As US government whistleblower Thomas Drake Tweeted today, the "US has no evidence in public of scientific samples or intel info proving use of sarin gas or by Syrian gov't."Reuters reported today that "Direct link between Assad and gas attack elusive for U.S."In the...
Daniel McAdams
Should We Really Listen to Petraeus on Syria?
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 8, 2013 | Neocon Watch
Remember General David Petraeus? The guy who claimed that as soon as his brilliant comprehensive counterinsurgency strategy (COIN) was implemented in Afghanistan the US would emerge victorious? The "maverick savior of Iraq" as he was christened by neocon historian...
War Propagandists: The Curious Case of Elizabeth O’Bagy
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 8, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Yesterday we wrote about the Institute for the Study of War's Elizabeth O'Bagy, the Syria "expert" who recently wrote that the CIA assessment that the Syrian opposition was by and large a franchise of al-Qaeda was completely wrong, and in fact they are mostly...
Syria’s Nayirah Moment: The Lies That Build the Case for War
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 7, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Followers of the lies that lead us to war will well remember one of the late Congressman Tom Lantos's more sinister (and for Lantos that is saying much) manipulations of US public opinion in favor of war, when he knowingly allowed the daughter of the Kuwaiti...
Don’t Miss Buchanan — ‘Just Who’s War is This?’
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 5, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Patrick Buchanan is at his firey and controversial best today with a must-read column on the coming US attack on Syria and those foolishly pushing a war that will surely backfire on its sponsors and on the US. Here is an excerpt of classic Buchanan, but don't miss the...
Obama’s Syrian Allies Bombard Christian Village
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 5, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Church and Monastery of St. Takla, Maaloula, Syria Obama's allies in Syria -- those who will directly benefit from the coming US airstrikes -- stepped up their genocide against Syrian Christians today, attacking Maaloula, a Christian village, indiscriminately using...
Putin: Kerry Lies Beautifully
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 5, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Russian president Vladimir Putin puts into words what most of the rest of the world is thinking about Obama's mad dash to bomb Syria. Putin, like the rest of us, sees the absurdity in the US regime blatantly breaking international law and overtly violating the...
John Kerry Steals Wolfowitz’s Iraq Lines for Syria War
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 5, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Secretary of State John Kerry at the House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on Syria war authorization Today: “With respect to Arab countries offering to bear costs...the answer is profoundly yes. They have. That offer is on the table.” Deputy Defense Secretary Paul...
Why No One Backs Washington’s Push for Syria War
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 4, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
McClatchy is among the last objective mainstream media sources. The news service actually bothers to question conventional wisdom and do actual reporting. Yesterday it published a devastating deconstruction of the Obama administration's "evidence" animating its push...
Ex-CIA Giraldi: Intel Colleagues Don’t Buy Chemical Attack Story
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 4, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Phil Giraldi, a former career CIA operations officer, is interviewed on Scott Horton's excellent radio program today. Giraldi, a unique and valuable source of information and insights on how the US intelligence community works, told Horton that he and his current and...
Rep. Cantor Steals Condi Rice’s Iraq Lines for Syria
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 3, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Today House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) directly channeled then-President Bush's National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice, spouting the same lying propaganda to get us into Syria that Rice spouted to get us into Iraq.Leader Cantor today: "No one wants to be...
Who Gave Kerry The Syrian ‘Smoking Gun’?
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 2, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Former UK Ambassador Craig Murray wonders why a "crown jewel" in the British government's signals intercept network, the facility on Mount Troodos in Cyprus, did not intercept the alleged "smoking gun" telephone conversation beween the two Syrian government officials...
Congressional Danse Macabre Has Begun
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 2, 2013 | Featured Articles
The first draft of the White House's war authorization legislation was leaked today, signaling the opening round of the danse macabre, in which the bargaining and maneuvering over what Congress and the president both want -- war on Syria -- begins its public journey...
Lapdog Regime Journalists versus a Bona Fide Expert: Watch the Sparks Fly!
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 1, 2013 | The Liberty Report
RPI Academic Board Member Hillary Mann Leverett absolutely destroys the conventional wisdom-mongering and regime lapdog "journalists" on Obama's march to war on Syria. Watch the smug bootlickers discount the sole voice of reason -- an expert on the region rather than...
US to Launch Chemical Attack on Syria in Retaliation for Alleged Chemical Attack?
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 31, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
As RPI pointed out last week, reported US plans to bomb Syria's purported chemical weapons facilities in retaliation for the alleged Syrian governmental use of chemical agents would, ironically, result in the release of massive amounts of nerve gas on the civilian...
Obama Taps the Clapper to Present Syria Intelligence Dossier
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 30, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
President Obama, stung by the defection of the British government from his very tiny "coalition of the willing" to attack Syria, has decided to push on ahead without allies. To go it alone. Perhaps it is meant to look decisive, but in reality it looks rather...
Obama's Syria Dossier: 'Trust Us'
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 30, 2013 | Featured Articles
Release of the long-awaited US government intelligence dossier on the alleged chemical attack in Syria on Aug. 21, had been moved and postponed until the media black-hole of a Friday afternoon before a big US holiday weekend. Now we see why.Here is the crux of the...
RPI’s McAdams Talks Syria with VoiceAmerica’s Jay Taylor
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 29, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Listen to RPI Director Daniel McAdams discuss how we got to this mess in Syria -- the lies behind the Administration's push to war -- with VoiceAmerica Radio's Jay Taylor, host of Turning Hard Times in Good Times.
Obama's Flimsy Case For Attacking Syria Falls Apart
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 29, 2013 | Featured Articles
It started with Secretary of State John Kerry. On Monday, he made the Obama Administration's preliminary case for a US attack on Syria. He promised an administration response, after watching the YouTube videos of people suffering from some sort of attack in Syria had...
Who Cares if Someone Somewhere Used ‘Chemical Weapons’?
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 28, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A reader writes to make an excellent point about the pitfalls of focusing on the chemical weapons issue in Syria: What difference does it make if Obama has “evidence” or not that the Syrian government is using chemical weapons? It should be none of the business of the...
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