Despite vowing not to use depleted uranium (DU) weapons in its military action in Syria, the US government has now admitted that it has fired thousands of the deadly rounds into Syrian territory. As Foreign Policy Magazine reports: US Central Command (CENTCOM)...
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Five Minutes Five Issues: Poking Russia, Flynn Fuss, Protest Violence, US Killers, Wall Costs
by Adam Dick | Feb 17, 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...
Soros-Founded Group Seeks Trump Overthrow
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 16, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The organization known as AVAAZ is best recognized for its involvement in regime-change actions overseas. The organization was founded in 2007 by ResPublica and MoveOn.org, two groups funded in the millions of dollars by billionaire troublemaker George Soros. Since...
Andrew Napolitano: Donald Trump Has to ‘Fear the Intelligence Community’
by Adam Dick | Feb 16, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
President Donald Trump has to “fear the intelligence community,” declared Andrew Napolitano in a new interview with host Neil Cavuto at Fox News, after “American scoundrels” in the “unelected deep state bureaucracy” leaked information about Michael Flynn’s...
Praise for the Ron Paul Institute
by Adam Dick | Feb 15, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In a Monday The Duran article titled “5 real news sites you should read,” Adam Garrie praised, and included in the title-referenced list, the website of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity. Garrie writes: Ron Paul may have quit Congress but he is more...
Dennis Kucinich: Push for ‘New Cold War’ Behind Effort Against Michael Flynn
by Adam Dick | Feb 14, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Former US House of Representatives Member Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) presented an urgent warning to the American people in a Wednesday Fox Business interview regarding the resignation of Michael Flynn from the position of national security advisor after information was...
David Stockman: People’s Drug Use is ‘None of the Government’s Business’
by Adam Dick | Feb 13, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Whether people use drugs is “none of the government’s business in the first place,” declares economics and politics writer David Stockman. Instead, says Stockman, “the philosophically correct position is that what people do in their private lives, what they use for...
What Do You Think About Sending Thousands More Troops to Afghanistan?
by Dennis J. Kucinich | Feb 11, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Earlier this week the commander of the US military forces in Afghanistan told Congress that the US needs to send a few thousand more troops into America’s longest war, which has already cost the lives of nearly 2,400 US soldiers, with over 20,049 wounded. Currently 63...
Hope and Worry about the New President
by Adam Dick | Feb 11, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Recently I was a guest on Joshua Bennett’s radio show on KFAR radio in Fairbanks, Alaska. Given the day, much of our wide-ranging, two-hour discussion focused on events of the last year and what may come in 2017, including what President Donald Trump will mean for...
Ron Paul Calls Potential Deputy Secretary of State Elliott Abrams ‘the Neocon’s Neocon’
by Adam Dick | Feb 10, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In a new interview with host Michael Tracey at The Young Turks, libertarian communicator and former presidential candidate Ron Paul expressed much concern about President Donald Trump potentially appointing Elliott Abrams to be deputy secretary of state. Paul says...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Russia Confrontation, Murder Rate, Revoking Passports, Airstrikes, RPI Event
by Adam Dick | Feb 10, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted on Thursday. 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...
‘Democrats Have Made Common Cause with Neocons by Baiting Russia’
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 9, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
When US Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) attacked President Trump's supposed relationship to Russian President Putin -- "he is wrapping his arms around Putin" -- she exposed more than she intended. Her shocking ignorance of the basic facts of what is happening in...
Rep. Maxine Waters: Trump Must Be Impeached Because Putin Invaded Korea!
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 6, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
It is often not fully understood just how ignorant most US Representatives are when it comes to the finer details of foreign policy. Members get their news from an even narrower pool of information than many Americans, who are by and large abandoning the mainstream...
David Stockman Challenges Trump Administration’s Militarism and Drug War
by Adam Dick | Feb 6, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In a recent interview at CNN, David Stockman, who is a Ron Paul Institute Advisory Board member and was director of the Office of Management and Budget during the Reagan administration, critiqued the Trump administration for pushing militarism and the drug war that...
About That Intel ‘Treasure Trove’ From Trump’s Yemen Raid…
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 3, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Shortly after the President Trump-authorized commando raid on Yemen, Fox News led the mainstream media in reporting on the great "treasure trove" of intelligence that was seized at the compound. With the claimed killing of a senior al-Qaeda official, the mission was...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Saudi Friend, Targeting Americans, War Escalation, Regulations EO, Exclude Congressmen
by Adam Dick | Feb 3, 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...
Pentagon Finally Admits it Killed Women and Children in Yemen
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 2, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Daughter of American citizen Anwar Awlaki, killed in US airstrike Jan. 29thPresident Trump eluded the White House press corps today to helicopter off to Dover Air Force Base for the arrival of the body of Chief Petty Officer William (Ryan) Owens, who was killed in a...
War Drums: Trump’s National Security Advisor Threatens Iran
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 1, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
It wasn't hard to see this coming. President Trump's National Security Advisor, Gen. Michael Flynn, delivered a clear threat to the government of Iran today, ominously stating that "as of this day, we are officially putting Iran on notice." What is less clear is the...
The Washington Post’s War on Peacemakers
by Dennis J. Kucinich | Feb 1, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Kucinich and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard in Aleppo, Syria I have dedicated my life to peace. As a member of Congress I led efforts to avert conflict and end wars in countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Syria and Iran. And yet those of us who work for peace are...
US Sends Military Supplies To Syrian Alliance In First Under Trump Admin
by Tyler Durden | Jan 31, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Confirming that the US role in the Syrian conflict is likely to expand in the coming months, Reuters reported that the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State has supplied its Syrian allies with armored vehicles for the first time, expanding support since U.S....
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