The Obama Administration announced yesterday that it would begin a sustained bombing campaign against ISIS in Libya. The Administration said it was acting in response to a request by the Libyan “Government of National Accord,” which was created by the UN rather than voted in by the Libyan people. Asked about the scope of this new US war on Libya, Pentagon Spokesman Peter Cook said, “We don’t have an end point.” Thus far Congress has been silent on this new war. We are not silent, however. Tune in to today’s Liberty Report:
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Capt. Humayun Khan: Sacrifice Or Victim?
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 1, 2016 | The Liberty Report
Democratic Party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s team invited the parents of Capt. Humayun Khan, killed in Iraq in 2004, to speak at the convention and criticize Republican nominee Donald Trump’s policy on Muslim immigration. It was a classic trap and Trump bumbled into it. The ensuing blow-up may have made great ratings for the media, but what is unsaid is that both sides agreed that Khan’s death was a great sacrifice for our liberties and freedoms back home in the US. The media went along with this view. But being killed in a war started by government and media lies does not make one a heroic sacrifice. In fact, it makes on a victim. Khan was a victim of both Republicans and Democrats who supported the war in 2002 and he is victim again today. Ron Paul’s view in today’s Liberty Report:
Just Who Is The War Party?
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 28, 2016 | The Liberty Report
As many neocons shift over to support Democratic Party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, there are appearing a few bumps in the road. Last night at the convention, for example, former CIA director and defense secretary Leon Panetta found himself drowned out by chants of “no more war!” as he touted Hillary’s hawkishness. There are insurgent antiwar factions in both major parties but the establishment is trying to minimize their power and influence. How long can the center hold? More today in the Liberty Report:
A Tipping Point for Liberty
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 26, 2016 | The Liberty Report
How many of us does it take to move the US in a direction toward a more peaceful foreign policy and the restoration of civil liberties at home? Not as many as people might think. But what is critical is that we educate ourselves and then do our best to help educate others. Some of the drug decriminalization we are seeing today would be unheard of just a few years ago. People’s opinion begins changing until a tipping point is reached, and then policy changes. RPI Senior Fellow Adam Dick joins the Liberty Report to discuss his new book, “A Tipping Point for Liberty,” which points us in the right direction:
Can Bombs Win War on ISIS?
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 25, 2016 | The Liberty Report
The US-led coalition fighting ISIS in Syria and Iraq has dropped its 50,000th bomb recently, yet the end of the two-year effort is nowhere in sight. Meanwhile civilians are being killed by the hundreds by US bombs on Syria. Is that not also a form of terrorism and is it not generating blowback against Europe and the US? Both major presidential candidates talk of escalating the bombing campaigns in Iraq and Syria, but if that approach is not producing the desired result how will doing more of it result in a different outcome? We need an entirely new approach to the war on ISIS. Tune in to today’s Liberty Report for our take:
28pages.org Founder Brian McGlinchey to Speak at RPI Conference!
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 21, 2016 | The Liberty Report
We can make a difference! That is a main theme we are keeping in mind as we put together our “Peace and Prosperity 2016” conference in Washington, D.C. this September 10th. The pursuit of a peaceful foreign policy is a task we can all take up. Demanding transparency from the US government can produce results. And we can win!
This week the spotlight turned to one person who has helped prove this right: founder of 28pages.org, Brian McGlinchey.
As Brian explains in today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report, he was inspired to work for peace and liberty but didn’t quite know what he could do. Then, seeing Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) describe his reaction to reading the long-classified 28 pages of the Senate’s 9/11 report, he knew just what that “thing” was he needed to be doing: pressing for the release of those pages! So he started a webpage and he started a movement and eventually public pressure became so great that the government, late on Friday, July 15th, released those pages.
We were fascinated by Brian’s success story and we asked him to share it with all of our friends who will be joining us in September and we are so delighted that he agreed.
