Pence Tells West Point Grads: ‘War Is Coming!’
May 28, 2019
It may be in Afghanistan or Iraq, Vice President Mike Pence told the graduating class at West Point, or it may be Korea or South China Sea or even against Russia, but one thing you can be sure of: You will see combat. Why constant normalization of war? Why the acceptance of perpetual war? Will […]
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How The War in Afghanistan Was Lost
May 27, 2019
Check out this great podcast by former Navy SEAL and Afghan War veteran Kenny MacDonald. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4r2S0J80AE
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NPR: ‘Selective Service Registration Comes Under Fire Again’
May 27, 2019
NPR’s Morning Edition today includes a report by David Welna, possibly the only journalist who sat through all of the two days of hearings on Selective Service at which I testified last month before the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service, “Selective Service registration comes under fire again." The NPR story highlights the […]
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William J. Astore on Memorial Day 1955 – and Today
May 26, 2019
How far we’ve come as a country. Consider the following proclamation by President Dwight D. Eisenhower for Memorial Day in 1955: “Whereas Memorial Day each year serves as a solemn reminder of the scourge of war and its bitter aftermath of sorrow; and Whereas this day has traditionally been devoted to paying homage to loved […]
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Tulsi Gabbard and Tucker Carlson on Syria False Flags and War With Iran
May 25, 2019
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard appeared on Tucker Carlson’s show on May 23, 2019.
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What We Should Remember on Memorial Day
May 25, 2019
Monday will be a sad day for far too many people who have lost sons, daughters, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters and friends to war. Unfortunately, the takeaway from this day – that they died for freedom or some other bromide – only helps ensure future parents, husbands, wives, siblings and friends will share their pain. […]
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Houthis Target Saudi Airport for Third Time
May 24, 2019
Yemen’s Houthis rebels targeted the Najran Airport in southern Saudi Arabia, for the third time this week on Thursday. The Najran Airport reportedly houses a military base. The Saudi coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Maki said the drone was intercepted, "An explosive-laden drone sent by the terrorist Houthi militia to target Najran airport – which is […]
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Scott Horton Looks at Assange Espionage Indictment
May 23, 2019
He faces 170 years. The indictment is garbage. It begins by citing public requests by Wikileaks for classified documents from a number of governments. As though this is different in kind from what any investigative reporter might do. (Please assume the term “allegedly” throughout this Fisking. I’m taking the grand jury’s stated facts for granted […]
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Julian Assange: A Call
May 23, 2019
Julian Assange is currently held under inhuman conditions in a maximum-security UK prison, with prolonged periods of complete isolation which amounts to torture. This kind of punishment is purely vindictive on the part of the British "justice" system. He will very likely be held prisoner under such conditions for the entire duration of the hearing […]
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Trump Wants 10,000 More Troops in the Middle East. For What?
May 23, 2019
Just over a week since it was floated that 120,000 US troops could go to the Middle East to confront Iran, now we are hearing that the president wants 10,000 troops. Where will they be based? Are they to go up against Iran’s military? Or are there other targets in mind? On today’s Ron Paul […]
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