Brett Wilkins

April 24, 2026

While media coverage of Israel’s war on Lebanon mainly focuses on the slaughter of hundreds of Lebanese civilians and destruction of entire villages, Israel Defense Forces commanders are tacitly condoning widespread looting by their troops in Lebanon, according to reporting Thursday. Haaretz, Israel’s oldest daily newspaper, interviewed a number of IDF personnel who described routine […]

Daniel Larison

April 23, 2026

Gideon Rachman comments on the current state of the Iran war: Escalation is likely because both the US and Iran seem to feel that they can force the other side to crack first. US vice-president JD Vance returned home from failed talks with the Iranians in Pakistan on April 12 in an upbeat mood — […]

Kyle Anzalone

April 23, 2026

U.S. troops are training for chemical and nuclear fallout while fresh forces and warships surge toward the Middle East, and I can’t shake the feeling that those “routine drills” are happening for a reason. We walk through what the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s radiation preparedness could mean in the context of reports that the U.S. […]

Brett Wilkins

April 22, 2026

A report published Tuesday by an international human rights consortium details how Israeli soldiers and settlers are weaponizing sexual violence to facilitate the forced expulsion of Palestinians from the illegally occupied West Bank. The report, published by the West Bank Protection Consortium (WBPC) – which is led by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and funded […]

Kyle Anzalone

April 22, 2026

A blockade of the Strait of Hormuz sounds like a clean, decisive move until you run it through the real world: geography, international law, ship insurance, and the uncomfortable question of what happens when the other side shoots back. We sit down with Lt Col Karen Kwiatkowski to parse Trump’s threat to interdict ships tied […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

April 22, 2026

On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: Once again, President Trump has put off re-starting the Iran war after his deadline passed last night. The impasse for renewed talks is his refusal to lift the embargo of Iranian ports, which Iran sees as an act of war. Meanwhile a new CNN report reveals just how depleted […]

Gerry Condon

April 22, 2026

A coalition of veterans groups gathered in the nation’s capitol on Monday to express their deep opposition to the U.S. war on Iran. One hundred and thirty (130) veterans and military family members held a solemn, disciplined protest in the Capitol rotunda demanding that the Trump administration end its illegal war on Iran and that […]

John Mearsheimer

April 21, 2026

Reprinted from John’s Substack: On 20 April 2026, I was on “The Chris Hedges Report” talking about where the Iran war is headed. Chris and I mainly concentrated on trying to make sense of what President Trump is doing to end the conflict on favorable terms for the US. Although many believe that he will […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

April 21, 2026

On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: With the temporary ceasefire set to expire tonight, there is increasing desperation to get the US and Iran to a second round 0f talks in Pakistan. Vice President JD Vance is said to be departing today, but thus far there are few signs. The Ianians have demanded an end […]

Josh Bazzle

April 21, 2026

Many political figures have weighed in on the latest IDF controversy this week, as images posted online clearly depict an Israeli soldier taking what appears to be a sledgehammer to the face of a statue of Jesus Christ in southern Lebanon. The IDF issued a statement condemning the attack, saying the soldier’s actions were “wholly […]