The American Empire has been long in the making. A green light was given in 1990 to finalize that goal. Dramatic events occurred that year that allowed the promoters of the American Empire to cheer. It also ushered in the current 25-year war to solidify the power...
Month: March 2015
Roll Call on Ron Paul’s ’76 Swagger
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 13, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
As part of its 60 year anniversary, Roll Call newspaper is looking back on its coverage over the years. Have a look at how they covered Ron Paul when he was first elected to Congress in 1976: Roll Call Question: What freshman lawmaker was described as “somewhat cocky...
Get Out Peacefully: The Libertarian Principle of Secession
by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. | Mar 13, 2015 | Featured Articles
For a century and a half, the idea of secession has been systematically demonized among the American public. The government’s schools spin fairy tales about the “indivisible Union” and the wise statesmen who fought to preserve it. Decentralization is portrayed as...
NATO’s Massive Show of Force in Latvia – What’s the Endgame?
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 12, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
This week NATO delivered more than 100 tanks and heavy armored units, and several thousand soldiers including US troops, to Latvia, on the border with Russia, in its "Operation Atlantic Resolve." US Army General John O'Conner made no secret that the military operation...
Will the US and Israel Send a ‘Thank You’ Note to Iran?
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 12, 2015 | The Liberty Report
One would think news this week that the Iranians are helping defeat ISIS in Iraq would be greeted enthusiastically by those who insist we must fight the Islamist extremists. However, neocons like John McCain are furious that the US is not on the ground doing the...
Obama’s Venezuelan Dictatorship
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Mar 11, 2015 | Featured Articles
Ever since the advent of the Cold War, US officials have told us that it was necessary for the United States to adopt the totalitarian structure known as the national-security state in order to combat communist totalitarianism. We are now witnessing a similar...
The Intellectual as Servant of the State
by Andrew Bacevich | Mar 11, 2015 | Featured Articles
Policy intellectuals — eggheads presuming to instruct the mere mortals who actually run for office — are a blight on the republic. Like some invasive species, they infest present-day Washington, where their presence strangles common sense and has brought to the verge...
Ron Paul: Why is Libya Going to ISIS?
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 11, 2015 | The Liberty Report
The US/NATO invasion of Libya was supposed to be another cakewalk, the interventionists promised. But just like Iraq, it turned out just like Iraq! Now, after "liberation," Islamic radicals like ISIS and al-Qaeda have a strong foothold there. Join Ron Paul and Co-Host...
Al-Qaeda, Our Ally?
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 11, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Generally speaking, if one were to argue that the US foreign policy elites secretly back al-Qaeda, that person would be accused of extreme stupidity and of wallowing in the conspiracy theory mud.But what happens when a writer in the flagship journal of the foreign...
Ron Paul Rewind: Iran Sanctions Are ‘One More Step to Another War We Don’t Need’
by Adam Dick | Mar 10, 2015 | Featured Articles
A week after a joint session of the United States Congress gave repeated standing ovations to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he scaremongered Americans regarding Iran and as legislation to impose yet more sanctions on Iran is being pushed in the Congress,...
Sen. Cotton’s Shocking Ignorance
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 10, 2015 | Neocon Watch
It is often incorrectly assumed that elected officials are better informed about current events than are average American citizens. "I don't have access to the kinds of information they have," is what is often heard. In fact, this is not the case. Members of Congress...
Azerbaijan Should be Very Afraid of Nuland
by Andrew Korybko | Mar 10, 2015 | Featured Articles
The US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Victoria Nuland, visited Baku on 16 February as part of her trip to the Caucasus, which also saw her paying stops in Georgia and Armenia. While Azerbaijan has had positive relations with the US...
McCain Stands With ISIS?
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 9, 2015 | Neocon Watch
Sen. John McCain has a knack for getting his picture taken with the strangest characters. Though his support for US interventionism is steadfast, does he even know what he is getting himself into when he travels overseas? In the above photograph, we see Sen. McCain,...
War as a Crime Against Civilization
by Butler Shaffer | Mar 9, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
“The real complaining party at the bar in this courtroom is civilization.” – Judge Dan Haywood, Judgment at Nuremberg In her current article at Antiwar.com, Lucy Steigerwald reminds us that, while the deaths of tens of millions of innocent men, women, and children...
How DNA Is Turning Us Into a Nation of Suspects
by John W. Whitehead | Mar 9, 2015 | Featured Articles
“The year is 2025. The population is 325 million, and the FBI has the DNA profiles of all of them. Unlike fingerprints, these profiles reveal vital medical information. The universal database arrived surreptitiously. First, the Department of Defense's repository of...
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Don’t Be Fooled by the Federal Reserve’s Anti-Audit Propaganda
by Ron Paul | Mar 8, 2015 | Featured Articles
In recent weeks, the Federal Reserve and its apologists in Congress and the media have launched numerous attacks on the Audit the Fed legislation. These attacks amount to nothing more than distortions about the effects and intent of the audit bill. Fed apologists...
German Intel: Breedlove is Bonkers!
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 8, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
What happens when a close friend starts acting so bizarrely that you need to gently extract yourself from his ravings lest you be tarred with the same brush -- or worse? That is the position in which Germany is increasingly finding itself, as the US government's...
Nuland’s Neocon Lies and McCain’s Agony – McAdams and Taylor Week in Review
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 7, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Victoria Nuland distorts the US role in the Ukraine coup before Congress. Isn't it supposed to be frowned upon to lie to Congress? Also Iran joins the fight against ISIS and John McCain is troubled by the development. He would rather have Americans on the ground...
Ron Paul: ‘Netanyahu’s US Trip is All About Politics’
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 7, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Why did Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu come to Congress? To bolster his electoral chances back home and to thrill the neocons in Washington D.C. His trip may not have been as successful as he might have liked. As Dr. Paul notes in his newest Liberty Report, there is...
The Future of Mosul is Kobane
by Peter van Buren | Mar 7, 2015 | Featured Articles
It was necessary to destroy the Syrian town of Kobane (above) in order to save it from ISIS. The rubble and ruin of what was once a place more than 200,000 people lived is now free. Want to know the future of Mosul? Look to Kobane. Destroying Kobane Kobane once...
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