Obama blames the rise of ISIS and al-Qaeda in Iraq on US military action against Iraq in 2003. So what is his solution? More military action against Iraq! And what if ISIS continues to capture hundreds of millions of dollars of US military equipment to use against the...
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RPI’s McAdams on Ukraine’s New Special Operations Law
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 19, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
What are the implications of a new law passed by Ukraine's parliament making it legal for Kiev to undertake special operations in the breakaway east? Will this open the door for assassinations and other covert operations against the secession-minded Lugansk and...
‘Shock and Awe’ Twelve Years On: Flashback to My Iraq War Opposition
by Ron Paul | Mar 19, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Twelve years ago today, the US government unleashed "shock and awe" on Iraq. We were assured the invasion would be a cakewalk, wouldn't cost much if anything at all, and that democracy would break out all over the Middle East after Iraq's "liberation." We all know how...
So…Assad Can Stay?
by Ron Paul | Mar 16, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In Washington DC, consistency is considered a vice, never a virtue. It is for this reason that many in Washington, especially the neoconservatives, consider their foreign policy one of virtue. You would think that our political leaders, both in the Republican and...
NATO on Russia’s Borders, Sen. Cotton Letter, Ron Paul’s Coming Book, and More – McAdams and Taylor Week in Review
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 15, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Why is NATO conducting military operations on Russia's border in Latvia? Should US ally itself with ISIS? Senator Cotton is an ill-informed warmonger. Is Venezuela the greatest threat to the United States? RPI's Daniel McAdams and Jay Taylor tackle the foreign policy...
Roll Call on Ron Paul’s ’76 Swagger
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 13, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
As part of its 60 year anniversary, Roll Call newspaper is looking back on its coverage over the years. Have a look at how they covered Ron Paul when he was first elected to Congress in 1976: Roll Call Question: What freshman lawmaker was described as “somewhat cocky...
NATO’s Massive Show of Force in Latvia – What’s the Endgame?
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 12, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
This week NATO delivered more than 100 tanks and heavy armored units, and several thousand soldiers including US troops, to Latvia, on the border with Russia, in its "Operation Atlantic Resolve." US Army General John O'Conner made no secret that the military operation...
Al-Qaeda, Our Ally?
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 11, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Generally speaking, if one were to argue that the US foreign policy elites secretly back al-Qaeda, that person would be accused of extreme stupidity and of wallowing in the conspiracy theory mud.But what happens when a writer in the flagship journal of the foreign...
War as a Crime Against Civilization
by Butler Shaffer | Mar 9, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
“The real complaining party at the bar in this courtroom is civilization.” – Judge Dan Haywood, Judgment at Nuremberg In her current article at Antiwar.com, Lucy Steigerwald reminds us that, while the deaths of tens of millions of innocent men, women, and children...
German Intel: Breedlove is Bonkers!
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 8, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
What happens when a close friend starts acting so bizarrely that you need to gently extract yourself from his ravings lest you be tarred with the same brush -- or worse? That is the position in which Germany is increasingly finding itself, as the US government's...
Nuland’s Neocon Lies and McCain’s Agony – McAdams and Taylor Week in Review
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 7, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Victoria Nuland distorts the US role in the Ukraine coup before Congress. Isn't it supposed to be frowned upon to lie to Congress? Also Iran joins the fight against ISIS and John McCain is troubled by the development. He would rather have Americans on the ground...
Hillary Mann Leverett on Netanyahu’s Nearly 20 Years of Scaremongering Americans
by Adam Dick | Mar 5, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Tuesday speech to the United States Congress is a continuation of his nearly 20 years of scaremongering the US government to encourage both US intervention in the Middle East and US military aid for Israel says Ron Paul...
Neocon Nuland Lies About Ukraine Before Congress
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 5, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland appeared before the House International Relations Committee yesterday to beat the war drums against Russia over Ukraine. Her testimony was full of lies, RPI Director Daniel McAdams told RT, starting with her claim that...
The Netanyahu Speech and the Neocons – A Discussion With Tom Woods and Daniel McAdams
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 5, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
What is the real story behind Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress this week? Who invited him and why? Are critics of the "Israel lobby" just anti-Semites? Why would Congress turn to Netanyahu for advice on foreign policy when he has been so...
Texas Legislator Introduces Bill to Treat Marijuana ‘Like Tomatoes, Jalapeños, or Coffee’
by Adam Dick | Mar 3, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Texas State Rep. David Simpson (R-Longview) introduced a bill, HB 2165, on Monday that he says is intended to remove marijuana offenses entirely from Texas state law and replace them with nothing. Simpson, in a KETK-TV story, is quoted explaining that he is proposing...
On Marijuana, Young Republicans Say ‘Legalize it’ but Congressional Republicans Say ‘No’
by Adam Dick | Mar 3, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
According to Pew Research Center poll results released Friday, 63 percent of Millennial Generation Republicans support marijuana legalization. On this issue these Republicans born between 1981 and 1996 have more in common with Democrats than with Republicans...
Judge Napolitano: NSA Is Doing What American Colonists Fought Britain to End
by Adam Dick | Feb 28, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Judge Andrew Napolitano provides a brief and excellent introduction to the US government’s mass spying program in a new video monologue this week at Fox News. In less than a minute and a half, Napolitano explains that the mass spying program of the National Security...
Former NSA and CIA Boss Michael Hayden Calls Himself an ‘Unrelenting Libertarian’
by Adam Dick | Feb 27, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Michael Hayden, who served in turn as director of the National Security Agency (NSA), principal deputy director of National Intelligence, and director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1999 through 2009, elicited laughs and a loud jeer of “No you’re not!”...
The Origins of ISIS
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 27, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
RPI Director Daniel McAdams appears on Ben Swann's excellent documentary on the real origins of ISIS, everybody's favorite enemy. Don't miss the cameos by Barack Obama, John McCain, and Antiwar.Com's Angela Keaton. How many billions of dollars did the US Intelligence...
Internet, RIP?
by Ron Paul | Feb 26, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Today the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), a non-elected federal government agency, voted three-to-two to reclassify broadband Internet as a common carrier service under Title II of the Communications Act. This means that – without the vote of Congress, the...
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