President Obama delivered a brief press statement today in which he stated that rumors about Russian military activity in Crimea were "deeply disturbing" to the United States. He then drew dangerous red lines that threaten a serious international military conflict....
Month: February 2014
Judge Andrew Napolitano: Supreme Court Makes 'U-Turn' Away from Protecting Privacy
by Adam Dick | Feb 27, 2014 | The Liberty Report
Speaking this morning on Fox News, Judge Andrew Napolitano, an RPI Advisory Board member, explains the Unites States Supreme Court’s Fernandez v. California decision this week that gives police greater leeway to search homes without a warrant. Napolitano describes the...
RPI’s Adam Dick Addresses the Rise of Libertarians in American Politics
by Adam Dick | Feb 25, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
RPI Contributor Adam Dick comments today regarding the rise of libertarian ideas in American politics in a MintPress News article: 'It is unfair to say that Libertarians are separating from conservatives,' Adam Dick, a writer with the Ron Paul Institute, told...
Ukraine's Fractured Future
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 24, 2014 | The Liberty Report
A month before violence ripped Ukraine apart, RPI contributor Christine Stone provided an in-depth analysis of Ukraine's precarious position, accurately forecasting the disaster that was to come.Appropriately titled "Ukraine: Europe’s Partner or Puppet?" Stone wrote...
Ron Paul to President Obama: Snowden is Perfect Example for Granting Clemency
by Adam Dick | Feb 23, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Following up on his interview with the Voice of Russia earlier this week, RPI Chairman and Founder Ron Paul elaborates, in his weekly podcast with Charles Goyette, why Paul is encouraging people to sign a petition urging President Barack Obama to grant clemency for...
In Ukraine, EU and US Interventionists Nearing the Civil War They Caused
by Michael Scheuer | Feb 23, 2014 | Featured Articles
“The pretext of propagating liberty can make no difference. Every nation has a right to carve out its own happiness in its own way, and it is the height of presumption in another to attempt to fashion its political creed.” -Alex. Hamilton to George Washington, 2 May...
Leave Ukraine Alone!
by Ron Paul | Feb 23, 2014 | Featured Articles
Last week Ukraine saw its worst violence since the break-up of the Soviet Union over 20 years ago. Protesters occupying the main square in the capitol city, Kiev, clashed with police leaving many protesters and police dead and many more wounded. It is an ongoing...
EU Writes Ukraine’s Eulogy
by Peter Lavelle | Feb 23, 2014 | Featured Articles
The EU's so-called "crisis plan" for Ukraine is itself a recipe for catastrophe. It is a brokered plan by the wrong people, under extreme (western) outside pressure, and on behalf of a small group of backward looking and dangerous ideologues. The plan essentially...
Did Susan Rice Just Threaten Russia With War?
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 23, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The US and EU got their regime change in Ukraine (for now). The legal government has been overthrown by an armed mob in the streets. As in Egypt, where the military overthrow of the democratically-elected Morsi government was called by US Secretary of State John...
Michael Rubin Hopes That The Violence In Ukraine Spreads!
by Chris Rossini | Feb 22, 2014 | Neocon Watch
As neocon Max Boot said a few days ago, Ukraine “remains the biggest prize” between Russia and the West.But why stop with Ukraine?Boot’s comrade-in-arms, Michael Rubin is not stopping with the smaller prize. He has his sights already fixed on the Grand Prize. Rubin...
A No-Fly Zone is an Act of War
by Col. W. Patrick Lang | Feb 22, 2014 | Featured Articles
(click to enlarge)Failure of the US policy of regime change in Syria is leding once again to the contemplation of "options." One of those that is much discussed is that of a no-fly zone covering all of Syria. Let's be clear as to what would be involved in that option:...
Ukraine Is Responsible For Its Demise…But We All May Suffer
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 21, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Ukraine is an utter disaster. A few thousand violent rebels in a country of more than 40 million have turned Kiev into a post-apocalyptic hell, where the government is incapable of restoring order, incapable of protecting its own police force from snipers whose...
Ron Paul Discusses Snowden Clemency Petition and Foreign Policy In Depth
by Adam Dick | Feb 21, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
It is a treat to hear a non-rushed interview of Dr. Ron Paul that allows him to lay out more fully the reasoning behind his views. Paul, the chairman and founder of RPI, had such an interview this week with the Voice of Russia. Over 15 minutes, Paul discusses his...
Ukraine: It’s Not About Europe vs Russia
by John Laughland | Feb 21, 2014 | Featured Articles
To discuss the Ukrainian crisis in terms of a choice between Europe and Russia is misleading for several reasons. First, the European issue has been ruthlessly exploited by the Ukrainian opposition and its Western backers as an excuse for overthrowing the government...
Eric Cantor Evokes George Washington and Founders to Promote His War Agenda
by Adam Dick | Feb 20, 2014 | Congress Alert
Apparently trying to one-up President Barack Obama, who last month twisted American history and logic to equate US government mass spying with Paul Revere and other revolutionaries’ actions to protect Americans from an oppressive government, House of Representatives...
Why Does Ukraine Seem So Much Like Syria?
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 20, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In Ukraine, US-backed rebels seize weapons from a military depot and begin firing on police -- killing at least ten. The rebel groups occupy and torch government buildings, trade union headquarters, the central post office, and political party headquarters. They...
Judge Andrew Napolitano: DHS License Plate Tracking is Right Out of East Germany
by Adam Dick | Feb 20, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Judge Andrew Napolitano, speaking with Stuart Varney on Fox Business this week, passionately denounces the United States Department of Homeland Security effort to indiscriminately track our movements with automated license plate readers. Napolitano, an RPI Advisory...
Rudy Giuliani: Who Needs Congress?
by Chris Rossini | Feb 19, 2014 | Neocon Watch
Who needs congressional approval to start wars? No one, according to Rudy Giuliani. Washington Examiner reports: On CNN Tuesday morning, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani suggested that President Obama should have bombed Syria without congressional...
Invasions of the Mind Snatchers
by Nebojsa Malic | Feb 19, 2014 | Featured Articles
Many empires have risen and fallen over the course of recorded history. All were created by force. Yet all have tried to legitimize that force, by passing laws and seeking to establish some sort of order that would outlive their military supremacy. Some have been more...
Western Imperialism’s Creative Destruction in Syria
by Finian Cunningham | Feb 19, 2014 | Featured Articles
US-led Western regime change in Syria might be described as a process of creative destruction. Like Schumpeter’s economic concept of cyclical creative destruction, so too Washington’s political machinations in Syria seem to be playing out likewise. We begin with the...
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