One thing that I've been discouraged by is the lack of antiwar music. It certainly is out there, but does not come close to what was seen during the Vietnam war era. Perhaps it's because of the lack of awareness due to our consumption culture, reality TV nation, or...
The Obama administration has lied again, with the news in recent weeks that US forces would remain in Iraq beyond the December deadline for all American troops to withdraw. They strong-armed the Iraqi leadership (who relishes their client state status in contravention...
Last week, Jamie Weinstein of the conservative Daily Caller, who I tangoed with over the motivations behind 9/11, wrote a scandalous piece entitled, "Palestinian ambassador reiterates call for a Jew-free Palestinian state." The ambassador in question was Maen Rashid...
Ron Paul on foreign policy:
Antiwar.com's Week in Review | September 16, 2011Don't forget to sign the open letter to Obama and Congress to end the wars: ComeHomeAmerica.usIN THIS ISSUEMission unaccomplished in LibyaOngoing violence, poor performance in AfghanistanIraqi torture uncoveredThe...
The piece I wrote for the Daily Caller was in response to a piece by Jamie Weinstein, the senior editor there, in which Weinstein denies aggressive US foreign policy had anything to do with the motivations behind 9/11. I relished in an evidence-based response, but to...
The big-money rent-seekers in the military industrial complex have been lobbying hard against cuts to the defense budgets. The so-called "super-committee" - the group of representatives tasked with deciding where to cut - have been the target for that lobbying....
In a recent interview on Hardtalk, former Secretary of Homeland Security (and co-author of the PATRIOT Act) Michael Chertoff was asked about extraordinary rendition and why the US government sent captured detainees to other countries known for widespread torture. Not...
At least the U.S. military and other NATO air forces have already had lots of practice hammering this country. Who could have ever foreseen that the Islamist radicals would take over after the U.S. helped topple the country's dictator? Today's New York Times:...
While many Americans may believe that US policies are designed to address American needs, America’s new Ambassador to Israel explains that this is far from the case.In a recent speech before the Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI), Ambassador Daniel Shapiro...
