Not to be outdone by the hyper-interventionist State Department of John Kerry, Victoria Nuland, and US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt, the US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly yesterday to jump head first into the Ukraine crisis. By an overwhelming...
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US Aid Arrives in Syria?
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 10, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
As Brown Noses points out on Twitter, it appears as if US aid has arrived to Syria, courtesy of USAID. Isn't it nice to see that the money extorted from Americans and sent to "moderates" in Syria is being put to use building shelters for al-Qaeda and their US-supplied...
Victoria Nuland’s ‘Ukraine-gate’ Deceptions
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 9, 2014 | Featured Articles
"That's some pretty impressive tradecraft," said Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland of the interception and leak of her now-infamous call to US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoff Pyatt. The call consisted of the two plotting to install a US puppet government in...
A Tale of Two Cities: Kiev and Washington
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 7, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In Kiev:Violent protestors last month occupied three cabinet ministry buildings as they sought to overthrow the Ukrainian government. Protestors physically blocked the speaker of the Ukrainian parliament from taking his seat at the speaker's podium for weeks. Then...
US ‘Ukraine-gate’ Threatens to Blow Up Into Major Conflagration
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 7, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland and US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt were caught in a phone conversation leaked yesterday actively plotting over which of the Ukrainian opposition figures should take which position in a post-coup Ukraine...
‘F**k the EU’: Tape Reveals US Runs Ukraine Opposition
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 6, 2014 | Featured Articles
In the latest debacle for the US State Department and the Obama Administration, US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland was caught on tape micro-managing Ukraine opposition party strategies with US Ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt. That the Ukraine...
Why Are Syrian ‘Moderates’ Wearing Al-Qaeda and Taliban Clothing?
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 6, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Thanks to PartisanGirl on Twitter for pointing out that a recent profile of the "moderate" Free Syria Army on the website of The Atlantic, lamenting the diappearance of "Syria’s non-violent activists" from social media, included a picture of featured "moderate" Syrian...
Washington Institute: ‘Let’s Bomb Syria’
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 5, 2014 | Neocon Watch
After the careful and reasoned consideration usually given to foreign affairs by the neocons, the AIPAC-founded Washington Institute for Near Policy (WINEP) has come to a conclusion: we need to bomb Syria. In an article titled, "A New Approach to the Syria Crisis,"...
Damage Done, McFaul Exits Russia
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 4, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul has announced today that he will step down from his post in Moscow and will leave the Obama Administration entirely. He stated that he wants to spend more time with his family.McFaul leaves behind a legacy of damaged US/Russia...
A Tale of Two Cities: Fallujah and Aleppo
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 3, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Iraqi army forces intensified their shelling of Fallujah over the past couple of days in attempt to dislodge control from an al-Qaeda affiliate that last month overran the city and most of the Anbar region in which it lies.US Secretary of State John Kerry pledged...
Ukraine in Revolt? Daniel McAdams Speaks With Tom Woods
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 30, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
What are the origins of today's unrest in Ukraine? Is this a continuation of the Orange Revolution? Is it a coup d'etat? How much of a role is the US and EU playing in fomenting the current troubles today?Listen to the whole interview below:
Geneva II, Iran, Syria, Ukraine: Daniel McAdams Talks with Jay Taylor
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 29, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
RPI Director Daniel McAdams is interviewed by Jay Taylor, host of "Turning Hard Times Into Good Times." The two discuss the Geneva II talks on Syria, the US demand that Iran not be included, the myth of "Arab Spring," and more...
The Ugly American (and Friends) in Geneva
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 22, 2014 | Featured Articles
US Secretary of State John Kerry's delusions continued as he arrived in Montreux, Switzerland to open the "Geneva II" talks on the ongoing conflict in Syria. Having successfully bullied UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon into rescinding the invitation previously...
How Dare They Invite Iran to The Syria Peace Conference!
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 21, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon had the temerity Monday to invite Iran to participate in the "Geneva II" conference on the ongoing crisis in Syria. Though one might believe Iran has a legitimate interest in a conflict right in its neighborhood, the US refused to...
Iran, Syria and the Tragicomedy of U.S. Foreign Policy
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 21, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
As the Joint Plan of Action and Geneva II diplomatic initiatives, dealing with Iran and Syria, respectively, RPI academic advisor Hillary Mann Leverett speaks with Scott Horton for Pacifica Radio with words of caution to those who think the new Senate bill imposing...
Kerry’s Geneva II Delusions
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 18, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Secretary of State John Kerry is in a bind. The US claims that the purpose of its two-plus year covert and overt support for rebels in Syria is to establish democracy in that country. But to get there the US has backed an artificially cemented together gaggle of...
Obama’s NSA Speech: What Reform?
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 18, 2014 | Featured Articles
Speaking from a set that could have been designed by Leni Riefenstahl, President Obama yesterday informed us that not only does our freedom depend on the work of spies, but the very birth of our republic was dependent on the same kind of surveillance network that so...
War with Iran? New Sanctions? RPI’s McAdams and Jay Taylor Discuss
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 15, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Daniel and Jay discuss Syria and Iran. Why are the neocons so obsessed? Why is the US so paranoid about Iran? What about the trade deal between Russia and Iran?
McCain and Graham Go To Work Against Iran Agreement
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 14, 2014 | Congress Alert
Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) continue to pull out all stops in attempt to scuttle the six-month interim agreement between the P5+1 and Iran. The agreement is meant to provide some space for negotiations to continue between the two sides while...
RPI’s McAdams and Tom Woods: Fallujah, Iran Sanctions, Back-to-Iraqers, and More
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 14, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Listen to RPI's Daniel McAdams on the Tom Woods Show today, taking apart Iraq, Iran, al-Qaeda, and the neocons who are still having their way with US foreign policy.
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