Ron Paul Asks: After Trump Bombed Syria, Are We All Neocons Now?
April 10, 2017
House and Senate Republican leaders McConnell and Ryan are praising President Trump’s missile strike on Syria last week in retaliation for an alleged chemical attack on civilians, while when President Obama proposed the same thing in 2013 they strongly opposed the plan. Meanwhile, the mainstream media and even many “progressives” are turning pro-Trump after the […]
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Dennis Kucinich Asks, ‘Why Are We Helping ISIS?’
April 10, 2017
Former presidential candidate and United States House of Representatives Member Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is not buying the Trump administration line on the US missile attack last week in Syria. Interviewed at Fox News, Kucinich both rejects the reason offered for the attack and says the attack will help the Islamic State (ISIS), which President Donald […]
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We Are Already at War With China
April 10, 2017
I was in Waikiki, Hawaii, recently. But not for pleasure. I was there out of obligation, fulfilling my parental duty to visit my son and his husband, who live there. I’ll admit, though, that I was getting some pleasure, looking out from the balcony of the 19th floor studio apartment I had rented. Across the […]
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Russia-Baiting Pushed Trump To Attack Syria – and Increases the Risks of Nuclear Annihilation
April 10, 2017
Vast efforts to portray Donald Trump as Vladimir Putin’s flunky have given Trump huge incentives to prove otherwise. Last Thursday, he began the process in a big way by ordering a missile attack on Russia’s close ally Syria. In the aftermath of the attack, the cheerleading from U.S. mass media was close to unanimous, and […]
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Our Nuclear Folly
April 10, 2017
The well-established assumption that North Korea is our most difficult and dangerous foreign policy challenge is worth a little dispassionate examination. North Korea is not a fun place. If ever a nation had earned the right to be labeled collectively psychotic, it would be the Democratic Republic of North Korea under Kim Jung-un, who apparently […]
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Antiwar Protest Now in Front of White House
April 8, 2017
Protesting war in front of the White House with the D.C. @ladiesofliberty. Join us if you’re nearby! #NoWarWithSyria The Ladies of Liberty Alliance was created in 2009, “to educate and empower female leaders within the liberty movement”. This US-based group seeks to train women to effectively promote the ideals of liberty. Antiwar.com’s executive director Angela […]
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Slams Trump’s Attack on Syria: Interviewed by Tucker Carlson
April 8, 2017
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), who met with Trump two months ago and praised with promised foreign policy restraint, blasts his move to attack Assad’s forces in Syria. She was interviewed by Fox News’ Tucker Carlson last night (4/7/17).
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Stop US From Making Syria War Even Worse
April 7, 2017
More bombs won’t end the crisis in Syria. After more than six years of war, with millions displaced and a death toll of nearly half a million people, it’s clear that there is no military solution to this crisis. But for years the U.S. has bombed Syria, and last night, the U.S. expanded the war […]
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National Libertarian Party Denounces US Air Strikes on Syria
April 7, 2017
Issued today by the Libertarian Party National Chair: The Libertarian Party denounces last night’s strikes on Syria. Purportedly these strikes were a retaliation for the release of a chemical agent which wounded and killed many Syrians earlier this week. The use of chemical agents against civilians is abhorrent but, according to news reports, the cause […]
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Ground Killer Drones: Shut Down Creech!
April 7, 2017
CODEPINK invites all who love peace to join its Campaign of Non-violent Actions to Ground Killer Drones. The drone era of endless war began in 2001 with the US invasion of Afghanistan. Then, in 2003, the US invaded Iraq for a second time, resulting in more than a million casualties, fueling civil war and creating […]
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