Ron Paul, in a new interview with host Anand Naidoo at CGTN, discussed what Paul calls the “accelerated” and “dangerous” United States military actions in the Middle East. Pointing to the fact that there was no Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria until the US began...
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The Last Palm Sunday in Syria?
by Daniel McAdams | Apr 13, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
On Palm Sunday, Syrian President Assad visited a Christian church to mark the beginning of Holy Week, a most important time on the Christian calendar. Though not himself a Christian, Assad, for all his faults, has maintained Syria as a multi-confessional, secular...
The Malleable Bi-Partisan Utility of Poison Gas
by Franklin C. Spinney | Apr 12, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
If there was a centerpiece to Hillary Clinton’s failed campaign for President of the United States, it was her struggle to convince the American people that Donald Trump was congenitally incapable of reacting rationally when surprised by a dangerous international...
Why Do Civilians Killed by US Bombers Count Less?
by Dennis J. Kucinich | Apr 12, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The number of civilians killed in recent US airstrikes in Iraq and Syria is rising. As we bomb villages to save villages isn't it time to look back to 2002, when President Bush was so sure Iraq had WMDs that he launched a war which killed over 1,000,000 innocent...
Trump: NATO Is ‘No Longer Obsolete’
by Jason Ditz | Apr 12, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
After fueling a lot of tensions with his comments during the 2016 campaign that NATO is an obsolete alliance, President Trump today declared that the alliance is “no longer obsolete” following meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.Though Trump presented...
Andrew Napolitano: Police Had ‘No Right’ to Drag Passenger off United Plane
by Adam Dick | Apr 11, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Police had no right to yank a passenger from his seat and drag him off a United Airlines airplane says Fox News Senior Judicial Analyst Andrew Napolitano in a new Fox News interview. Commenting on the much-talked-about incident Sunday at Chicago O’Hare International...
Ron Paul: US Attack on Syria is to Prop Up the Military-Industrial Complex
by Adam Dick | Apr 11, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Interviewed Monday by Kennedy at Fox Business, Ron Paul challenged the contention that the United States government was acting in accord with good intentions in attacking Syria last week. Instead, Paul suggests a big motivation was generating profit for the...
White House Sends Confusing Message on Syria Barrel Bombs
by Jason Ditz | Apr 11, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s tendency to improvise when asked questions about US policy has sparked a new round of speculation about exactly where the Trump Administration stands of launching further attacks against Syria, after he declared barrel bombs...
Dennis Kucinich Asks, ‘Why Are We Helping ISIS?’
by Adam Dick | Apr 10, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Former presidential candidate and United States House of Representatives Member Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is not buying the Trump administration line on the US missile attack last week in Syria. Interviewed at Fox News, Kucinich both rejects the reason offered for the...
War and Peace in the Age of Trump
by Daniel McAdams | Apr 10, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Did you miss the Ron Paul Institute/Mises Institute joint conference in Lake Jackson, TX over the weekend? Held to discuss the possibility that President Trump might pursue a more peaceful foreign policy than his recent predecessors, the US attack on Syria just two...
Rand Paul Calls For Congress To Demand War Powers Authorization . . . John McCain Says Paul Is ‘Wrong’ and Alone In The Senate
by Jonathan Turley | Apr 9, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
I have been discussing how the Congress is again willfully ignoring its constitutional duty on the declaration of war as our intervention in Syria expands. Democratic leaders like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer have fallen over each other to praise the attacks even...
Five Minutes Five Issues: TSA Marijuana, Susan Rice, Syria Oil, Fantasy Sports, Asset Seizures
by Adam Dick | Apr 7, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is up. 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,...
Syria Crisis Update: US Attack Imminent? And What You Can Do.
by Daniel McAdams | Apr 6, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The alleged chemical weapon attack in Syria on Tuesday is propelling the United States toward a large-scale military attack on the Assad government. The mainstream media, neoconservatives, and “humanitarian” interventionists are creating a perfect storm pressuring...
Ron Paul Sees Susan Rice Revelations as a Big Deal
by Adam Dick | Apr 5, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Are revelations that Susan Rice, as President Barack Obama’s national security advisor, was unmasking names of people related to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and transition in surveilled conversations a big deal? Yes, concludes former United States House of...
Five Minutes Five Issues: TSA Abuse, Marijuana Sentences, Phone Searches, Canada Marijuana, Natural Rights
by Adam Dick | Mar 31, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted on Friday. 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...
Ron Paul: Don’t Increase the US Government’s Flow of Military Weapons to Police
by Adam Dick | Mar 30, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Interviewed Wednesday at Fox Business by host Kennedy, libertarian communicator and three-time presidential candidate Ron Paul praised former President Barack Obama for placing some restraints on the United States government transferring military weapons to local...
NATO Wants to Bring Us ‘As Close as Humanly Possible’ to War
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 30, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Senate vote to admitting Montenegro to NATO was not at all about US security or the US national interest, according to the Senators who voted for it. It was all about Russia. It was all about the "Russian threat." It's all about creating momentum for new NATO...
Rep. Walter Jones Challenges Speaker Paul Ryan’s Refusal to Allow Afghanistan War Debate
by Adam Dick | Mar 29, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Interviewed Tuesday at C-SPAN, Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) challenged the continuing refusal of US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) to allow the House to debate and vote on the Afghanistan War, the costs of which Jones presents as so far including the...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Audit the Fed, Healthcare Bill, Veterans’ Guns, Bomb Threats, Police Cameras
by Adam Dick | Mar 27, 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,...
Cornerstone of Afghan Reconstruction Effort — Roads — is Near-Total Failure
by Peter van Buren | Mar 25, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
One of the planned cornerstones of the 15+ year Afghan Reconstruction Effort was to be an extensive, nationwide network of roads.The United States’ concept was roads would allow the Afghan economy to flourish as trade could reach throughout the country, security would...
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