More than six years after the US-led "liberation" of Libya, that North African country remains an open wound symbolizing the abject failure of US and European interventionist foreign policy.The obsession of the US neocons, whether Democrat or Republican, for "regime...
Peace and Prosperity Blog
US Airstrikes Kill at Least 43 Civilians in Syria’s Raqqa
by Jason Ditz | Aug 6, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
New reports out of the ISIS capital city of Raqqa say US airstrikes hit a number of residential districts in the city over the course of Saturday, killing at least 43 civilians and wounding an unknown, but substantial number of others.There was no obvious specific...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Trump’s Oath, Renouncing Citizenship, North Korea, Syria Goal, Trump Crime
by Adam Dick | Aug 6, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is out. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode,...
Pence Cheers New Russia Sanctions Bill, in Split with Trump
by Jason Ditz | Aug 5, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Trump Administration’s continued struggle to get on the same page with one another on foreign policy messages continued today, as Vice President Mike Pence, touring Eastern Europe, issued statements praising the new Russia sanctions bill signed earlier this...
Ron Paul Fears Propaganda and False Flag Attack May Lead to War with North Korea
by Adam Dick | Aug 3, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Interviewed Wednesday at RT, foreign nonintervention advocate and former presidential candidate Ron Paul said that “we’re hearing the same type of war propaganda” in regard to North Korea as Paul recalls hearing as a United States House of Representatives member in...
We’re Losing Afghanistan. Can We Win?
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 3, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
President Trump summoned his generals and experts to the "situation room" at the White House late last month. He was furious that there was no plan to win Afghanistan and that after 16 years we were, in his words, "losing" in Afghanistan. What can be done? Some told...
Trump Signs Sanctions Bill – Another Deep State Victory
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 2, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
With the new Russia sanctions bill passed and signed into law, President Trump's room to improve relations with Russia is nearly non-existent. He will not be able to remove the sanctions without permission from Congress, and that is unlikely to come. This is exactly...
Trump’s US National Security Strategy – New Wine In Old Bottles?
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 1, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In a recent interview, Sebastian Gorka, an aide to President Trump, denounced "stale thinking" on national security policy over the past 30 years. He said that the White House was working on a new National Security Strategy for the United States that would reject the...
New Russia Sanctions Come as Hacking Narrative Falls Apart
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 1, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Why more sanctions on Russia now over the 2014 Ukraine coup and aftermath? Why new sanctions now as the claims that Russia "hacked" the US election seem to be based on ever more flimsy assumptions? Because sanctions are falsely seen as a harmless way for Washington to...
Andrew Napolitano on Natural Law and Positivism
by Adam Dick | Jul 30, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Speaking last week at the Ludwig von Mises Institute’s annual Mises University, Andrew Napolitano presented a captivating speech regarding legal issues, including an examination of natural law and positivism. In the speech, Napolitano, who is the senior judicial...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Russia Sanctions, Veterans Marijuana, DOJ Policy, Colin Kaepernick, RPI Conference
by Adam Dick | Jul 29, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is out. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show atStitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode,...
A Nonintervention Lesson from Ron Paul
by Adam Dick | Jul 28, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Sometimes, nonintervention advocate and former United States presidential candidate Ron Paul is given an opportunity in an interview to address in detail his view on US foreign policy and interventions abroad, from the Korean and Vietnam Wars decades back to the...
Libya Report: New Wrinkle in US Plan For Gaddafi-Free Libya
by Richard Galustian | Jul 27, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar, head of the Libyan National Army, has stated that former Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif Islam, "is free and in a safe place." Haftar further said he welcomed the idea of the younger Gaddafi playing some sort of political role...
Killing and Dying for Minerals
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Jul 27, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Americans might soon have a new reason to thank the troops for their service, at least in Afghanistan, where the troops have been killing and dying for almost 16 years. According to an article in yesterday’s New York Times, “President Trump, searching for a reason to...
If Trump Doesn’t Veto Sanctions Bill, ‘He’s Given Up on His Presidency’
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 26, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
President Trump is either uninterested in pursuing the policies he outlined on the campaign trail when it comes to Russia or he is so cornered on the new Russia sanctions bill that he knows he can't win and is afraid to take the political risk of a veto. Whatever the...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Israel Boycott, Uruguay Marijuana, Revolving Door, NH Marijuana, RPI Conference
by Adam Dick | Jul 22, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is out. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode,...
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte Throws Rocks at US Glass House
by Adam Dick | Jul 21, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte illustrated on Friday the wisdom of the aphorism that “people who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.” Reuters reports that Duterte said that America is “lousy,” that he would never again visit America, and that “it would...
Saudi Arabia – Bin Salman’s Coup Is A Model For His Own Ouster
by Moon of Alabama | Jul 20, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Someone wanted the public to know that the new Saudi clown prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MbS) took up his new position by unceremoniously disposing his predecessor Mohammed bin Nayef (MbN) by force. The juicy details, true or not, were briefed to Reuters, the Wall...
The Dangerous Rush to Prosecute Donald Trump and His Associates
by Adam Dick | Jul 18, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
No, no, no, no, and no, responds George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley to the calls, arising out of the “Russiagate” fixation, to prosecute President Donald Trump and his campaign and presidential administration associates for a list of crimes —...
Libya Report: Is Saif Gaddafi in the West’s Crosshairs?
by Richard Galustian | Jul 17, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The struggle for power from the ruins of Libya is likely to get even uglier, and what is becoming decidedly more noticeable is the role of other interfering states who are betting on one side or another in the game for the prize that is Libya.The latest international...
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