Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

January 24, 2019

President Trump yesterday recognized Venezuelan opposition legislator as the legitimate president of the country and warned that “all options are on the table” if Venezuela’s elected president moves against protestors or expelled US embassy staff who refuse to leave Caracas. US neocons applaud Trump’s move. Does the US president finally have his very own “Syria” […]

Edward Hasbrouck

January 23, 2019

The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service (NCMNPS) released its interim report and schedule of formal hearings today. Archived C-SPAN video of news conference announcing report: Part 1 Part 2 Article by Gregory Korte in USA Today My analysis of the errors of omission and commission in the report The Commission was created […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

January 23, 2019

The Democrat-controlled House followed the Senate yesterday in passing legislation forbidding the president from withdrawing from NATO and affirming undying US support for the outdated Cold War alliance. Is NATO really about defense? Or is it a jobs program for the military industrial complex? On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: Reprinted from The Ron Paul […]

William Astore

January 23, 2019

Last week while getting new tires, I came across the latest Air Force recruiting brochure. Its first line: “The Air Force dominates the sky with speed, precision and air power.” It’s fascinating to me this emphasis on global domination. During the Cold War, the goal was not to dominate but to deter the Soviet Union, […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

January 22, 2019

The decline and closure of the neocon flagship journal, The Weekly Standard, did not slow the neocons at all. They are back with a new publication funded by a left-wing billionaire, but preaching from the same neocon playbook. Why do neocons continue to change their stripes, from Trotskyites in the 1930’s, to Reagan conservatives, to […]

Daniel Larison

January 22, 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: According to seven administration officials, Bolton’s influence was central to the “reinterpretation” of Trump’s initial order and convincing the stubborn commander in chief to go along with it. White House aides maintained […]

Edward Hasbrouck

January 21, 2019

The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service (NCMNPS) will release an “interim report” this Wednesday, January 23rd, at a press conference from 9-10:30 a.m. EST at the Newseum in Washington, DC. Members of the public can attend the news conference in DC on Wednesday by preregistration, and the news conference will be livestreamed […]

Thomas L. Knapp

January 20, 2019

Camera One, pointed at The Atlantic: America Scrambles to Catch Up With Chinese and Russian Weapons Camera Two, pointed at Wikipedia: The missile gap was the Cold War term used in the US for the perceived superiority of the number and power of the USSR’s missiles in comparison with its own (a lack of military […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

January 17, 2019

An apparent suicide bombing in Manbij, northern Syria, has taken the life of four US servicemembers and several civilians. ISIS has taken credit for the attack. Neocons cite the attack as proof that we should stay. The rest of us cite the attack as more proof that we should leave. Where will Trump come down? […]

Daniel Larison

January 16, 2019

Originally appeared on The American Conservative. The Guardian reports on the efforts in the House and Senate to cut off U.S. support for the war on Yemen: Congress is expected to make an unprecedented challenge to Donald Trump’s authority to take the US into a war in the coming weeks, with a bipartisan measure calling […]