A recent poll of people in 30 countries showed that most respondents find the United States to be the greatest threat to world peace. The results are similar to those of another poll four years ago. Is it true? In today's Liberty Report we are joined by Mises...
Month: August 2017
Fire And Fury…And Profits! Korea Crisis Great For The War Industry
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 9, 2017 | The Liberty Report
Yesterday's heated rhetoric set most normal people on edge. Would the US and North Korea launch a massive war where millions would surely be killed? One group feeling good about it all, however, are those who make billions in profit from scaring the American people --...
Only Morons Believe What The US Government Says About North Korea
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 9, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Usually foreign analysts of the American political scene are either sycophantic or just annoying, but no one would dare say that about Aussie observer Caitlin Johnstone, whose punk rock style of cutting to the chase is as refreshing as it can be shocking (I am not a...
The Unsung Summit of Putin and Trump
by John V. Walsh | Aug 9, 2017 | Featured Articles
This week marks the 72nd anniversary of the criminal US bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And as is the case each year, there is much discussion and lamenting over this atrocity, as there well should be. For the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not necessary for...
If America Was Trying to Start a World War, This Is How It Would Happen
by Darius Shahtahmasebi | Aug 9, 2017 | Featured Articles
Last Wednesday, US President Donald Trump signed new sanctions into law against Russia, Iran, and North Korea. The legislation was supported so overwhelmingly in Congress that President Trump’s ability to veto the legislation was rendered completely ineffective.Even...
Rep. Walter Jones’ Tireless Effort to End the Afghanistan War
by Adam Dick | Aug 8, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
United States House of Representatives Member Walter Jones (R-NC) has for years ardently advocated terminating US involvement in the Afghanistan War. Jones’ efforts in this regard include his legislation introduced in the House, letters to US presidents and...
Libya Update: Western Governments Still Eyeing Libyan ‘Prize’
by Richard Galustian | Aug 8, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
More than six years after the US-led "liberation" of Libya, that North African country remains an open wound symbolizing the abject failure of US and European interventionist foreign policy.The obsession of the US neocons, whether Democrat or Republican, for "regime...
War Drums Beating: North Korea Tops The List
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 8, 2017 | The Liberty Report
Last weekend's UN Security Council Resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea for testing missiles opens the door to a US pre-emptive strike on the country. Russia and China foolishly went along with the US and voted for more sanctions thinking that it would open...
The Tale of the Brothers Awan
by Philip Giraldi | Aug 8, 2017 | Featured Articles
There has been surprisingly little media follow-up on the story about the July 25th Dulles Airport arrest of House of Representatives’ employed Pakistani-American IT specialist Imran Awan, who was detained for bank fraud while he was allegedly fleeing to Pakistan. The...
Reports of Hungary’s Slide into ‘Dictatorship’ Have Been Exaggerated
by Danielle Ryan | Aug 8, 2017 | Featured Articles
Is Hungary sliding into tyranny and dictatorship? According to headlines which have painted a rather grim picture of Hungary’s present and future under Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the answer is a resounding yes.Hungary is “held hostage” by “tyrant” Orban who is...
The Antiwar Conservatives, With Rep. John Duncan, Jr.
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 7, 2017 | The Liberty Report
What is it like to vote against war in a conservative Congressional district? Rep. John Duncan (R-TN) found out that you can vote your conscience, explain it to your constituents, and continue to get elected. And educate conservatives about war in the process. Rep....
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Jeff Sessions Endorses Theft
by Ron Paul | Aug 7, 2017 | Featured Articles
Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently ordered the Justice Department to increase the use of civil asset forfeiture, thus once again endorsing an unconstitutional, authoritarian, and increasingly unpopular policy. Civil asset forfeiture, which should be called civil...
NATO Beefs Up Logistics Infrastructure for Offensive Operations
by Alex Gorka | Aug 6, 2017 | Featured Articles
Some very important news is kept out of spotlight and undeservedly so. Bits of information pieced together indicate that very quietly the North Atlantic alliance is gearing up for large-scale combat operations. War preparations are not limited to weapon systems...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Trump’s Oath, Renouncing Citizenship, North Korea, Syria Goal, Trump Crime
by Adam Dick | Aug 6, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is out. 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 episode,...
US Airstrikes Kill at Least 43 Civilians in Syria’s Raqqa
by Jason Ditz | Aug 6, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
New reports out of the ISIS capital city of Raqqa say US airstrikes hit a number of residential districts in the city over the course of Saturday, killing at least 43 civilians and wounding an unknown, but substantial number of others.There was no obvious specific...
Pence Cheers New Russia Sanctions Bill, in Split with Trump
by Jason Ditz | Aug 5, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Trump Administration’s continued struggle to get on the same page with one another on foreign policy messages continued today, as Vice President Mike Pence, touring Eastern Europe, issued statements praising the new Russia sanctions bill signed earlier this...
McMaster: U.S. Preparing For ‘Preventive War’ With North Korea
by Tyler Durden | Aug 5, 2017 | Featured Articles
The United States is preparing for all options to counter the growing threat from North Korea, including launching a “preventive war,” national security adviser H.R. McMaster said in an interview that aired Saturday on MSNBC. The comments come after North Korea...
Time to End the Lost Afghan War
by Eric Margolis | Aug 5, 2017 | Featured Articles
Media reports claim President Donald Trump let loose on his generals behind closed doors, blasting them royally for their startling failures in Afghanistan, America’s longest war.The president has many faults and is a lousy judge of character. But he was absolutely...
Isolated Trump Flails Helplessly as He Bows to Irrational Policies on Russia and Europe Imposed by Congress
by James George Jatras | Aug 4, 2017 | Featured Articles
President Donald Trump has signed the sanctions bill against Russia, North Korea, and Iran. With the near-unanimous, veto-proof margin by which the so-called "Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act" was passed by both the House and the Senate, Trump...
Where Trump Might Be Vulnerable
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Aug 4, 2017 | Featured Articles
It’s still not clear to me the particular crime for which special prosecutor Robert Mueller is investigating President Trump.Was it illegal for Vladimir Putin to support Trump for president instead of Hillary Clinton?Nope.Was it illegal for Trump to receive advice,...
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