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War and Morality

War and Morality

War is the most horrific series of events upon which any government can engage. It is systematic, industrialized, indiscriminate killing. It kills innocent adults and little girls. It often ruins the post-war lives of the killers. It is young men violently fighting old men’s power games. It is the health of the state. The war President Donald Trump is waging against the people and the government of Iran is immoral, unconstitutional and unlawful. Yet, because Congress is not doing its job,...

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Boots on the Ground as Israel Sabotages Trump’s 15 Point Peace Plan

Boots on the Ground as Israel Sabotages Trump’s 15 Point Peace Plan

Former Army lieutenant general Keith Kellogg thinks all the US need do to turn the tide in Iran is take Kharg Island. “We don’t necessarily have to send troops into Iran, but we need to capture Kharg Island. We need to do it the way the Romans did. We need to put legions on the ground to secure the territory,” he said. The Roman legions didn’t face Shahed-136 kamikaze drones. Iran will undoubtedly send a legion of drones, missiles, and rockets against any attempt to occupy Kharg, Qeshm,...

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Now that the Dow has Dropped, Can AG Pam Bondi Answer Questions?

Now that the Dow has Dropped, Can AG Pam Bondi Answer Questions?

A United States executive branch official evading answering questions at a congressional hearing is not a new thing. But, on February 11, Attorney General Pam Bondi took the evasion to a new level. There she was complaining that the House Judiciary Committee members asking her questions related to the topic of the hearing — oversight of the Justice Department — at which she was testifying should instead be talking up the economic miracle brought about by President Donald Trump. This...

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Introduction: Rothbard at 100: A Tribute and Assessment

Introduction: Rothbard at 100: A Tribute and Assessment

When Gülçin and I, in May of 2006, opened the Karia Princess for the first meeting of the Property and Freedom Society (PFS), many questions, organizational as well as substantive, had been still unresolved in our minds. It took years of experimenting and learning: of defining, refining and fine-tuning the very product that now is the PFS and its annual salon.2 Throughout all changes occurring during the last 20 years of its existence, however, the PFS has remained...

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Is Trump Serious About Negotiations with Iran?

Is Trump Serious About Negotiations with Iran?

I’ll give you my answer up front… NO! Trump’s claims on Monday and Tuesday that the US and Iran are talking is false in my opinion. During previous talks with Iran — including the last round in Geneva on February 26 — the communications were indirect. An Oman government official was the intermediary… He would talk to Witkoff and Kushner in one room and then trundle off to another room where he would talk with the Iranian delegation. Any communication between Iran and the US is being carried...

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Scattered Thoughts on War and Peace

Scattered Thoughts on War and Peace

Gentlemen cry peace, peace. But there is no peace. The war has barely begun. Though its position is untenable, the empire cannot slink away now. As things stand, Iran et al. have won an overwhelming strategic victory. One that cannot be undone. And everyone that matters in the world knows this to be true. That said, a great many people have persuaded themselves that it is the mighty United States military that has achieved an overwhelming victory, and that the Iranians are an utterly...

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As the Wheels Come off the Iran Conflict, it Compels the Decision: ‘Where do we Stand?’

As the Wheels Come off the Iran Conflict, it Compels the Decision: ‘Where do we Stand?’

Western propaganda machinery – the West’s most powerful strategic weapon – has repeatedly asserted that US forces have been winning a swift and sweeping victory over Iran. In tandem, Israeli intelligence officials are briefing western media saying they see increasing signs of disarray and “chaos” within the regime in Tehran, adding that the Iranian chain-of-command has become marred by serious breakdowns. And why not make such claims of sweeping victory? Trump presumably went into the war...

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Trump: Open Hormuz Strait or Face Bombed Power Plants

Trump: Open Hormuz Strait or Face Bombed Power Plants

Donald Trump has posted yet another threat to his TruthSocial. If Iran does not open the Hormuz Strait in 48 hours, he will target the country’s power plants. The US has the ability to do this. It did it in Iraq. But Iran is not Iraq. Saddam Hussein was not able to do much beyond hide in a “spider hole” in the desert after the US invaded. His army was defeated in short order. Iran will not fold. It will fight on in the dark, without water and civilian infrastructure. On March 21, the spokesman...

