The Military-Industrial Circus

The Military-Industrial Circus is a regular column by Pulitzer-prize winning National Security Analyst Mark Thompson for CDI at POGO.

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The Key Reason the U.S. Lost in Afghanistan

analysis | May 25, 2021

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Joe Biden’s Nuclear Triad

analysis | March 4, 2021

The Curse of Certainty

analysis | July 10, 2017
My Very Own Warplane

analysis | July 3, 2017
Congressional Irresolution: Lawmakers Shirk Their Responsibility to Declare War, Or Not

analysis | June 26, 2017
Another Step to Subcontracting Out Our Wars

analysis | June 19, 2017
They’re Baaack! The Military Resurrects Its Wish Lists

analysis | June 12, 2017
The Aluminum Wars

analysis | June 5, 2017
The Pentagon’s Silver-Bullet Hype Machine

analysis | May 30, 2017
Pondering Memorial Days, Past and Present

analysis | May 22, 2017