Post-election comments on Middle East policy last week by President-elect Donald Trump and one his campaign advisers have provoked speculation about whether Trump will upend two main foreign policy lines of the Obama administration in the Middle East.But the more...
Month: November 2016
McCain to Trump: Don’t You Dare Make Peace with Russia!
by Daniel McAdams | Nov 15, 2016 | Neocon Watch
Sit down. This is going to shock you. (Not). We reported yesterday on the telephone call between US president-elect Trump and Russian president Putin, where the current and future presidents discussed the need to set aside differences and look to more constructive...
Assad Must Stay: US Policy Shift In Syria?
by Daniel McAdams | Nov 14, 2016 | The Liberty Report
According to the Washington Post, President Obama did a 180 degree turn in Syria and will begin attacking al-Qaeda's affiliate in the country. The five year "Assad must go" strategy lies in tatters, as Assad will likely still be in power when it's time for Obama to...
US Elections Shockwaves Hit Europe
by Eric Margolis | Nov 14, 2016 | Featured Articles
Donald Trump’s startling and explosive victory has not only shaken America’s oligarchy to its core, it’s also sending shock waves across Europe and scaring the top hats off plutocrats and their tame politicians.The great Mark Twain wrote early in the 20th century: ‘if...
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Memo to the Next Administration: Defense Spending Must Be For Actual Defense
by Ron Paul | Nov 14, 2016 | Featured Articles
In a disturbing indication of how difficult it would be to bring military spending in line with actual threats overseas, House Armed Services Chairman Rep. Mac Thornberry (R – TX) told President Obama last week that his war funding request of $11.6 billion for the...
Bulgaria & Moldova Switch from Hillary’s Euro-Atlantic Column
by Mark Almond | Nov 14, 2016 | Featured Articles
November 13th was as unlucky for stalwart backers of the foreign policy-line embodied by Hillary Clinton just as 8th November was for her domestic supporters. In both Bulgaria and Moldova, the voters rejected candidates for president who had been openly endorsed by...
Breaking: Trump, Putin Speak on Telephone; Vow to Improve Relations
by Daniel McAdams | Nov 14, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
After a rancorous presidential campaign in which the Hillary Clinton team actually accused President-elect Donald Trump of being a Russian agent, a new tone is being set by the next US president. Russian president Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone this afternoon with...
Ron Paul: The Two-Party System is ‘Horrible’
by Adam Dick | Nov 14, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
While Ron Paul has run for president twice, as well as served in the United States House of Representatives, as a Republican, he is far from a lockstep follower of that party or even a devotee of the “two-party system.” Indeed, Paul is quoted in a Sunday Victoria...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Popular Vote, Arms Sales, Marijuana Progress, Ranked Voting, NATO Pushback
by Adam Dick | Nov 13, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Welcome to a new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues. 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...
Long Live the Establishment!
by Michael S. Rozeff | Nov 12, 2016 | Featured Articles
What happens next in Washington? Trump fills out his administration. At the same time, Washington insiders attempt to capture Trump and influence his positions, policies and decisions. The presidency is an institution, not a man, not a president. The presidency is a...
Commander-In-Chief Donald Trump Will Have Terrifying Powers. Thanks, Obama.
by Alex Eammons | Nov 11, 2016 | Featured Articles
When Donald Trump becomes commander in chief in January, he will take on presidential powers that have never been more expansive and unchecked.He’ll control an unaccountable drone program, and the prison at Guantanamo Bay. His FBI, including a network of 15,000 paid...
Ron Paul to Trump: Don’t Listen to Neocons!
by Adam Dick | Nov 11, 2016 | Featured Articles
Ron Paul, known for his promotion of the United States following a noninterventionist foreign policy, presented Thursday his take on the prospects of Donald Trump’s foreign policy as president. Paul set out his analysis in an extensive interview with host Peter...
Tug Of War Between NATO And Trump: Who Will Win?
by Daniel McAdams | Nov 10, 2016 | The Liberty Report
As a candidate, Donald Trump has repeatedly said that the US should try to get along with Russia. It may well be that his seeming reluctance to take the US into World War III -- unlike his opponent -- may have contributed significantly to his victory. What is going to...
Is Trump Already Headed Down the Path of the George W. Bush Presidency?
by Ivan Eland | Nov 10, 2016 | Neocon Watch
President-elect Donald Trump, during his campaign, refreshingly criticized Republican George W. Bush’s war in Iraq and Democrat Barack Obama’s war in Libya; seemingly advocated a more restrained American foreign policy abroad; touted the need for a better relationship...
Trump: Don’t Follow the Bush-Obama Foreign Policy Legacy
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Nov 10, 2016 | Featured Articles
Eight years ago, President Obama had a chance to change the warmongering direction that outgoing President Bush and the U.S. national-security establishment had led America for the previous eight years. Obama could have said, “Enough is enough. America has done enough...
Ron Paul’s Election Day Analysis
by Daniel McAdams | Nov 9, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Three-time presidential candidate Ron Paul spent a good portion of Tuesday — Election Day — discussing the United States presidential election on several media programs. In his media appearances, Paul offered observations that may provide context for interpreting and...
Post-Election Roundup: How Did Liberty Do?
by Daniel McAdams | Nov 9, 2016 | The Liberty Report
There is much to discuss and digest about yesterday's "surprise" victory of Donald Trump in the presidential race. The role of the media is a big one. Regardless of what one thinks of Trump or his policies, the mainstream media clearly saw itself as part of the...
Oh, What a Lovely War!
by Philip Giraldi | Nov 8, 2016 | Featured Articles
The American people don’t know very much about war even if Washington has been fighting on multiple fronts since 9/11. The continental United States has not experienced the presence a hostile military force for more than 100 years and war for the current generation of...
Strange Silence of Neo-Con Trolls as Mikheil Saakashvili Stabs His Patron Poroshenko in the Back
by Mark Almond | Nov 8, 2016 | Featured Articles
The sudden resignation of Mikheil Saakashvili as Governor of Odessa and his accompanying tirade of accusations of corruption and treason against the Ukrainian President, Petro Poroshenko and his coterie in Kiev came as a bombshell for the Western media on 7th...
Election 2016 – Prediction Of Things To Come
by Daniel McAdams | Nov 8, 2016 | The Liberty Report
We know that one of the major candidates will win today's presidential election. We don't know which one. But we do have a few predictions for what will change and what will stay the same regardless of who wins. Foreign policy - will it change? How about Congress -...
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