Over the weekend, President Trump celebrated firing more than 100 missiles into Syria by Tweeting, “Mission Accomplished!” They say if you cannot learn from history you are condemned to repeat it. So I guess we are repeating it. We all remember that “Mission Accomplished” was the banner behind then-President Bush as he gloated aboard a US navy ship that the war in Iraq had been won. After his “victory,” however, some 4,000 US military personnel were killed, perhaps a million Iraqis were...
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US Greenlights Missiles To Finland…What Could Go Wrong?
The US government announced that it's sending half a billion dollars worth of guided multiple launch rocket systems near Finland's border with Russia. The escalation and...
US Greenlights Missiles To Finland…What Could Go Wrong?
The US government announced that it's sending half a billion dollars worth of guided multiple launch rocket systems near Finland's border with Russia. The escalation and...
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Roll Call Announces New National Security Blogger … Boeing!
Roll Call announced this week the launch of its new blog, Topic A: Defense, for the "national security community." The blog is sponsored by Boeing—one of the highest dollar value...
Father Francois Murad Beheaded By US-Allies in Syria
Thanks to RPI contributor Pat Lang for putting a face to the victim of the US-backed Syrian rebels' latest ghastly atrocity. Father Francois Murad was a Franciscan priest who had...
Obama’s Syrian Allies
The Washington Times is reporting that the US shift in favor of overtly arming the Syrian rebels was celebrated by the rebels with an orgy of innocent blood. According to the...
What Can One Person Do Versus the Leviathan?
Over at Lew Rockwell's blog, RPI Academic Board Member Butler Shaffer has written a thought-provoking piece on how the (thus far) successful escape of NSA leaker Edward Snowden...
US Military to Egypt?
KCEN-TV is reporting (via Drudge) that a group of US soldiers from Fort Hood are preparing to deploy to Egypt in a riot control capacity and to "protect" Egypt's border with...
Government’s Gun Law Ruse to Access Mental Health Records
photo: grover_netYour appointment with a psychiatrist or admission to a mental health facility may now be included in United States and state government databases. What happened...
New Tourism Opportunities in Egypt
Post Arab Spring Egypt is a barrel of laughs. Just over two years ago the president glowingly praised the US-assisted Arab Spring, claiming a triumph of US-style values. He...
Who is Ben Rhodes?
photo: U.S. Embassy Jakarta, IndonesiaEveryone is wondering who is Ben Rhodes, a 30-something who ascended from literally nowhere to be what seems a main driving force behind...
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