Speaking Thursday with host Kennedy at Fox Business, former presidential candidate Ron Paul critiqued Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for their support of the continuation of militarism, mass...
Month: September 2016
Mission Accomplished? More US Troops To Iraq
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 22, 2016 | The Liberty Report
After untold billions of dollars in US training and equipment, the Iraqi army is not capable of taking the city of Mosul back from ISIS control. Part of the problem is that the multi-sectarian Iraqi army is not so keen on fighting an ISIS that includes Sunni elements...
In Kerry’s Own Words: Syria Prohibited from Attacking al-Qaeda
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 22, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
No wonder the United States insisted that its Syria ceasefire deal with Russia remain secret! It turns out that one of the US demands was that the Syrian air force must be prohibited from attacking al-Nusra Front (al-Qaeda in Syria). Crazy conspiracy theory? Listen to...
How American Media Serves as a Transmission Belt for Wars of Choice
by James George Jatras | Sep 22, 2016 | Featured Articles
Several weeks ago the mainstream media (MSM) gave saturation coverage to a picture of a little boy pulled from the rubble of Aleppo after his home and family were crushed in what was dubiously reported as a Russian airstrike. Promptly dubbed “Aleppo Boy,” his dusty...
Senators McCain and Corker Use Faulty Geography to Support US Arming Saudi Arabia
by Adam Dick | Sep 22, 2016 | Neocon Watch
During the debate Wednesday in the United States Senate concerning Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) resolution (S. J. Res. 39) to prohibit certain US military equipment sales to Saudi Arabia, resolution opponents Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Bob Corker (R-TN) spoke regarding...
The US Road Map to Balkanize Syria
by Pepe Escobar | Sep 22, 2016 | Featured Articles
Forget about those endless meetings between Sergei Lavrov and John Kerry; forget about Russia’s drive to prevent chaos from reigning in Syria; forget about the possibility of a real ceasefire being implemented and respected by US jihad proxies. Forget about the...
Liberty In The House – With US Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY)
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 21, 2016 | The Liberty Report
These days you will often see a particularly bad vote in the House of Representatives opposed by four or five Members. It used to be one, Ron Paul. Much of the credit goes to Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who is building on Dr. Paul's Congressional Liberty Caucus and...
‘Claims of Russian airstrike on Syrian aid convoy comes at convenient time for US’
by RT | Sep 21, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Concern over the fate of 62 Syrian soldiers, killed in a US airstrike just days ago, is now overshadowed by claims that Russian and Syrian forces targeted a Syrian aid convoy, Daniel McAdams, executive director at the Ron Paul Institute, told RT.Following an attack on...
Syria – The Aid Convoy Attack Points To Further Escalation
by Moon of Alabama | Sep 21, 2016 | Featured Articles
The show-down over the damaged aid convoy west of Aleppo is reaching comedy level. The UN/Syrian Red Crescent convoy came from the government held west-Aleppo. It had reached a Syrian Red Crescent center in Umm al Kubra in the "rebel" held area further west where it...
Senate Fails to Block Tank Sales to Saudi Arabia
by Jason Ditz | Sep 21, 2016 | Congress Alert
In a disappointing 71-27 vote today, the Senate voted to kill a bill that would’ve blocked the US from carrying out $1.15 billion in tank sales to Saudi Arabia. The bill had bipartisan authorship, but was overwhelmingly opposed by the leadership. Sen. Chris Murphy (D...
Deep State America
by Philip Giraldi | Sep 20, 2016 | Featured Articles
This article is a lightly edited version of a paper presented at the Ron Paul Institute’s conference on peace and prosperity held on September 10, 2016 in Dulles, Virginia On September 9th the Washington Post featured a front page article describing how the Defense...
Time to Admit Washington’s Syria Policy Has Gone Completely Off the Rails
by Danielle Ryan | Sep 20, 2016 | Featured Articles
Fifteen years, hundreds of thousands of lives and trillions of dollars later, the United States’ war on terror has spawned more instability, violence and chaos than we could have imagined when this undefined and never-ending global campaign began. Today, jihadist...
Syria Ceasefire In Tatters – Why And What’s Next?
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 20, 2016 | The Liberty Report
The apparent attack on a humanitarian convoy in the rebel-held part of Aleppo seems to be the final nail in the coffin of the latest ceasefire in Syria. The US blames the Russians for what it calls an "airstrike" on the aid convoy, but the Russians deny that they or...
What Lesson To Take From ‘Snowden’ Movie?
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 19, 2016 | The Liberty Report
The Oliver Stone film "Snowden" is predictably being nit-picked by the denizens of the establishment, nevertheless those with a better understanding of what it means to live in a free society are calling it an important opportunity for average Americans to get a look...
Why Are We Sending $38 Billion to Rich and Powerful Israel?
by Ron Paul | Sep 19, 2016 | Featured Articles
Last week’s announcement of a record-breaking US aid package for Israel underscores how dangerously foolish and out-of-touch is our interventionist foreign policy. Over the next ten years, the US taxpayer will be forced to give Israel some $38 billion dollars in...
Western Media Credibility In Free Fall Collapse
by Paul Craig Roberts | Sep 17, 2016 | Featured Articles
The latest from the Gallup Poll is that only 32 percent of Americans trust the print and TV media to tell the truth. Republicans, 18 to 49 year old Americans, and independents trust the media even less, with trust rates of 14 percent, 26 percent, and 30 percent. The...
Breaking: US Military Strikes Syrian Forces, Allowing ISIS to Advance
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 17, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Associated Press is reporting that the US military has struck Syrian government positions in the eastern province of Deir el-Zour today, as the Syrian military was involved in a battle with ISIS forces. According to the report, the US attack on Syrian troops...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Israel Aid, Anti-Marijuana Dollars, Ballot Access, Guantanamo Vote, Conference Report
by Adam Dick | Sep 17, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted on Saturday. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new...
Who Are The Crazies on Korea?
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Sep 16, 2016 | Featured Articles
The US military-industrial complex and the US mainstream media often describe the leadership of North Korea, headed by President Kim Jong-un, as crazy and irrational. But what could be more crazy and irrational than doing the same thing over and over again and...
American Commandos ‘Forced to Run Away’ From US-Backed Syrian Rebels
by Raf Sanchez | Sep 16, 2016 | Featured Articles
Video footage appears to show US commandos fleeing a Syrian town under a barrage of abuse and insults hurled at them by fighters from the American-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebel group. The video appears to be the first evidence of US special forces cooperating...
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