Daniel Larison

December 6, 2019

Originally appeared at The American Conservative. TAC contributor Gil Barndollar calls attention to the damage that endless war is doing to the military: The president has been rightly excoriated for these pardons, which dishonor the U.S. military and may degrade good order and discipline. But amid this uproar, Americans should note the bigger lesson: Endless […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

December 5, 2019

So much for getting out of endless wars! President Trump has announced that he is sending 14,000 more US troops to the Middle East and may even send more. The reason is the manufactured “Iran threat” that Trump continues to delude himself over. Neocons are thrilled. So are Saudi Arabia and Israel, who would love […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

December 5, 2019

The celebration in London of NATO’s 70th year has ended with a renewed purpose: the “challenges” posed by China. NATO is a military alliance, but the attendees were careful to point out that they do not view China as an enemy. So what is the point? Tune in to today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: Reprinted […]

Daniel Larison

December 3, 2019

Originally appeared at The American Conservative. Gideon Rachman tries to find similarities between the foreign policies of Trump and Obama: Both men would detest the thought. But, in crucial respects, the foreign policies of Donald Trump and Barack Obama are looking strikingly similar. The wildly different styles of the two presidents have disguised the underlying […]

Paul Jacob

December 3, 2019

We who grew up in the time of the Apollo missions are more than aware of the arms-race angle to the Soviet and American forays into Earth orbit and beyond. Now, we must recognize that the space race is no longer mere ornamentation over earthly military competition. “The United States and China are rapidly building […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

December 2, 2019

President Trump’s dropping of the “Mother of All Bombs” in Afghanistan is just the latest example of how the US war machine is delivering a scorched earth to those “liberated” by the US military. Already the environmental and health damage from that one bomb has destroyed the lives of many innocent civilians. There are millions […]

William Astore

November 29, 2019

Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard is a compelling choice for president in 2020. She’s principled, she’s against America’s disastrous regimen of regime-change wars, and she’s got the guts to criticize her own party for being too closely aligned with rich and powerful interests. She’s also a military veteran who enlisted in the Army National Guard in Hawaii […]

Daniel Larison

November 29, 2019

Originally appeared at The American Conservative. Trump threatened to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist groups this week: President Trump said in an interview posted online Tuesday that he planned to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations, owing to what he said was the high number of Americans killed by their activities. The comments, […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

November 26, 2019

President Trump’s robust intervention on behalf of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher has drawn widespread criticism, even and especially among members of the military. Should he be honored with the right to keep his status as a SEAL, as Trump contends, or does military discipline demand that war crimes be punished? Watch today’s Ron Paul Liberty […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

November 25, 2019

A startling development in the alleged gas attack in Douma, Syria in April, 2018: Whistleblowing inspectors from the OPCW – the UN Agency that investigated the attack – have come forward to claim that the original report has been doctored and distorted to falsely blame the Syrian government. Will the mainstream media touch this scandal […]