As the US-backed Saudi attack on neighboring Yemen continues to expand, the biggest question is why and to what purpose? Is one of the least democratic countries on earth, Saudi Arabia, claiming to restore democracy in Yemen, where the president was elected with 99...
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Neocon Nervous Breakdown: Iran Framework Agreement Reached
by Daniel McAdams | Apr 2, 2015 | Neocon Watch
Behind that Cheshire Cat grin one can detect, if listening closely, the sound of neocon godfather Bill Kristol gritting his teeth. The neocons pulled out all stops to scuttle any kind of Iran deal. They even called in a foreign leader in the person of kindred spirit...
Ron Paul: Why Can’t the US Let Go of Iranian Sanctions?
by Daniel McAdams | Apr 1, 2015 | The Liberty Report
With the P5+1 talks extending beyond the March 31st deadline, it appears the main impediment to a deal is the refusal to lift sanctions on Iran even if Iran begins implementing its part of the agreement. Some on the other side are holding out for a delay of up to...
McCain to Israel: Go Rogue!
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 31, 2015 | Neocon Watch
With an Iran nuclear deal within striking distance in the P5+1 talks, John McCain is horrified to see the possibility of his longed-for US attack on Iran slowly slipping away. So, to retaliate, he took to the Senate Floor last week to urge Israel to undermine his own...
As Civilian Deaths Mount in Yemen, US Pledges Saudi Attackers More Support
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 30, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Saudi fighter planes continue to attack neighboring Yemen in hopes of re-installing ousted Yemeni president Mansur Hadi and putting down the rebellion that forced him to depart. As usual, civilians bear the brunt of such a foreign attack. Today, the Saudi-led...
Ron Paul: Is Indiana Law a Good Answer?
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 30, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Looking to define "rights" has pitted those who seek special rights for sexual and other minorities against those who seek them for those of certain religious persuasions. Legislation forcing politically correct outcomes and that carve out special exemptions for...
When it’s OK to Bomb Your Own People
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 28, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
One of the chief US/UK justifications for their regime change policy in Syria is the claim that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is "bombing his own people." While in fact the intentional targeting of his civilian population is more propaganda than fact, there is a...
Ron Paul: Is Yemen the Next Big War?
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 27, 2015 | The Liberty Report
According to Washington, al-Qaeda and ISIS are the biggest danger facing the US. But in Yemen, the US has backed Saudi Arabia's bombing of the Houthis, who are bitterly opposed to al-Qaeda and ISIS? The neocons are all behind the bombing because they are dedicated to...
The Interventionist Holocaust
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 26, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
This month, the Physicians for Social Responsibility released a report on the number of Afghanis, Iraqis, and Pakistanis killed in the ten year US "war on terror." Titled "Body Count" the report from the Nobel Peace Prize winning organization has found that what was...
Ron Paul: Another Letter on Iran? House Sends Message to President…
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 25, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Some 367 Members of the US House of Representatives sent a letter to President Obama warning him that the talks with Iran must "constrain Iran's nuclear infrastructure" so that Iran has no "pathway to a bomb." In his Liberty Report, Ron Paul argues that although...
Melkite Church Patriarch: Please Stop Bombing Us
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 24, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Patriarch Gregoire III LahamMelkite Catholic Church Patriarch Gregoire III Laham of Damascus, Syria, has a message for those who continue to intervene in Syria's tragic four year civil war: please stop. The Patriarch rejected the idea that international military...
Why Washington Provides Neither Peace Nor Prosperity
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 23, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
When did RPI Director Daniel McAdams first start following the ideas of Ron Paul? How did he come to work for Dr. Paul? When and how did he embrace non-interventionism? How did RPI come about and what are its priorities for 2015? Why is Germany the battered spouse of...
Congress Demands War in Ukraine!
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 23, 2015 | Featured Articles
US military vehicles in military exercises near Russia's border this week.Just weeks after a European-brokered ceasefire greatly reduced the violence in Ukraine, the US House of Representatives today takes a big step toward re-igniting -- and expanding -- the bloody...
Twelve Years After Start of Iraq War, Neocons Still on Top
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 20, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Obama blames the rise of ISIS and al-Qaeda in Iraq on US military action against Iraq in 2003. So what is his solution? More military action against Iraq! And what if ISIS continues to capture hundreds of millions of dollars of US military equipment to use against the...
RPI’s McAdams on Ukraine’s New Special Operations Law
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 19, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
What are the implications of a new law passed by Ukraine's parliament making it legal for Kiev to undertake special operations in the breakaway east? Will this open the door for assassinations and other covert operations against the secession-minded Lugansk and...
Rep. Walter Jones: No More Dollars for Afghanistan
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 18, 2015 | Featured Articles
US Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC), an RPI Board Member, took to the House Floor yesterday to criticize the new Republican budget for its increased spending in Afghanistan. Spending on that "graveyard of empires," said Walter Jones, is an "absolute waste of taxpayers'...
Sen. Cotton’s Fabric of War
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 17, 2015 | Neocon Watch
Sen. Tom Cotton and Bill KristolFreshman Senator Tom Cotton arrived in the Senate with a real bang. First he authored an unprecedented letter to the leaders of Iran trying to convince them (but really the American public) that the US government is an unreliable...
NATO on Russia’s Borders, Sen. Cotton Letter, Ron Paul’s Coming Book, and More – McAdams and Taylor Week in Review
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 15, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Why is NATO conducting military operations on Russia's border in Latvia? Should US ally itself with ISIS? Senator Cotton is an ill-informed warmonger. Is Venezuela the greatest threat to the United States? RPI's Daniel McAdams and Jay Taylor tackle the foreign policy...
Ron Paul on the ‘Green Light for American Empire’
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 14, 2015 | The Liberty Report
RPI Chairman discusses his new essay on United States' 25 year war in the Middle East, starting with the green light US Ambassador April Glaspie gave Saddam Hussein to invade Kuwait, then the first US attack on Iraq in 1990, and up to today with the war in ISIS in...
Roll Call on Ron Paul’s ’76 Swagger
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 13, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
As part of its 60 year anniversary, Roll Call newspaper is looking back on its coverage over the years. Have a look at how they covered Ron Paul when he was first elected to Congress in 1976: Roll Call Question: What freshman lawmaker was described as “somewhat cocky...
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