“28 Pages” declassification activist Brian McGlinchey will be joining Dr. Ron Paul, libertarian legends Lew Rockwell and Jacob Hornberger, and several more very special guests soon to be announced at our “Peace and Prosperity 2016” conference. Tickets are available for just $65 including lunch but they are going fast. Act now before we are completely sold out!
The 28 Pages – Finally Revealed
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 21, 2016 | The Liberty Report
After some 14 years of classification, the hidden 28 pages of the Senate 9/11 report were released last Friday — not coincidentally the exact moment you release something when you don’t want much press coverage. But the explosive revelations — and even more explosive implications — are now finally coming out. In today’s Liberty Report we interview the individual who should take much credit for the release of these papers. Brian McGlinchey founded the group 28Pages.org to educate the population and to push for the release of the pages. His is a great news story for all of us trying to make a change. And guess what? We announced on today’s show that Brian will be joining us as a speaker at our September 10 “Peace and Prosperity 2016” conference in Washington, D.C. Join us there!
Millennials Are Facing Existential Crisis
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 19, 2016 | The Liberty Report
According to Neil Howe and William Strauss’s book The Fourth Turning (1997), the millennial generation (born 1982-2005) will face a severe economic, cultural, religious, or military crisis — or all of the above — as they slowly move into positions of societal leadership. They were influenced largely growing up in the immediate aftermath of the end of the Cold War, an era where the US was at first adrift and then slouched from a handful of interventions overseas into a state of permanent war. Is there a way to avoid the crisis that appears to be looming? Tune in to the Liberty Report for Dr. Paul’s prescription:
Turkey Coup – Is It Over?
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 18, 2016 | The Liberty Report
Three days after the mysterious Turkish coup that was put down almost instantly, Turkish president Erdogan has conducted massive purges of the judiciary and the military. He even referred to the coup as a “godsend” that would allow him to rid the government of those who are disloyal. The purges have focused attention in Washington and Brussels, where he is being warned that talks for EU membership — and even existing NATO membership — may be at risk if the government crackdown gets more serious. Is the US and EU bluffing? After all, Erdogan currently has nearly three million Syrian refugees on Turkish soil that he could send to Europe at any time. And closing the US base at Incirlik would create havoc for US “power projection” in the region. We examine these and more in today’s Liberty Report:
After Nice Attack – Round Up Usual Suspects?
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 15, 2016 | The Liberty Report
Who benefits from attacks like we saw in Nice, France yesterday? The authoritarians never waste a minute exploiting these events to call for more restrictions on our liberties. Take away guns, monitor our phone calls, restrict our movement, censor the Internet. But the one thing they will never do is look at our foreign policy, to look at our unfair central banking system, to consider the damage of the drug war. Whether on the Right or the Left, authoritarians are hammers and all they see are nails. We are the nails. More on Nice attack and its aftermath in today’s Liberty Report:
How Disinformation Feeds The War Machine
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 14, 2016 | The Liberty Report
According to recent polls by both Pew and Gallup, when Americans understand the actual level of US military spending they by a large margin back a decrease. That is why we hear the constant refrain of politicians screeching about the need to “rebuild” the military and to spend a trillion dollars updating our nuclear weapons program. The media plays its part as well, broadcasting endless segments meant to ratchet up the fear factor. The “think tanks” funded by the military-industrial complex come out with papers laying out the case for US global domination. The US national security state is maintained through fear and propaganda, just like in the Soviet Union. Are we headed for a similar collapse? More today in the Liberty Report:
State Department Stonewalls On Syria Weapons
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 13, 2016 | The Liberty Report
Why can’t the State Department spokespersons give a straight answer when asked a clear and direct question by the media? And when they do give an answer why is it often such a bold-faced lie? Either it’s “I cannot comment on that because there is an ongoing investigation” or “‘no boots on the ground’ in syria has never been our policy.” When it comes to US transfers of weapons in Syria that are ending up in the hands of ISIS — particularly when some have possibly been used recently to shoot down a Russian helicopter — the US government needs to do more than cover up. We must demand the truth! That is what we are doing in today’s Liberty Report:
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