Sheldon Richman

December 11, 2019

Having failed at one attempt to suppress pro-Palestinian advocacy and activism on American college campuses, the Trump administration will try a new tack: defining Jewishness as a nationality or race. The New York Times reported this week: President Trump plans to sign an executive order on Wednesday targeting what he sees as anti-Semitism on college […]

Grant Smith

December 11, 2019

Israel lobby graft and corruption inside Virginia’s state government is rampant. Could it happen to your state? Free on the Web YouTube audio book Paperback Audible audio book The Israel Lobby Enters State Government chronicles the formation, rise and secret activities of the Virginia Israel Advisory Board (VIAB). While other books have focused on the […]

Eric Garris

December 10, 2019

Appearing on Tucker Carlson Dec. 9, 2019, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) says we should investigate Saudi Arabia for their involvement in the Pensacola attack on also for 9/11. He also calls for opposing the push for regime-change wars.

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

December 10, 2019

For 18 years, US government officials – from the generals up to presidents – have knowingly lied to the American people about the Afghanistan war. As billions were being flushed away or stuffed into the pockets of corrupt officials, the news for those of us back home was always good! We’re “making progress.” Now, thanks […]

Mel Gurtov

December 10, 2019

The war in Afghanistan, America’s longest, has cost about 2,300 US lives, over 20,000 wounded, and about $1 trillion. Now, thanks to the persistence of the Washington Post, we have an abundance of interviews which, like the Pentagon Papers, reveal the enormous wastefulness, ignorance, and deceit that make Afghanistan, like Vietnam, a chapter in the […]

Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

December 9, 2019

Originally appeared at The American Conservative. The military industrial complex gets its revenge – it small ways and big – against President Dwight Eisenhower, who not only named it but warned against it’s proliferation during his farewell address in 1961: In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether […]

Daniel Larison

December 9, 2019

Originally appeared at The American Conservative. An extensive investigation by The Washington Post into a trove of confidential documents has found that the government has been deliberately misleading the public about the war in Afghanistan with dishonest claims of progress senior officials knew to be untrue: Several of those interviewed described explicit and sustained efforts […]

Daniel Larison

December 8, 2019

Originally appeared at The American Conservative. The president’s response to the Pensacola Naval Air Station shooting reflects his ugly habit of shielding Saudi Arabia from all criticism: When a Saudi Air Force officer opened fire on his classmates at a naval base in Pensacola, Fla., on Friday, he killed three, wounded eight and exposed anew […]

Norman Solomon

December 6, 2019

On Thursday afternoon, the Washington Post sent out a news alert headlined "John Kerry Endorses Biden in 2020 Race, Saying He Has the Character and Experience to Beat Trump, Confront the Nation’s Challenges." Meanwhile, in Iowa, Joe Biden was also touting his experience. "Look," Biden said as he angrily lectured an 83-year-old farmer at a […]

Dave DeCamp

December 6, 2019

One of the leading co-sponsors of an amendment to the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would end US support for Saudi Arabia’s war on Yemen appears to be withdrawing his support. Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) spoke at an American Enterprise Institute event on Thursday. When Smith took a question about his efforts to […]