President Obama has admitted that sanctions do not work, as he announced a major US policy shift toward Cuba. But he turned around and immediately signed a bill authorizing more sanctions on Russia. There is a big disconnect between rhetoric and actions in the US...
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US Overlooks Russia Sanctions Backlash on Own Economy
by Daniel McAdams | Dec 19, 2014 | Featured Articles
While the US pursues the "nuclear" option of a first strike on the Russian economy -- seeking to depress the price of oil while denying Russia access to international financial markets -- the economic backlash of such a move could well be as dangerous for the US...
Bombs Away! Obama Signs Lethal Aid to Ukraine Bill
by Daniel McAdams | Dec 18, 2014 | Featured Articles
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, Ed Royce (R-CA)President Obama made good today on his promise to sign the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014, which had passed Congress last week. Dubbed by former Rep. Dennis Kucinich the bill that "reignited the Cold War while...
New US Bill Arms Ukraine, Adds Sanctions — RPI’s McAdams on RT
by Daniel McAdams | Dec 15, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The House and Senate late last week passed legislation authorizing $350 million in US lethal aid to Ukraine and imposing a new round of sanctions on Russia. Co-author of the bill, Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), claims the bill is in response to the "Russian invasion of...
Meaning of Torture Report: Simply a Catharsis? – Daniel McAdams and Jay Taylor
by Daniel McAdams | Dec 14, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
What is the final meaning of the Senate's recent release of its report on CIA torture activities? We know that no one will be prosecuted, as they have already been given immunity by the president. We have no reason to believe the out-of-control CIA will have its wings...
Rep. Walter Jones: Omnibus Bill? Are You Kidding? I Don’t Even Know What’s In It!
by Daniel McAdams | Dec 13, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC), an RPI Board Member, again demonstrates why he is one of the few exemplary Members of Congress left in the House. Asked by CNSNews whether he would be voting for the monstrous omnibus continuing resolution on the House Floor this past week,...
As Expected, Neocons Defend Torture
by Daniel McAdams | Dec 9, 2014 | Neocon Watch
In the realm of predictability, it was a sure bet: The Senate Intelligence Committee's report on CIA torture released today was vigorously rejected by the coterie of neocon armchair warriors whose lives are a constant loop of the television program "24." As the rest...
‘A Litany of Federal Crimes’ – Judge Napolitano on the CIA Torture Report
by Daniel McAdams | Dec 9, 2014 | Featured Articles
"The most compelling, detailed documented report of government intentional infliction of pain on non-combatants ever produced in American history since the time of the Civil War." That is how RPI Advisory Board Member Judge Andrew Napolitano reacted to today's release...
House Russia Bill, New SecDef, Hungary Regime Change: Foreign Policy Week in Review
by Daniel McAdams | Dec 7, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
RPI's Daniel McAdams joins Jay Taylor again to look back over the top foreign policy stories of the past week. Why is Ukraine naming a former State Department employee to head its finance ministry? Is Ukraine the 51st state? What about Congress flexing its muscles at...
Ron Paul: Anti-Russia Bill Passed by Congress ‘Part of the War Propaganda Machine’
by Daniel McAdams | Dec 6, 2014 | Featured Articles
Republicans and Democrats have the same foreign policy. One may be a little more aggressive than the other, but they all support intervention. So said RPI chairman Ron Paul when asked today how so many from both parties could support the recent bill passed in the US...
The Anatomy of Regime Change
by Daniel McAdams | Dec 6, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
What do all regime change operations have in common? RPI Board Member John Laughland explains to the "World Public Forum – Dialogue of Civilizations" conference last month that all such interventions essentially include the criminal prosecution of the vanquished...
State Spokesperson: ‘Our Line is Ridiculous…’
by Daniel McAdams | Dec 5, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Every time State Department spokespersons proclaim the Department position on critical trouble spots like Ukraine, Syria, Libya, Russia, we have the feeling they are shoveling a line of bovine excrement and well know it. And know we know it. And don't care.Jen Psaki...
What Would SecDef Ashton Carter Mean for the Military?
by Daniel McAdams | Dec 4, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
We know from RPI Chairman Ron Paul that President Obama's choice to be the next Defense Secretary, Ashton Carter, will mean no big changes in current US foreign and military policy. International correspondent Pepe Escobar informs us that Carter is: ...the typical...
ISIS: Another Chapter in the Forever War
by Daniel McAdams | Dec 4, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
US politicians and officials keep upping the number of years the US will be at war in Iraq, with Sen. John McCain claiming we must remain for 100 years! In the latest podcast with Ron Paul and Charles Goyette, Dr. Paul shares his concerns that a new and "wildly...
Ron Paul on the Next US Defense Secretary
by Daniel McAdams | Dec 3, 2014 | Featured Articles
As the US media reported that President Obama was expected to nominate Ashton Carter to be the next Secretary of Defense, RPI Chairman Ron Paul was not optimistic. There is no reason to believe that Carter, a long-time Pentagon employee and former deputy secretary,...
Anne Applebaum Hates Your Opinion
by Daniel McAdams | Nov 30, 2014 | Neocon Watch
Neoconservative newspaper columnist Anne Applebaum is angry and upset. In the days when print was king, she could dash off her pro-war opinions and never have to worry about the common people taking apart her arguments. In those days only a very few would be dedicated...
Weapons to Ukraine? Assad Overthrow? RPI’s Daniel McAdams Speaks With Jay Taylor
by Daniel McAdams | Nov 29, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Indications that the US is looking to accelerate the conflict in Ukraine, with Vice President Biden in Kiev followed by NATO's Supreme Allied Commander for Europe. Pressure to provide US weapons to the Kiev regime is mounting. Also, what does departure of US Defense...
Gen. Breedlove Announces More Aid to Ukraine Military, Denounces Russian ‘Militarization’
by Daniel McAdams | Nov 26, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
On the heels of US Vice President Joseph Biden's trip to Ukraine this week, NATO Supreme Allied Commander for Europe, Gen. Philip Breedlove, is in Kiev today pledging increased military assistance to the US-backed government there. As the Kiev regime readies another...
What Does Hagel’s Ouster Mean for US Syria Policy?
by Daniel McAdams | Nov 24, 2014 | Featured Articles
Does today's pink slip to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel signal a big victory to the humanitarian interventionists and neocons pushing President Obama to go for broke against Assad in Syria? RPI's Daniel McAdams was on RT this morning to give his take:
Breaking: Hagel Out, Assad Next
by Daniel McAdams | Nov 24, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Washington is abuzz with news that Chuck Hagel is out as President Obama's Secretary of Defense. The Secretary was said to have never meshed with the rest of Obama's foreign policy team, led by National Security Advisor Susan Rice and flanked by US Ambassador to the...
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