Should Generals Resign if Bush Orders an Attack on Iran?

Slate asks, Should generals resign if Bush orders an attack on Iran? It’s a thoughtful piece that goes into what options high-ranking officers really have if faced with terribly inadvisable orders. But it forgets the larger issue: Bush shouldn’t have the authority to attack Iran. That power—the power to declare war—rests with congress, per Article I Section 8 of the Constitution. Whether congress has the backbone to assert this against the president, or course, remains to be seen (or hopefully doesn’t). Certainly they didn’t when we invaded Iraq.

Bots on the Ground

Bots on The Ground

Neat article about how soldiers in the military are anthropomorphizing the robots in their squads.

Gavyn Davies does the maths

Gavyn Davies does the maths

How a study of serial numbers helped stop the Germans in World War II.

FACTBOX-Hayden would be fourth "active-duty" CIA director

FACTBOX-Hayden would be fourth “active-duty” CIA director

I was wondering about this this morning.