One would think news this week that the Iranians are helping defeat ISIS in Iraq would be greeted enthusiastically by those who insist we must fight the Islamist extremists. However, neocons like John McCain are furious that the US is not on the ground doing the...
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NATO’s Massive Show of Force in Latvia – What’s the Endgame?
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 12, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
This week NATO delivered more than 100 tanks and heavy armored units, and several thousand soldiers including US troops, to Latvia, on the border with Russia, in its "Operation Atlantic Resolve." US Army General John O'Conner made no secret that the military operation...
Ron Paul: Why is Libya Going to ISIS?
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 11, 2015 | The Liberty Report
The US/NATO invasion of Libya was supposed to be another cakewalk, the interventionists promised. But just like Iraq, it turned out just like Iraq! Now, after "liberation," Islamic radicals like ISIS and al-Qaeda have a strong foothold there. Join Ron Paul and Co-Host...
Al-Qaeda, Our Ally?
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 11, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Generally speaking, if one were to argue that the US foreign policy elites secretly back al-Qaeda, that person would be accused of extreme stupidity and of wallowing in the conspiracy theory mud.But what happens when a writer in the flagship journal of the foreign...
Sen. Cotton’s Shocking Ignorance
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 10, 2015 | Neocon Watch
It is often incorrectly assumed that elected officials are better informed about current events than are average American citizens. "I don't have access to the kinds of information they have," is what is often heard. In fact, this is not the case. Members of Congress...
McCain Stands With ISIS?
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 9, 2015 | Neocon Watch
Sen. John McCain has a knack for getting his picture taken with the strangest characters. Though his support for US interventionism is steadfast, does he even know what he is getting himself into when he travels overseas? In the above photograph, we see Sen. McCain,...
German Intel: Breedlove is Bonkers!
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 8, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
What happens when a close friend starts acting so bizarrely that you need to gently extract yourself from his ravings lest you be tarred with the same brush -- or worse? That is the position in which Germany is increasingly finding itself, as the US government's...
Ron Paul: ‘Netanyahu’s US Trip is All About Politics’
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 7, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Why did Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu come to Congress? To bolster his electoral chances back home and to thrill the neocons in Washington D.C. His trip may not have been as successful as he might have liked. As Dr. Paul notes in his newest Liberty Report, there is...
Nuland’s Neocon Lies and McCain’s Agony – McAdams and Taylor Week in Review
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 7, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Victoria Nuland distorts the US role in the Ukraine coup before Congress. Isn't it supposed to be frowned upon to lie to Congress? Also Iran joins the fight against ISIS and John McCain is troubled by the development. He would rather have Americans on the ground...
Neocon Nuland Lies About Ukraine Before Congress
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 5, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland appeared before the House International Relations Committee yesterday to beat the war drums against Russia over Ukraine. Her testimony was full of lies, RPI Director Daniel McAdams told RT, starting with her claim that...
The Netanyahu Speech and the Neocons – A Discussion With Tom Woods and Daniel McAdams
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 5, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
What is the real story behind Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress this week? Who invited him and why? Are critics of the "Israel lobby" just anti-Semites? Why would Congress turn to Netanyahu for advice on foreign policy when he has been so...
Ron Paul: Syrian ‘Moderates’ Again Join al-Qaeda
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 4, 2015 | The Liberty Report
The US "regime change" plan for Syria has produced nothing but al-Qaeda and ISIS domination. This week yet another of the main US-backed "moderate" rebel groups has disbanded, handing their (US-supplied) weapons over to the al-Nusra Front. Do the neocons concede the...
McCain ‘Troubled’ by Iranian Help With ISIS
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 3, 2015 | Neocon Watch
Although the enemy of an enemy is not necessarily a friend, it should seemingly go without saying that if a foreign country has dedicated its resources to the defeat of an avowed enemy of one's own country it would be welcomed and even encouraged. For example, if the...
Ron Paul: Killing of Boris Nemtsov and War Propaganda
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 2, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Who killed Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov? It is likely no one but the killers know at this point. But that does not stop the propagandists in the media and neocon circles from speculating endlessly. Join Ron Paul and co-host Daniel McAdams for an...
Ron Paul: Is Government Regulation of Internet Helpful?
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 28, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Ron Paul explains his opposition to the recent FCC vote to begin regulating the Internet as a public utility. Dr. Paul warns that government control will lead to a decrease in innovation, an increase in prices, and more surveillance of Americans' online activities....
Stephen Hawking and the Meaning of Non-Aggression
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 27, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Ron Paul's latest Liberty Report takes a look at famed physicist Stephen Hawking's comments that aggression is the greatest human failing and that the solution is empathy, which "brings us together in a peaceful, loving state." Whether intentionally or not, Dr....
The Origins of ISIS
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 27, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
RPI Director Daniel McAdams appears on Ben Swann's excellent documentary on the real origins of ISIS, everybody's favorite enemy. Don't miss the cameos by Barack Obama, John McCain, and Antiwar.Com's Angela Keaton. How many billions of dollars did the US Intelligence...
Janet Yellen On Capitol Hill – Ron Paul Liberty Report
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 25, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Fed Chairman Janet Yellen goes to Capitol Hill this week for her bi-annual report to Congress. At her first stop, in the Senate Banking Committee, she rejected any call for an audit of the Federal Reserve and claimed that Fed is doing a fine job of managing the...
NATO’s Russia Border Games
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 25, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
When a Russian bomber flew over international waters some 25 miles off the southwest tip of England last week, UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon called Russia "a real and present danger." The UK government scrambled jet fighters to meet the Russian aircraft as a...
US, UK, Kiev in Violation of Minsk Agreement?
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 24, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Since the Minsk II Agreement went into effect earlier this month, there have been many claims and counter-claims that both the Kiev government and the separatists in east Ukraine have violated the terms of the agreement. Both sides accuse each other, and the Kiev side...
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