Just when the US presidential contest needed a real macho man candidate, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) today threw his camouflaged hat in the ring. The Senator is staking it all on the proposition that after 14 years of fighting a global war on terror that has produced...
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US Gives ISIS a Billion Dollars In Mosul
by Daniel McAdams | May 31, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Whenever there is a problem anywhere in the world, the first thing US lawmakers and Beltway foreign policy experts do is urge the US to send weapons. Libyan "freedom fighters" want to overthrow Gaddafi? Send weapons. Eastern Ukraine wants to break away from US-backed...
Will Congress Save PATRIOT Act…And Does It Matter?
by Daniel McAdams | May 30, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Portions of the PATRIOT Act are set to expire Sunday at midnight unless Congress finds a way to extend them. What might we expect from the race to maintain the NSA's bulk collection of our telecommunications? And if somehow those provisions expire, does it mean that...
The Hollywoodization Of War
by Daniel McAdams | May 28, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Hollywood has long been content to churn out pro-war propaganda at the behest of the government, but the presentation of war as a risk-free exercise where the US always wins is feeding a dangerous militarism in the United States. The Ron Paul Liberty Report visits...
Who Won’t Fight in Iraq?
by Daniel McAdams | May 26, 2015 | The Liberty Report
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter claimed that the Iraqi army, trained and equipped by the US for a decade or more, lacks the will to fight against the ISIS takeover of their country. The Iraqis and Iranians countered that the US is ineffective in its ten month...
New Evidence US Backed ISIS
by Daniel McAdams | May 25, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Thanks to a lawsuit by Judicial Watch, a 2012 Defense Intelligence Agency assessment has been released, in heavily redacted form, that indicates the US Intelligence Community knew from the beginning that its regime change policy in Syria would boost al-Qaeda and ISIS....
ISIS Gains as Congress Funds War: Week in Review With McAdams and Taylor
by Daniel McAdams | May 24, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The US failure in Iraq and Syria becomes more obvious as ISIS gains ground; new military spending bill funds the president's wars, but forbids debate on them; a color revolution in Macedonia funded by George Soros and the US taxpayer. This and more as RPI's Daniel...
A Military ‘Pivot to Asia’
by Daniel McAdams | May 22, 2015 | The Liberty Report
As China reclaims land in the South China Sea, the US sends in spy planes to buzz the construction. China warns the US to leave them alone. US, with bases all over the South China Sea area, objects to what it views as Chinese military activity in the region. Is this...
US Failure in Iraq and Syria: Troops on the Way?
by Daniel McAdams | May 21, 2015 | The Liberty Report
The US bombing operation against ISIS in Syria and Iraq is all but a failure. A few days ago, Ramadi in Iraq fell to ISIS. More recently, Palmyra in Syria fell. If anything, ISIS seems stronger after US strikes began. Now, the US government is shipping weapons to Iraq...
Cashless Society: More Attacks on Our Privacy
by Daniel McAdams | May 20, 2015 | The Liberty Report
In Louisiana if you want to purchase from a secondhand store with cash, the seller is required to inform the state about your purchase, along with invasive personal information about you. Other states may follow this anti-cash trend. Already several countries overseas...
‘Any Time US Official Visits Ukraine, Some Attack Happens Afterward’
by Daniel McAdams | May 19, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
What a surprise: Viktoria "F- the EU" Nuland visited Ukraine this week and the US-backed government subsequently launched a massive artillery attack against the independence-seeking eastern provinces. This pattern has been repeated numerous times, particularly when a...
US Allies Flee Ramadi, US Weapons to ISIS
by Daniel McAdams | May 18, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar province, was captured by ISIS over the weekend. The Iraqi army deserted their posts, leaving scores of US-provided weapons behind. Also, over the weekend US special forces troops conducted a military operation on Syrian soil...
Bin Laden Killing: Who’s Telling The Truth?
by Daniel McAdams | May 16, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Famed investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has written a powerful piece concluding that the Obama Administration's version of the killing of Osama bin Laden was like something out of Wag The Dog -- totally fabricated. Of course the Administration disputes his...
NATO: ‘We Are The World’
by Daniel McAdams | May 14, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
How appropriate to their outsized egos and ambitions that the foreign ministers of NATO countries joined arms and hands to sing an impromptu rendition of the 1980s aid to Africa fundraiser song "We Are The World" yesterday at a military alliance meeting in Turkey.The...
Why is Terrorism on the Rapid Rise?
by Daniel McAdams | May 12, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Despite the 14 year US "war on terror," last year saw more terrorist attacks than ever. And most of these attacks have taken place in countries with US military presence or where US intervention was creating instability. The Ron Paul Liberty Report is joined by former...
Free Speech, Property, and Provocations
by Daniel McAdams | May 11, 2015 | The Liberty Report
After the recent shootings in Garland, TX, what are the limits of free speech and what does the First Amendment of the US Constitution really mean when it prohibits Congress from making any law restricting speech? Most of these problems could be cleared up through...
NATO War Games, NSA Spying, Yemen Dying: Week in Review with Jay Taylor and Daniel McAdams
by Daniel McAdams | May 9, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
What's the latest on NATO's war games near the Russian border? Should we be cheering the recent court decision that NSA's phone collection program is illegal? US support for the Saudi attack on Yemen means starving civilians and a rise of al-Qaeda. Join RPI's Daniel...
NSA Spying: Not ‘Authorized’ or Not Constitutional?
by Daniel McAdams | May 8, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Yesterday's ruling by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals that the NSA's bulk telephone collection program is illegal is a boost for liberty. But as the deadline to extend the PATRIOT Act looms at the end of this month, watch for Congress to actually make matters worse...
Is NATO Looking For a New War?
by Daniel McAdams | May 6, 2015 | The Liberty Report
With NATO launching its largest ever war games in the Baltic Sea this week, it is worth pondering why we see such a dramatically increased tempo of NATO military exercises so close to the Russian border. One estimate has NATO increasing its activities near Russia some...
A Documentary Worthy of Ron Paul
by Daniel McAdams | May 6, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Lew Rockwell writes on his blog: Lots of documentary makers have approached Ron Paul over the years, but none measured up, until now. Why is this film different? because Charles Goyette is making it. Charles has the technical and artistic abilities, but so did some of...
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