war
Higher Oil Prices Are Likely To Stay
Last months the Trump administration was loudly claiming that Iran had lost control of the Strait of Hormuz. Some ‘experts’ even claimed that the flow of oil was back at a pre-war level. Both of those claims were not true but short term blimps within volatile data....
Vice President J.D. Vance’s Deceptive ‘Antiwar’ Campaign Speech
J.D. Vance is approaching the halfway point of his term as vice president in an administration that has committed the United States to wars in locations from Ukraine to Venezuela to Somalia to Iran and beyond. All the while, the administration has threatened sending...
Out With A Bang? Trump May Attack Iran BEFORE Midterms!
Trump Talks the Talk and Walks the Path of War on Iran. So Does Netanyahu
We are on a path to more war. Trump could (and should) have declared victory and simply walked away from Iran, but that would have cast him as “a loser” (a prospect that he cannot tolerate). But secondly, he is — for whatever reason — in thrall to Netanyahu and...
Surprise! The Military Budget Is Much Higher Than You Think!
American Soul-Searching after the Iraq Withdrawal
In March 2003, the US Empire invaded and occupied Iraq under the rubric of “Operation Iraqi Freedom.” Last week, twenty-three years later, the last US troops have been withdrawn from Iraq. I think almost every American would agree with one thing about that particular...
Why Is The Pentagon Hiding US Iran War Casualties?
Eisenhower and Washington Both Spoke Out Against War
“God help the Nation when it has a President who doesn’t know as much about the military as I do,” - President Dwight D. Eisenhower speaking to his White House Staff Secretary, Gen. Andrew Goodpaster. These words are quoted in a book about Eisenhower’s foreign policy...
The Coming GOP Bloodbath?
Most indicators suggest that the Republicans in the House and Senate are going to face a brutal backlash from the American people in November. Polling with generic ballots suggest a big win for the Democrats and likely the loss of Republican control of both houses of...
How War Propaganda Justifies Conscription into Unjust Wars
Conscription is a form of indentured servitude. Murray Rothbard argued that everyone has a natural right to self-defense, but “we have no moral right to use coercion—the bayonet or the revolver—to force someone else to defend us.”...
Poll: Most Americans Agree With Massie – Hegseth Must Go!
Iran War Continues as Gas Prices and National Debt Soar. Johnson Sends House Home to Avoid Hegseth Impeachment Vote
Instead of six more weeks of winter, we will have at least six more weeks of war, brought to us by Secretary Hegseth and his boss, President Trump, with the help of Speaker Johnson who avoided a procedural vote, taking it upon himself to adjourn, under the Rule 1,...
War Watch: The Storm Cone
"This Is the midnight - let no star"Delude us - dawn is very far."This is the tempest long foretold"Slow to make head but sure to hold."Rudyard Kipling, England's greatest poet of Empire, who then became the unwilling prophet and witness of that empire's catastrophe...
Republicans Who Support War In Iran Are Giving Democrats Chance To Control Congress
The three top headlines in the Sept. 18 Drudge Report said: "Blue Wave Builds, Dems 84% Chance to take House—55% Senate, Weeks Before Midterms—EVERYTHING Getting More Expensive." Newsweek carried a story headlined "Texas Republicans Face 'Generational Wipeout' Amid...
How Committed Are the Republicans to War?
No matter how often Republicans recite the conservative mantra of the Constitution, limited government, individual freedom, private property, traditional values, free enterprise, and a strong national defense, the truth is that they only selectively believe it....
The Crippling Effects of Unnecessary War
In California, gas stations are facing a unique challenge. The station signs are only configured to go up to $9.99 per gallon and at several stations the price of diesel has reached that maximum. Diesel prices are higher than they have ever been in history. Worse,...
When War Comes Home: A Constitutional Warning
A failed war does not end when the drones stop flying. It creates a new danger: A government that refuses to admit defeat and a president who, having failed abroad, seeks muscular victories elsewhere. The war against Iran is a case study in the limits of military...
Trump Mulls Raising the Stakes to Force Iranian Capitulation
The 60-day MoU has expired. The framework of Iranian pre-conditions for any start to negotiations nonetheless lingers on in its comatose state. Instead of the endlessly touted “Iran deal,” the picture is almost the complete opposite of what President Trump sought to...
Support the Troops: Bring Them Home!
Last week we heard that US sailors and Marines aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln and other ships in the Middle East were being fed food that, from photos that surfaced in the media, looked worse than what you would feed a dog. Parents and spouses of service members...
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