Ron Paul: Russian Plane Down Over Egyptian Blowback?
November 3, 2015
The apparent downing of a Russian passenger plane over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula over the weekend has, as could be predicted, produced no shortage of theories as to who or what is behind it. Was it ISIS-affiliated Islamist terrorists who control much of the area? They took “credit” for the attack but do not seem to […]
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‘School of the Americas Watch’ Convergence November 20-22 at the Gates of Ft. Benning!
November 2, 2015
Just last week, the U.S. State Department announced that it would cut $5 million in security aid to Mexico in response to its appalling Human Rights record. The withdrawal of some aid – though not enough to put a definitive end to the failed Drug War – is a victory for the people who have […]
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Call Congress –
Tell Them No US Troops In Syria
November 2, 2015
The US government has announced that a “limited number” of US Special Forces are being sent to Syria. This is an egregious violation of both President Obama’s oft-repeated pledge that he will not send US ground forces to that country, and the Constitution of the United States, which clearly states that only Congress may declare […]
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Tell Us Why We’re At War in Iraq Again, Mr. President: Peter Van Buren
October 31, 2015
When I was a kid, three presidents told us we had to fight in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, because if we didn’t fight them over there, we’d have to fight them on the beaches of California. We believed. It was a lie. I was a teenager during the Cold War, and several presidents told us […]
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Obama Puts US Boots in Syria – Where is Congress?
October 31, 2015
“I will not put US boots on the ground in Syria.” That was President Obama’s unequivocal statement to the American people just two years ago when he first planned to bomb Syria. He has repeated the statement several times, as he has also repeated his promise that he “will not pursue a long air campaign” […]
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Ron Paul on Saudi Arabia vs. Iran: Why Are We In The Middle?
October 31, 2015
It’s bad enough that the US government feels the need to back any state in the Middle East, but of all states to back why Saudi Arabia? This head-chopping champion state tells the US it must back head-choppers in Syria against a secular leader — in the name of democracy which doesn’t exist in Saudi […]
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Living Under the Metal Osprey
October 29, 2015
Okinawa – In late October 2015, I was with 3 Okinawa peace activists and a British solidarity activist on a tour of local resistance to U.S. military bases. After an hour of driving north from the city of Nago, crossing deep ravines and shimmering blue bays, we approached a dense forest, where the U.S. military’s […]
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: CIA Must Stop Illegal, Counterproductive War to Overthrow Assad
October 29, 2015
Speaking with Wolf Blitzer on CNN, Tulsi explains why the US allying with Islamist extremists to overthrow Syrian President Assad is an illegal, counterproductive war that will cause even more human misery in the region and help ISIS and other Islamist extremists take over all of Syria. Instead of once again being distracted by trying […]
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Ralph Nader on Left/Right Coalitions Against the Empire
October 27, 2015
I recently got a chance to discuss American militarism and antiwar politics with Ralph Nader. The Center for Study of Responsive Law created this video in affiliation with the Amherst Political Union.
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Ron Paul on Blair’s Iraq ‘Apology’: Sincere Or Spin?
October 27, 2015
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair over the weekend offered an apology of sorts over the disaster produced by the 2003 US/UK invasion of Iraq. He’s “sorry” that the intelligence was wrong, he said, but he’s not at all sorry that Saddam Hussein was overthrown. This “apology” comes on the heels of the White House […]
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