Last year's National Defense Authorization Act allocated half a billion dollars to train "vetted," "moderate" rebels to attack ISIS in Syria and also to overthrow the country's sovereign government. This schizophrenic policy goal not surprisingly produced a total...
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Neocons Demand Escalation in Syria
by Daniel McAdams | Oct 8, 2015 | The Liberty Report
The neocons -- and their left-interventionist allies -- have been planning regime change in Syria since at least 2006. Last week's launch of Russian military strikes on ISIS and al-Qaeda at the request of the Syrian government has very quickly changed their plans. Now...
Gun Violence – More Control Needed?
by Daniel McAdams | Oct 5, 2015 | The Liberty Report
What do the recent school shooting in Oregon and the US bombing of a hospital in Afghanistan have in common? President Obama is taking advantage of one tragedy to push for more government control of our guns. The other tragedy shows us that what we really need is more...
On The Ropes: 60 % Don’t Trust Media
by Daniel McAdams | Oct 3, 2015 | The Liberty Report
According to a recent Gallup Poll survey, the majority of Americans do not trust the mainstream media. Among younger Americans the numbers for the MSM are even worse. According to the Washington Post, this is a "terrible thing" because it means publications like the...
John McCain Wants to Shoot Down Russian Planes
by Daniel McAdams | Oct 1, 2015 | Neocon Watch
Sen. John McCain has a personal stake in the ISIS and al-Qaeda members currently being targeted by Russian fighter planes. It was just two years ago that McCain found himself in the embarrassing position of having to explain his sleepover with a group of...
Why is Washington Against Russia Bombing ISIS and Al-Qaeda?
by Daniel McAdams | Oct 1, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
On Wednesday the Russian military became active in the fight against ISIS and al-Qaeda in Syria. Pursuant to a request from the Syrian government, Moscow first began deploying military equipment and trainers as well as humanitarian assistance. Then the Russian...
Assad Must Go; Assad Must Stay. Who’s Right?
by Daniel McAdams | Oct 1, 2015 | The Liberty Report
With Russian planes bombing ISIS and al-Qaeda targets this week, the air traffic on a piece of land smaller than the state of Oregon is getting crowded. The danger of a tragic accident that could escalate in unknown directions is ever-greater. The US and its Gulf...
Will Migrant Crisis Kill EU?
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 30, 2015 | The Liberty Report
The massive wave of migrants flooding Europe is a man-made catastrophe, to be sure. It is the product of US and EU interventionist foreign policy and the obsession with regime change that is particularly pernicious in Washington. Hungary was originally blamed for...
Intel Analysts: US Fixing Facts Around Policy
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 28, 2015 | The Liberty Report
More than 50 intelligence officers from the Defense Intelligence Agency have formally complained that their work is being altered before it is sent to senior Obama Administration officials -- and even to the president himself. Concerns over the effectiveness of the...
Catalonia Vote – Will They Secede?
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 26, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Voters in Spain's Catalonia region will go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament. Parties favoring secession from the Spanish state appear poised to make significant gains or even end up in majority. EU officialdom is furious at the move, and both German...
Draft Ron Paul – A Modest Proposal
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 26, 2015 | Congress Alert, The Liberty Report
Writes Lew Rockwell on his Political Theater blog: Draft Ron Paul! He doesn’t need to be a Member of Congress to be Speaker of the House, points out expert Daniel McAdams, and he could do most of it from Texas and his TV studio. The real outsider, the authentic...
Saving Syria
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 25, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Are the Russians coming to Syria to save the day? After more than a year of US bombing, ISIS seems to not have suffered much. Meanwhile the US maintains that it officially still demands regime change in Syria, even as US Secretary of State John Kerry hinted last week...
Good News: Gallup Finds Half of US Fears Government
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 24, 2015 | The Liberty Report
What is the greatest threat to the American people? In a new poll taken by the Gallup organization we learn that half the country sees its own government as most threatening to life and liberty. Another poll taken last year showed strong libertarian leanings among the...
US Exploited Assad’s Fight Against Al-Qaeda
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 24, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The US government has been relying on its standard narrative that the Syria crisis emerged spontaneously after an "Arab Spring" inspired protest was violently suppressed by the Syrian government. The entire US intervention was justified on these grounds. Thus the...
In Syria, More Lies Brings More Chaos
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 15, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Why is the US government bringing back old, discredited claims like "Assad gassed his own people"? And why are its representatives like US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power trying to propagandize the American people with cooked up tales of Russian military action in...
Samantha Power Slams Russia’s ‘Support’ For Assad, Downplays ISIS Threat
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 14, 2015 | Neocon Watch
More evidence that the current "Russia invaded Syria" media frenzy is a Washington-engineered psy-op to provide cover for a final US push against Bashar al-Assad, is provided in today's outburst from US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power, the fuel injector in the...
Should Tweeting Be A Capital Offense?
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 9, 2015 | The Liberty Report
The US government has assassinated at least one British citizen over his pro-ISIS Tweets, and we know they killed Al-Awlaki over his pro-al Qaeda propaganda. Currently the US Administration is discussing whether to accelerate its use of drones against those who Tweet...
Daniel McAdams and Tom Woods on The Syrian Refugee Crisis: What’s the Cause?
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 9, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
What is the latest with Europe's massive refugee/migrant crisis? RPI Executive Director Daniel McAdams was a guest today on the Tom Woods Show to look at the various explanations for this historic movement of humans from the Middle East to Europe. Was it spontaneous?...
UK Assassinates British Citizens In Syria
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 8, 2015 | The Liberty Report
British Prime Minister David Cameron announced that his government had used drone strikes to kill two British citizens suspected of membership in ISIS in Syria. This is a major escalation for a country whose parliament voted against British bombing of Syria in 2013....
‘Refugees’ Arrive in Munich, Hungary Demonized: What’s The Endgame?
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 5, 2015 | Featured Articles
Watching live footage of the "refugees" arriving in Munich, it is difficult not to be struck by how non refugee-like they look. Many are well shod in expensive-looking western sneakers, wearing Adidas and other western name-brand clothing, fingering their smart...
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