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
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:
07/01/2008
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