Call your Rep TODAY: Vote ‘NO’ on Military Aid to Syrian ‘Rebels’
September 16, 2014
From Just Foreign Policy: Congress is expected to vote in the next few days on a controversial proposal to arm and train Syrian rebels. Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers have expressed opposition. With recent reports that some so-called “moderate” Syrian rebels this proposal seeks to arm have signed non-aggression pacts with ISIS, as in the […]
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Rice in China – What Susan Found on Her Doorstep: John V. Walsh
September 14, 2014
Susan Rice has just completed her visit to Beijing to prepare for Obama’s November visit. She arrived as the envoy of the President of the Indispensable Nation and was greeted at the very highest level by Xi Jinping himself, president of one of the many Dispensable Nations. Susan probably conceives this as an advance visit […]
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I’m Not Afraid of ISIS
September 13, 2014
A Washington Post-ABC News poll conducted Sept. 4-7 among 1,001 adults nationwide revealed that 59% of Americans believe ISIS (or ISIL or the Islamic State) is a "very serious threat to US vital interests." Another 31% view ISIS as a "somewhat serious" threat. So, 90% of Americans believe ISIS is a threat to US interests. […]
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ISIS and Ukraine: They’ll Say Anything
September 13, 2014
When I tuned in to US president Barack Obama’s televised speech on his plans for war against the so-called “Islamic State,” I expected exactly what we got — a bland sundae of pseudo-patriotic drivel topped off with some whipped cream of big bucks for the military-industrial complex and the cherry of regime change in Syria. […]
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Ron Paul on the Two (Interventionist) Party State
September 13, 2014
Just as Barack Obama was to announce what some are calling Iraq War III, Dick Cheney emerged on Capitol Hill to scold Republicans about isolationist heresies. An interventionist philosophy prevails in both Washington parties, but not on The Weekly Podcast with Charles Goyette and Ron Paul. This week the conversation is about ISIS and Obama’s […]
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Jeremy Scahill: What ISIS Campaign Will Look Like on the Ground
September 13, 2014
Jeremy Scahill talked with MSNBC’s Ari Melber on Thursday to discuss Obama’s plan to escalate the U.S. military campaign against ISIS and offered a damning assessment of the administration’s “strategy.”
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September 11th and the Missing 28 Pages of the 9/11 Report
September 12, 2014
Chris Hayes spoke with Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) and Stephen Lynch (D-MA) on the secret 28 pages of the 911 Commission Report. That section of the report implicates foreign government involvement in the 9/11 attacks. Read more on them at 28pages.org.
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The Giant Gaps in Obama’s ISIS Strategy
September 12, 2014
Obama’s ISIS speech would have provoked outrage if Bush gave it. Now, however, Democrats and Republicans are united over foreign war to such an extent that a prolonged military campaign without congressional approval barely raises an eyebrow. So one year after an attack on Syria was rejected by the American public bombs will be dropping […]
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Obama’s ISIL Speech: Five Truths, Four Lies, and a Potential War Crime
September 11, 2014
5 Truths Truth #1: "We have not yet detected specific plotting against our homeland." This is an extremely important admission to understand. If there is no specific plot against America then America must by definition be acting preemptively to wage war on the organization known as the "Islamic State." Whether you think that is a […]
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Syria Next on Hit List – ISIS a Side Issue or Excuse: John V. Walsh
September 11, 2014
Obama took to the airwaves yesterday, oh so coincidentally, on the eve of September 11, to roll out his latest "smart war." And it comes, oh so coincidentally, just before Congressional midterms when every member of Congress fears like the plague to be painted as a dove, just as happened in 2002 before Bush II […]
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