Philip Giraldi

Perspectives from Eastern Europe

Perspectives from Eastern Europe

Back in the 1970s I was part of the Field Trade Craft course for new Case Officers at the Central Intelligence Agency’s principal training facility, located at Camp Peary, near Williamsburg, Virginia. Peary was and still is referred to by one and all as “the Farm,”...

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US Foreign Policy Goes 'Woke'?

US Foreign Policy Goes 'Woke'?

It is generally observed that imperial powers like the United States frequently interfere in foreign governments in support of economic or hard political reasons. To be sure, Washington has refined the process so it can plausibly deny that it is interfering at all,...

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America the Feckless

America the Feckless

One would think that the United States military staging an unprovoked “plausibly deniable” covert attack on a nation with which it is not at war would be at least considered newsworthy. That the attack did grave damage to a country with which the US is closely allied...

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Will 2023 be Worse Than 2022?

Will 2023 be Worse Than 2022?

Even though one has become accustomed to seeing the United States government behaving irrationally on an epic scale with no concern for what happens to the average citizen who is not a member of one of the freak show constituencies of the Democratic Party, it is still...

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War Without End

War Without End

Prussian Major General Carl von Clausewitz famously drew on his own experience in the Napoleonic Wars to examine war as a political phenomenon. In his 1832 book “On War” he provided a frequently quoted pithy summary of war versus peace, writing in terms of...

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Dancing with the Politicians

Dancing with the Politicians

If the non-stop dancing duo Biden and Blinken is seriously seeking to validate its view that the United States of America is and should be the world’s hegemon, they are going about it the wrong way. They should be taking their lead from Ukraine’s President Volodymyr...

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The All-American Lie Factory

The All-American Lie Factory

This article is derived from a speech I delivered at the July 23rd Peace and Freedom Rally in Kingston New York.There are some things that I believe to be true about the anarchy that purports to be US foreign policy. First, and most important, I do not believe that...

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Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

Quite likely a majority of Americans would agree that it is wrong for the government or police to torture someone, though some would surely accept the “ticking time bomb” exemption, where a detainee is withholding information that could save many lives. It is in fact...

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Explain It to Me, Please

Explain It to Me, Please

So Honest Joe Biden is now going to give another $1.2 billion to the Ukrainians on top of the sixty or so billion that is already in the pipeline, but who’s counting, particularly as Congress refused to approve having an inspector general to monitor whose pockets will...

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