RPI Chairman Ron Paul has an op-ed in Tuesday's USA Today wondering why the US is so eager to saddle up for war over a relatively insignificant piece of land thousands of miles away. Dr. Paul is thankful that the bonds of international trade are tempering the passions...
Daniel McAdams
Against Ukraine War? Obama May Seize Your Assets
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 14, 2014 | Featured Articles
Do you, like 56 percent of the US population, believe that the US should "not get too involved" in the Ukraine situation? Do you think that the US administration putting us on a war footing with Russia is a bad idea? Are you concerned that the new, US-backed leaders...
McCain: Why Aren’t We At War Already?
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 14, 2014 | Neocon Watch
Sen. John McCain is furious with President Obama. Even though the president's bellicosity over a relatively insignificant piece of land more than 5,000 miles away threatens not only our terminally ill economy but actually threatens World War III, McCain still views...
Russia Gets it Wrong
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 12, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Russian Foreign Ministry is barking up the wrong tree. Concerned over reports that the US government plans to begin shipping billions of dollars to prop up the government in Ukraine it helped install by coup d'etat, the Russians believe they found the best...
Geoffrey Pyatt: The Outlaw as Sheriff
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 11, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Geoffrey Pyatt is an outlaw. The US Ambassador to Ukraine was caught on tape conspiring with Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland to overthrow the government in Kiev and install leaders of US choosing. Shortly afterward, after plenty of blood flowed through...
The Empire’s Meddling In Ukraine
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 9, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
RPI Director Daniel McAdams joins Robert Wenzel of the Economic Policy Journal to discuss the background and latest developments in the US/EU/Ukraine/Russia stand-off. Who started it? Who are the main players? Where might it lead? Are we really that close to all-out...
McCain: ‘It’s Tragic’ There’s No U.S. Military Option In Ukraine
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 9, 2014 | Neocon Watch
If the US/EU backed overthrow of the Ukrainian government last month had a face, that face would be Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). McCain is the "Energizer Bunny" of US interventionism: wherever there is a government to subvert, a regime to change, chaos to foment, there...
Kerry to Russia: You Can’t Just Invade a Country on False Pretences
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 3, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Poor John Kerry. He is prone to foot-in-mouth syndrome, but clearly the stress is getting to him. It's understandable. The Secretary of State and his minions went and provoked a regime change in Ukraine to which they sang the chorus "democracy" and "people power" only...
America Agrees With Ron Paul on Ukraine
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 3, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Last week, just as the US-backed rebels were overthrowing the government in Ukraine, RPI founder Ron Paul advised the US government to stop meddling in Ukraine. In "Leave Ukraine Alone," Dr. Paul warned about the interventionists who "keep pushing their own agenda for...
Bombshell: Ukraine President Requested Russian Assistance
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 3, 2014 | Featured Articles
Today in an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin dropped a bombshell: President Viktor Yanukovich had sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin requesting Russian military assistance to restore law and order...
'NATO Countries Unleashed Nationalism And Fear in Ukraine'
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 2, 2014 | The Liberty Report
RPI academic advisor, Prof. Mark Almond, explains how the US and its NATO allies are suddenly realizing that they have unleashed a force in western Ukraine that is highly destabliizing, with the repeal of the language law and the repeal of the law banning Nazi symbols...
Ron Paul: Don’t Just Cut Troops, ‘Downsize’ US Foreign Policy
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 1, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In a recent interview with NewsMax, RPI founder and chairman Ron Paul explained his vision of how to deal with the pressures on the Pentagon to make serious cuts, as the US budget situation becomes more critical.Although he supports the reported plan by Secretary of...
Obama Draws Red Lines As World Lurches Toward War
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 28, 2014 | Featured Articles
President Obama delivered a brief press statement today in which he stated that rumors about Russian military activity in Crimea were "deeply disturbing" to the United States. He then drew dangerous red lines that threaten a serious international military conflict....
Ukraine's Fractured Future
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 24, 2014 | The Liberty Report
A month before violence ripped Ukraine apart, RPI contributor Christine Stone provided an in-depth analysis of Ukraine's precarious position, accurately forecasting the disaster that was to come.Appropriately titled "Ukraine: Europe’s Partner or Puppet?" Stone wrote...
Did Susan Rice Just Threaten Russia With War?
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 23, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The US and EU got their regime change in Ukraine (for now). The legal government has been overthrown by an armed mob in the streets. As in Egypt, where the military overthrow of the democratically-elected Morsi government was called by US Secretary of State John...
Ukraine Is Responsible For Its Demise…But We All May Suffer
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 21, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Ukraine is an utter disaster. A few thousand violent rebels in a country of more than 40 million have turned Kiev into a post-apocalyptic hell, where the government is incapable of restoring order, incapable of protecting its own police force from snipers whose...
Why Does Ukraine Seem So Much Like Syria?
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 20, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In Ukraine, US-backed rebels seize weapons from a military depot and begin firing on police -- killing at least ten. The rebel groups occupy and torch government buildings, trade union headquarters, the central post office, and political party headquarters. They...
US/UN Fears Assad Win in Free Syrian Election?
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 12, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Every now and then we have a chance to peek through a tiny window to see how "diplomacy" is done behind closed doors. Last week the leaked conversation between US diplomats plotting the overthrow of Ukraine's government was one such dramatic moment. Another came...
Who is Victoria Nuland? RPI’s McAdams Joins Jay Taylor to Explain
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 12, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Fighting the propaganda! RPI Director Daniel McAdams joins Jay Taylor to discuss the Ukraine unrest and the Victoria Nuland scandal. Who is Victoria Nuland? A member of the premier family of neoconservatism in the US, who seamlessly moves from advising Dick Cheney to...
RPI on Antiwar Radio: Nuland, Ukraine, Syria and More
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 12, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
RPI Director Daniel McAdams joins Scott Horton's Antiwar Radio to discuss Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland’s captured comments on the US regime change goals for Ukraine; the provocative plans for NATO expansion to Russia’s border; and why Al Qaeda and the...
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