William Astore

January 31, 2019

The ongoing absurdity of America’s Afghan War was captured in two headlines today from my New York Times feed. Here’s the first: NEWS ANALYSISTaliban Talks Raise Question of What U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan Could MeanBy MARK LANDLER, HELENE COOPER and ERIC SCHMITTA hasty American withdrawal, experts said, would erode the authority and legitimacy of the […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

January 30, 2019

Appearing before the Senate, US intelligence community heads undermined each of President Trump’s foreign policy positions and warned that foreign “enemies” would likely interfere in the 2020 elections. The Deep State, neocons, and the liberal #resistance all line up against peace and freedom. Tune in to today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: Reprinted from The Ron […]

Luke W. Henderson

January 29, 2019

It’s been nearly 10 years since the death of Air Force bombardier turned historian and activist Howard Zinn, whose antiwar rhetoric continues to influence the conversation of U.S. interventionism to this day. I was first introduced to Zinn through stumbling upon a copy of A Power Government’s Cannot Suppress, a title which caught my eye […]

Kathy Kelly

January 29, 2019

On January 27th, 2019, the Taliban and the US government each publicly stated acceptance, in principle, of a draft framework for ongoing negotiations that could culminate in a peace deal to end a two-decade war in Afghanistan. As we learn more about the negotiations, it’s important to remember others working toward dialogue and negotiation in […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

January 29, 2019

President Trump’s National Security Advisor John Bolton made US policy toward Venezuela very clear in an interview on FoxNews yesterday: We’re going to overthrow the government and take the country’s oil. He gets points for bluntness, at least. But who are the “democratic forces” the US seeks to install to “restore Venezuela’s constitution”? They were […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

January 28, 2019

Where is Congress on issues that really matter? Venezuela? They don’t want a debate because they all agree on interventionism. Syria? The only debate was to shut down any debate when the president proposed getting US troops out. Yemen? Nope. On NATO Congress voted to prohibit debate on getting out of that Cold War alliance. […]

Scott Horton

January 27, 2019

On RT. Dang. On My Lai: Literal babies on bayonets. Also debunks Ghouta sarin attack ’13 and casts doubt on the Skripal story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPRagJKxED4 Cross-posted at the Libertarian Institute.

Eric Garris

January 27, 2019

Rep. Walter Jones, one of the most consistently antiwar members of Congress, is gravely ill and has entered hospice care. The Republican lawmaker has been battling ailments in recent months. He was granted a leave of absence from Congress in late 2018 after missing a number of votes. Jones, 75, suffered a broken hip at […]

Grant Smith

January 25, 2019

On January 17, the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy (IRmep) filed a 59-page brief (PDF HTML) in a lawsuit demanding release of a series of secret presidential letters promising not to force Israel to sign the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) or publicly discuss Israel’s nuclear weapons program. The brief contextualizes […]

Daniel Larison

January 24, 2019

Originally appeared on The American Conservative. The Associated Press reports on Bolton’s efforts to undo the decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria: Noah Feldman helpfully rips off the fig leaf that the Trump administration and other governments are using to justify their interference in Venezuela: But the constitutional argument that Maduro isn’t really president […]