Reading Dennis Ross and David Ignatius is a good reminder that the neocons live in a different world than the rest of us. They do not conform their analysis to reality, but rather they conform reality to their view of the world. Where most people would be encouraged...
Daniel McAdams
Anatomy Of The Deep State: An Open Conspiracy
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 11, 2016 | Featured Articles
What is the "deep state"? Is it a secret national security apparatus that spies on us and operates "black sites" overseas? Some judicial star chamber ruling in secret? Well, partly. But as Mike Lofgren, author of "The Deep State: The Fall of the Constitution and the...
Drafting Women – Equality Or Equal Slavery?
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 10, 2016 | The Liberty Report
With the opening of all military combat roles to women, establishment voices like the New York Times are proclaiming that the next fight for equality is to force women to join men in registering for the draft. In what way is it a triumph of rights to have the threat...
Saudis Poised For Syria Invasion?
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 9, 2016 | The Liberty Report
According to press reports yesterday, Saudi Arabia is assembling a 150,000 man military force to invade Syria from Turkish soil and fight against Islamist terrorists in that country. But surely the rest of the world knows that for the past five years or more, Saudi...
CIA’s Brennan to Senate: I’m Not Sorry I Spied on You
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 9, 2016 | Congress Alert
CIA director John Brennan lost his cool at Sen. Ron Wyden, (D-OR) in a hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee today when the Oregon Senator suggested the spy chief should apologize for spying on the Senate. The event in question took place back in 2014. The...
Obama Caves To Neocons – Military Spending To Skyrocket
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 8, 2016 | The Liberty Report
It looks like the neocons and the Beltway military-industrial complex are going to get their way, as President Obama's plan to scale back a few weapons systems has hit a brick wall in Congress. Meanwhile, citing the "Russian threat," the Pentagon announced that it...
Rand Out – Victory For Hawks?
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 5, 2016 | The Liberty Report
Neocon scribblers like Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin are crowing about the demise of non-interventionism with the departure of Rand Paul from the presidential race. We are all neocons now, say Rubin and her allies in the war party. But not so fast! When have they...
Free State Project – Is It Happening?
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 3, 2016 | The Liberty Report
Today the Free State Project announced that they have reached the threshold of 20,000 people who have pledged to move to New Hampshire and participate in what they call the greatest political migration project in US history. Is geographic proximity in a relatively...
The Strange World of The State Department Spokespersons…And a Modest Suggestion
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 2, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Anyone wondering why the rest of the world sees the US administration as insane -- or worse -- need only spend a few minutes watching a daily briefing from the White House or especially the US State Department. These are not endeavors by intelligent and rational...
Breaking The Neocon Stranglehold On Washington
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 2, 2016 | The Liberty Report
No matter who occupies the US presidency, it seems the neoconservatives always occupy positions of foreign policy power. A neocon like Robert Kagan, for example, is perfectly comfortable going from a senior position in the GW Bush administration to another senior post...
‘Carpet Bomber’ Cruz: Libertarian or Neocon?
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 28, 2016 | The Liberty Report
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is being advertised in some circles as the heir to the Ron Paul libertarian movement, yet one look at his foreign policy and it is immediately evident that he is anything but. His advisors are Bill Kristol, John Bolton, James Woolsey, Elliot...
You Won’t Believe What This US Ambassador Said About al-Qaeda’s Syrian Allies
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 27, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Robert Ford was US Ambassador to Syria when the revolt against Syrian president Assad was launched. He not only was a chief architect of regime change in Syria, but actively worked with rebels to aid their overthrow of the Syrian government. Ford assured us that those...
However You Vote, The Secret Government Always Wins
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 26, 2016 | The Liberty Report
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,...
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...
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