Tom Engelhardt: Making America Truly Safer

830 views · Published 18 April 2012 · 1:29 · Indexed 24 October 2026

Channel: The Nation · 2012 · News & Politics

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If the United States wants to protect itself, building up the military is not the way to go, says author and writer Tom Engelhardt. In this episode of VideoNation, Engelhardt envisions the implications and benefits of a US military that is defensive rather than offensive.

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