global cop, is back on the beat. This time it’s the Caribbean and the Persian Gulf in a near-simultaneous demonstration of resolve. For Bolton, President’s Trump national security adviser, Venezuela is an exceptionally...

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The Case for Leaving Syria

The Case for Leaving Syria

Professor Michael Howard, the eminent British historian, frequently stated , “Wars are not tactical exercises writ large… They are conflicts of societies, and they can be fully understood only if one understands the nature of the society fighting them.” The professor...

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