Feigning Interest in Arms Control To Kill New START
July 17, 2019
Originally appeared on The American Conservative. See if you can spot the flaw in the Trump administration’s new arms control initiative: President Trump is sending a high-level delegation to meet with Russian counterparts in Geneva this week to pursue an arms control treaty that for the first time would cap the nuclear arsenals of not […]
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Showdown! Trump Takes On Turkey Over Russian Missile Purchase
July 17, 2019
Turkey’s decision to purchase a Russian-made missile defense system has led the Trump Administration to cancel its planned sale of 100 F-35 fighters to Turkey. Also under a 2017 law to punish Russia for “meddling” in US elections, Trump will be obligated to apply sanctions to Turkey – a NATO ally! On today’s Ron Paul […]
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MSM Lies About Iran Deal and Repeats Unfound State Department Claims
July 15, 2019
Iran announced last week they will be enriching uranium to 5% which is over the 3.67% limit set by the Joint Comprehension Plan of Action signed in 2015 under the Obama administration. Iran has every right to go over that cap, since the US pulled out of the deal over a year ago and reinstated […]
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Forever Wars! House Republicans Furious Over Iraq War Authorization Repeal
July 15, 2019
House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) told Fox News over the weekend that the repeal of the 2001 war authorization after 9/11 and the 2002 war authorization for Iraq would “illegalize” the entire war on terror. Are we in a time warp? On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: Reprinted from The […]
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Driving Venezuela Towards Famine
July 14, 2019
Originally appeared on The American Conservative. Warnings of famine are increasing in Venezuela, and U.S. sanctions are responsible for driving the country over the edge: In a new study, Venezuelan economist Francisco Rodriguez at New York brokerage Torino Capital set out evidence that US financial sanctions are associated with a 797,000 b/d drop in oil […]
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This Morning on Antiwar Radio: Gareth Porter
July 14, 2019
That’s at 8:30 Pacific 90.7 FM KPFK in L.A., kpfk.org.
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The House Rebukes Trump on Yemen Again
July 12, 2019
Originally appeared on The American Conservative. The House passed two amendments to the defense authorization bill yesterday related to the war on Yemen. The first prohibited the administration from using funds to support the Saudi coalition: But the most consequential amendments on Thursday continued Congress’s months-long effort to intervene in the Yemen conflict and punish […]
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Ocasio-Cortez Says Abolish Homeland Security; GOPs Wail in Pain
July 12, 2019
The NY Rep. finally says something reasonable, so the conservatives — led by the vile Liz Cheney — denounce her as treasonous. Cross-posted at the Institute.
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Poll: Most Americans Say Arms Sales Make the US Less Secure
July 11, 2019
Originally appeared on The American Conservative. The Chicago Council on Global Affairs recently released the results of a new survey on U.S. public opinion on arms sales and the U.S.-Saudi relationship: As Congress weighs the decision by the Trump Administration to sell additional weapons to Saudi Arabia, a newly completed survey of US public opinion […]
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Ron Paul: Fake News? CNN Claims Iran Tried To Seize UK Tanker
July 11, 2019
Yesterday CNN was the sole source of an article accusing Iran’s Revolutionary Guard of trying to seize a UK tanker in the Persian Gulf. Though CNN claimed there was video of the attempt, none has surfaced. Iran strongly denies any such attempt. Is this another psy-op to drum up support for a US attack on […]
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