phhoto: Rami AlhamesIt is probably not completely fair to label establishmentarian "serious thinker" Anthony Cordesman a neocon, though his entire career has been more or less spent in their service, including as John McCain's national security aide. But here at...
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Who Needs Prison Time: Greenwald or Hayden?
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 20, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
photo: Gerald R. Ford School of Public PolicyFormer director of the CIA and NSA, General Michael Hayden, oversaw the early construction of the NSA's warrantless wiretapping database of the telephone conversations of American citizens. He demonstrated his ignorance by...
Why is US Ambassador McFaul Sticking His Nose Into the Navalny Trial?
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 20, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
photo: U.S. Consulate VladivostokAs Bradley Manning finds his escape routes from a life sentence for his whistle-blowing quickly shut down by judges who are closely tied to the prosecutors, and as whistle-blower Edward Snowden faces life on the run from the largest...
Defense Appropriations Delayed — Rebellion in the Works?
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 19, 2013 | Congress Alert
Faced with an unexpected groundswell of opposition to its highly unusual move to limit debate on the Defense Appropriations bill, as well as fears over a Floor fight on such contentious issues as the coup in Egypt, arming the Syrian rebels, and NSA spying, House...
Goodbye, Janet
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 18, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
photo: U.S. Embassy Tel AvivAs Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano departs her post for the fairer climes of the University of California, she leaves behind a government monstrosity that not only is not in better shape than when she arrived, but is teetering...
Lindsey Graham: Boycott the Soviets Again!
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 18, 2013 | Neocon Watch
photo: U.S Embassy Kabul AfghanistanQ: Why couldn't Lindsey Graham find Russia on the map? A: He'd be too confused looking for the Soviet UnionNeocon prince Lindsey Graham has decided to really hit the Soviets, er, Russians where it hurts. Although he no doubt dreams...
William Hague: The Foolish Puppet
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 17, 2013 | Featured Articles
photo:Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeBritish Foreign Secretary William Hague announced yesterday that his government would be spending nearly one million dollars providing the Syrian rebels with special hoods and other equipment to protect them from chemical weapons....
House Leadership’s Iron Fist on Defense Appropriations Bill
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 15, 2013 | Congress Alert
When the "People's Branch" of government takes up the Defense Appropriations bill later this week they will abandon a long-held tradition of debating the bill under an "open rule," which would allow any amendment to be brought to the floor that does not seek to change...
Obama’s Second Term Foreign Policy: A Full Tank or Running on Empty?
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 15, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
At the Ron Paul Institute, our job is to look critically at US foreign policy and point out the disasters of successive interventionist and empire-building administrations. But asked to more clearly define what this Administration is really up to thus far in its...
Meet the Resnicks
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 12, 2013 | Neocon Watch
Ever wonder about those tens of millions of dollars that go to fund the network of shrill neo-con think-tanks pushing for ever more sanctions on Iran? Just good Americans concerned about US national security and the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran? Patriotic citizens...
Congress to Obama: Punish Iranians!
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 5, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The House Foreign Affairs Committee plays hide and go seek with Iran's imaginary nuclear weapons programs this week, demonstrating the utter futility in hoping for any sort of foreign policy intelligence coming from the "People's Branch" of government. As Professor...
Father Francois Murad Beheaded By US-Allies in Syria
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 1, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Thanks to RPI contributor Pat Lang for putting a face to the victim of the US-backed Syrian rebels' latest ghastly atrocity. Father Francois Murad was a Franciscan priest who had been in hiding since the monastery he was building in Syria came under attack from the...
Will Egypt Implode Tomorrow?
by Daniel McAdams | Jun 29, 2013 | The Liberty Report
The Egypt experiment is falling apart. The crisis point may be reached as early as tomorrow, June 30th, when massive demonstrations are expected to rock the rule of Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi. It has been a slow-motion disintegration from the begining,...
Obama’s Syrian Allies
by Daniel McAdams | Jun 28, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Washington Times is reporting that the US shift in favor of overtly arming the Syrian rebels was celebrated by the rebels with an orgy of innocent blood. According to the Times, a Christian priest and another Christian believer were beheaded by the US-allied...
Jeb Presents Hillary Neo Con of the Year Award
by Daniel McAdams | Jun 27, 2013 | Neocon Watch
Neo conservatism does not just cross party lines, it is the party line. Both major US parties share the same foreign policy, which is "humanitarian interventionism," pushing "democracy" at the barrel of a gun, militarized diplomacy, covert and overt support of...
Surprise: Neo Con Calls for Conscription
by Daniel McAdams | Jun 25, 2013 | Neocon Watch
RPI Board Member Lew Rockwell captures the centralizing, totalitarian nature of the neo-conservatives in his well-landed critique of neocon Michael Gerson's big idea for the day: forced conscription! Because nothing makes an 18 year old love his country like being...
What Can One Person Do Versus the Leviathan?
by Daniel McAdams | Jun 25, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Over at Lew Rockwell's blog, RPI Academic Board Member Butler Shaffer has written a thought-provoking piece on how the (thus far) successful escape of NSA leaker Edward Snowden reveals how the individual with his innumerable complex and ever-changing calculations and...
Why Is No One Listening to the US Government?
by Daniel McAdams | Jun 24, 2013 | Featured Articles
photo: See-ming Lee 李思明 SMLThe US government is in panic mode over the apparently successful escape of NSA leaker Ed Snowden from Hong Kong. US government officials are swinging wildly at any target in sight while howling at the disintegrating illusion of US...
US Military to Egypt?
by Daniel McAdams | Jun 21, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
KCEN-TV is reporting (via Drudge) that a group of US soldiers from Fort Hood are preparing to deploy to Egypt in a riot control capacity and to "protect" Egypt's border with Israel. The brief report raises far more questions than it answers, such as why the US...
New Tourism Opportunities in Egypt
by Daniel McAdams | Jun 18, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Post Arab Spring Egypt is a barrel of laughs. Just over two years ago the president glowingly praised the US-assisted Arab Spring, claiming a triumph of US-style values. He reaffirmed American exceptionalism and his "firm belief that America’s interests are not...
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