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War Abroad and Authoritarianism at Home

War Abroad and Authoritarianism at Home

“War is the health of the state.” That phrase, coined by Randolph Bourne, explains why opposition to war is a priority of many libertarians. War allows governments to increase spending, taxes, and regulations in order to feed the war machine. Wars can justify measures that remain in place long after the wars end. An example of this is income tax withholding that was created to fund World War Two. The use of war as a justification for increased interference in the market is reason enough for...

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On the Road to Armageddon

On the Road to Armageddon

I had thought the United States government had hit a new low point last week when the Federal Commission of Fine Arts approved a Semiquincentennial 250th anniversary commemorative 24 karat gold coin featuring President Donald J Trump leaning on his his desk with clenched fists and scowling but that was before Secretary of War Pete Hegseth demanded $200 billion from America’s taxpayers to continue to fight the war against Iran, saying “It takes money to kill bad guys!”...

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Join The US Military – Kill And Die For Israel

Join The US Military – Kill And Die For Israel

(Note: Brian will be a featured speaker at RPI's upcoming "War is Back on the Menu" Conference. Get your tickets here.) President Trump’s decision to join Israel in launching a regime-change war on Iran has so far cost the lives of at least 13 American service members. More than 200 have been wounded, dozens seriously enough to require evacuations to military hospitals in Europe and the United States. Among them are individuals who’ve suffered traumatic brain injuries,...

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There Is No GOP ‘Civil War’ Over Iran…

There Is No GOP ‘Civil War’ Over Iran…

The reaction to Joe Kent’s principled, patriotic resignation from the Office of National Intelligence—and the numerous MAGA obituaries that appeared shortly thereafter—seem to share in common the idea that Donald Trump’s decision to go to war on behalf of Israel is both (a) surprising and (b) will cause a fissure within the Republican Party from which it might not recover. There is little reason to believe either assertion: This is what the Republican Party has been since the end of the Cold...

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These Seven Allies Concocted A ‘Hormuz Coalition’ Statement To Placate Trump, Which Failed

These Seven Allies Concocted A ‘Hormuz Coalition’ Statement To Placate Trump, Which Failed

We reported earlier that President Trump has again expressed his extreme frustration at lack of direct NATO participation in a plan to open up the Strait of Hormuz. He declared the US has "militarily WON" - and lambasted lack of allied interest in a "simple military maneuver" to open the Strait of Hormuz, calling NATO a "Paper Tiger" without the US. And so clearly Trump himself is unconvinced after on Thursday seven allied nations signed a...

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Free Speech for Me But Not For Thee

Free Speech for Me But Not For Thee

Last week, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission threatened to rescind the broadcast licenses of media entities that do not relate events in Iran or Ukraine as the Trump administration would like them to be related. He also attacked The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times for the same reasons. This followed by one day a verbal attack on CNN by the Secretary of Defense who made known his bitter unhappiness with CNN’s coverage of the Iran war. Yet, CNN is not regulated by the...

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Will the Kurds Fight Iran for the US, Again?

Will the Kurds Fight Iran for the US, Again?

Will the Kurds fight the government in Tehran at Washington’s urging, opening a new ground front in Iran? The US seemingly wants them to, but the Kurds and Washington have a sordid history on this topic. What will Kurdish leaders advise their people to do? Imagine you are one of those Kurdish leaders today, say age mid-sixties. You grew up hearing your elders talk of Sykes–Picot, the 1916 agreement secretly negotiated during World War I to divide the collapsing Ottoman Empire into zones of...

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Iran War Is Putting Israel First

Iran War Is Putting Israel First

Reagan Carney, a really fine young man with whom we go to church, told me a few days ago that the University of Tennessee Young Republicans had a board on which members could express their opinions about the war in Iran. The board had only one question: “Is the Iran war putting America first?” At that point, 10 had signed under the Yes; 70 had signed under the No. This confirmed a story which ABC News ran on March 7 quoting Jack Posobiec of Turning Point USA and the conservative publication,...

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Peace & Prosperity Blog

Keeping DHS Unfunded

Keeping DHS Unfunded

In January, I wrote about Democrats in the United States Senate proposing a group of changes in US immigration enforcement. Listing some of the suggested changes, I summed them...

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Iran Strikes Back!

RPI Director Daniel McAdams joins Col. Doug Macgregor and Clayton and Natali Morris on their Redacted podcast to discuss the latest developments in the US/Israel war on Iran.

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