Aaron Maté

December 21, 2020

From The Grayzone: Col. Lawrence Wilkerson assesses President-elect Joe Biden’s “national security” picks, including Gen. Lloyd Austin for Secretary of Defense and Anthony Blinken for Secretary of State. “I don’t see a different kind of administration being formed,” Wilkerson says. “And it disturbs me because it just means more of the same — a little […]

Eric Garris

December 20, 2020

Former governor of Alaska Sarah Palin has apologized to Julian Assange. She has now called on President Trump to pardon Assange. Palin praised Assange for “what he has done in the name of real journalism, and that’s getting to the bottom of issues that the public really needs to hear about and benefit from.”

Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity

December 20, 2020

MEMORANDUM FOR: The President-electFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)SUBJECT: Attempts to Sucker You Into Russia-Bashing Dear President-elect Biden, “Fool Me Once …” You may recall that President George W. Bush could not remember the last part of that aphorism. No matter. It turned out that – on Iraq – Bush was not fooled by […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

December 17, 2020

There are many calls for President Trump to pardon Julian Assange. Ron Paul agrees that it would be a very good idea. Reprinted from The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity.

Daniel Larison

December 17, 2020

From The American Conservative: Mark Perry has written an excellent report on Lloyd Austin’s policy views. Among other things, Perry finds that Austin was strongly opposed to the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen when he was in charge of Centcom: What’s crucial is what Austin did in the aftermath of these failures, particularly after the Saudi […]

Maj. Danny Sjursen (ret.)

December 16, 2020

The “Fortress On A Hill” podcast, hosted by veterans Danny Sjursen, Chris ‘Henri’ Henrikson, and Keagan Miller interview Dr. Ben Freeman. Freeman is Director of the Foreign Influence Transparency Initiative at the Center for International Policy (CIP).

Daniel Larison

December 14, 2020

From The American Conservative: Mitchell Plitnick examines the Trump administration’s decision to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara: The agreement with Morocco combines the worst of both the Abraham Accords with the UAE and Bahrain and the agreement with Sudan. It also tramples on international law, and provides yet another example of the Trump administration […]

William Astore

December 13, 2020

Growing up, I watched a lot of James Bond movies. That super-tough, super-sexy, British secret agent, played with such brilliance by Sean Connery, always seemed to have great fun as he saved the world from various dictators, terrorists, and megalomaniacs. I wanted an Aston Martin like Bond had in “Goldfinger,” tricked out with all the […]

Maj. Danny Sjursen (ret.)

December 12, 2020

My latest appearance on “Facts on the Ground,” “On the twin plagues of U.S. militarism and empire: A conversation with Danny Sjursen:” Check out a really solid discussion with Misty and Jesse that runs from cultural militarism, to armed forces insularity, to pageantry patriotism, to the incoming Biden bunch national security squad. We even throw […]

Carlton Meyer

December 10, 2020

Haiti is near the United States with fertile land and cheap labor that American business tycoons find attractive. In November 1914, the US Navy Department drew up a proposal called: “Plan for Landing and Occupying the City of Port-au-Prince” that outlined measures to take control of the capital of Haiti; and also set forth an […]