NIAC: Trump’s Reckless Decision Puts US on Path to War with Iran
May 8, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Trita Parsi Phone: 202-386-6325 Email: tparsi@niacouncil.org Washington, DC – NIAC President Trita Parsi issued the following statement in response to reports that President Trump declared he would snap back all nuclear-related sanctions under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or Iran nuclear deal, and impose new sanctions: “Donald Trump has […]
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Gina Haspel and Torture: Not Just Immoral, but a Tool for More War
May 8, 2018
With the nomination of Gina Haspel to be director of the CIA, there’s rightfully some interest in her record regarding torture. Of course, there are questions of legality and ethics and with respect to torture and it’s possible as some have argued that the motivation of Haspel and others in overseeing torture and covering it […]
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Trump: For Whom the Nobel Tolls?
May 8, 2018
Sure things don’t exist in international relations, but we seem to be witnessing an impending settlement of the nearly 70-year-old Korean War. Kim Jong Un recently became the first ruler of North Korea to officially visit the South, where he conferred with president Moon Jae-In. De-nuclearization and a peace treaty look like real possibilities. Kim […]
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Veteran Intel Professionals Call on Trump Not To Pull Out of Iran Nuclear Deal
May 8, 2018
MEMORANDUM FOR: The PresidentFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPs)SUBJECT: Being “Played” By Bogus Evidence on Iran NOTE: The evidence presented by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on April 30 alleging a covert Iranian nuclear weapons program shows blatant signs of fabrication. That evidence is linked to documents presented by the Bush Administration more a […]
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Iran Crisis: Will Trump Waiver On the Waiver… Or ‘Hang Tough’?
May 7, 2018
This week President Trump will have to decide whether he will sign another waiver to keep the US in the Iran nuclear deal, or whether he will de facto pull the US out of the deal (which would likely result in the collapse of the deal and possibly war). The closest US allies are begging […]
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Talks About Syria, North Korea Peace, and Iran with Tucker Carlson
May 5, 2018
An excellent interview where Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) argues to support peace in Korea, getting the US out of Syria, and preserving the Iran Deal.
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Kent State 1970: We Need a Serious Look at What Happened and Why
May 4, 2018
This originally appeared at Antiwar.com on May 4, 2015 It’s been 45 years since draft-deferred Ohio National Guardsmen aimed their M-1 rifles and .45 pistols at unarmed Ken State College students, killing four and wounding nine on May 4, 1970. You have to be well into middle age now to remember that day. My memory […]
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Why Is It Bad News When Military Spending Declines?
May 2, 2018
Scanning my email updates, I saw two articles dealing with allegedly declining militaries. The Weekly Standard complained that the British military is “damn, busted.” The article cites Britain’s lack of main battle tanks (only 227) compared to Russia’s 20,000, concluding that Britannia’s leaders have a “narrow-minded, cost-driven vision [that] has left Britain unprepared for great-power […]
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A Saudi Assassination and the War on Yemen
May 2, 2018
Originally appeared on The American Conservative. Nicholas Niarchos comments on the recent assassination of a top Houthi leader by a Saudi coalition airstrike: On Twitter, members of the Saudi royal family celebrated Sammad’s killing and touted it as a success for the country’s crown prince and de-facto ruler, Mohammed bin Salman, who recently toured Washington […]
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