It is not a conspiracy -- it is out in the open. The permanent government behind the scenes ensures that foreign policy never changes, that endless wars continue to enrich the military-industrial complex, that the population is kept in fear to insure acquiescence,...
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Senate To Offer President Total War Authority
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 25, 2016 | The Liberty Report
The US Senate under Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is poised to rush to the floor a bill that would give the president total war authority anywhere on the globe, perhaps even including on US soil. All in the name of fighting ISIS, Congress is about to crown...
Syria’s Moment: RPI’s Daniel McAdams on Crosstalk
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 22, 2016 | Featured Articles
With another round of talks in Geneva on the Syria crisis scheduled to take place in just days, the US and Russia still cannot agree on who should represent the opposition at the negotiating table. The US and Saudis have insisted that the political leader of the...
The Injustice Of Mandatory Minimums
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 21, 2016 | The Liberty Report
Thanks in part to "mandatory minimum" laws starting in the 1980s, the US has the largest prison population -- per capita and total -- of any country on earth. Including China. Is that because Americans are that much worse than others? No, it is due to a completely...
WaPo’s Jennifer Rubin: More Regime Change, Please!
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 21, 2016 | Neocon Watch
Most normal people look at the smoldering cemetery that is post-"liberation" Libya, the gruesome graveyard of an almost-"liberated" Syria, the 14 year slow-motion failed regime change in Afghanistan, blood-drenched Iraq, and they are horrified. Washington Post's...
Al-Qaeda Allies to Represent Opposition in Upcoming Syria Peace Talks
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 20, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A Saudi-backed opposition committee representing the rebels fighting to overthrow the Assad government in Syria have agreed on a chief negotiator for peace talks scheduled to begin in Geneva next week. The rebels will be represented by Mohammed Alloush, political...
When Free Trade Fails, War Follows
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 19, 2016 | The Liberty Report
Free trade -- not corporatist, managed trade -- is the best guarantor of peace and prosperity. Protectionism leads to trade wars which very often lead to hot wars. In the US presidential race the issue of tariffs and other taxes on trade have begun to enter the...
That Didn’t Take Long: US to Impose New Sanctions on Iran
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 18, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Just one day after "Implementation Day" of the Iran nuclear agreement, where international sanctions were removed with the certification that Iran had met all of its obligations under the agreement, the US has slipped back into its old habits. Citing Iran's work on...
Hillary’s Africa Genocide Problem
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 15, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Hillary might have some explaining to do to her base, with the latest batch of emails released from her days as Secretary of State. Her supporters in the Democratic Party are particularly attuned to minority issues and the social and economic struggles of those in...
Neocons Furious: Diplomacy Worked With Iran
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 14, 2016 | The Liberty Report
The quick resolution of the potentially difficult situation of US sailors caught inside Iranian territorial waters should have been celebrated in Washington as a triumph of diplomacy. With the Naval personnel in Iranian custody, Secretary of State John Kerry...
They Just Can’t Stop It: US Planning New Rebel Training Program For Syria
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 14, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
After innumerable failed schemes to train rebels to overthrow the Syrian government (and then training more rebels to take on the rebels they had previously trained who went over to ISIS and al-Qaeda), the US appears to be on the verge of launching yet another...
Executive Order: Will Background Checks Solve The Gun Problem?
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 13, 2016 | The Liberty Report
President Obama can't be bothered with following the rule of law so he decided to tackle the "gun crisis" in the US by simply issuing an Executive Order increasing background checks and clamping down on non-dealer gun sales as well. Will more background checks really...
Sen. McCain Furious Iran Treated US Sailors Well
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 13, 2016 | Neocon Watch
The two US Navy riverine command boats intercepted in Iranian territorial waters yesterday were sent on their way along with the crew of 10 US sailors after brief detention on Iranian soil. According to news reports, the well-armed warships either suffered mechanical...
B-52s Over Korea…Protecting Our Homeland?
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 11, 2016 | The Liberty Report
Why did the US fly a B-52 over South Korea yesterday? Was it a sign of superiority...or insecurity? North Korea tested some sort of nuclear device last week and the fly-over was part of a multi-pronged US response to the test. Today on the House Floor a bill...
Sen. Tom Cotton Scores a Big Foreign Payoff
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 11, 2016 | Neocon Watch
In Washington's corridors of power, it can often pay to do the bidding of a foreign country. Foreign governments pay top dollar to remain in Washington's good graces (and to make sure their adversaries are demonized), and the myriad of public relations firms that...
US (In)Justice Department Created Mess In Oregon
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 7, 2016 | The Liberty Report
What is the role of federal mandatory minimum sentencing laws in the current Oregon standoff? At its core the dispute is about a federal government that runs roughshod over states, forcing otherwise peaceful ranchers like the Hammonds to be charged under federal...
Neocons at National Review: ‘Stop Calling Us Neocons!’
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 6, 2016 | Neocon Watch
When pondering the intellectual decline of political movements, it is hard not to call to mind the former flagship publication of the Buckleyite wing of conservatism called National Review. Where once learned men (and women) made their case from the heights of...
North Korea Nukes: A Case For Non-Intervention?
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 6, 2016 | The Liberty Report
Cries of glee must have emanated from the military-industrial complex and the Beltway think tanks as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made another of his periodic pleas for global attention. The nuclear detonation is looking less likely as powerful and thus significant...
US Politicians On Saudi Beheadings: It’s All Iran’s Fault!
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 5, 2016 | The Liberty Report
Is House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce purposely deceiving the American public, or is he just that badly informed? As the Saudis beheaded 47 prisoners, including a prominent Shiite cleric, Royce went on CNN to blame the whole thing on the Iranians! The...
Delusional State Dept: ‘We Brought Peace to Syria in 2015’
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 4, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
This gem from over the holidays may have passed under your radar screens. In the final State Department press conference for 2015, spokesperson John Kirby outlined the Department's "pivotal foreign policy moments of 2015." To be fair, some achievements warranted a...
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