Yesterday the House spent an hour "debating" a resolution condemning efforts to gain support for a Palestinian state via the UN General Assembly, and demanding that the Palestinians negotiate on Israel's terms. (It is worth noting that UN recognition of Israel came as...
An excellent speech today by Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) opposing US intervention in Libya and on war powers in general:
The US Congress, in its wisdom, seems to believe that democracy means their power to control the affairs of every other nation. Take Belarus. Yesterday the US House debated the renewal of the "Belarus Democracy Act." Ron Paul spoke to explain what the act really...
Today the US House defeated two resolutions on the war on Libya. The first one, to authorize Obama to conduct the war for a year, failed overwhelmingly. The second one, sold as a war limitation measure, actually authorized most of the activities currently being waged...
Rep. Ron Paul explains to John King of CNN why the US has no business intervening in Libya:
The Independent Institute’s Anthony Gregory, a friend of Antiwar.com, has written a compelling new report tracking the foreign policy trends of the current administration and the last one. Comparing troop levels, U.S. fatality rates, and the financial burden of the...
From Uri Avnery today, on the death of his wife of 58 years. Very moving, and full of political history: RACHEL by Uri Avnery I had the unqualified blessing of living with Rachel Avnery for 58 years. Last Saturday I took leave of her body. She was as beautiful in...
On May 2, Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. The American Conservative asks six foreign-policy experts to consider the implications for the War on Terror. Andrew Bacevich: War on Terror Is a Fraud David Rieff: Fighting the Last War Jacob Heilbrunn: Death...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) continues to demand debate on the constitutionality of the PATRIOT Act. Sen. Harry Reid has accused Paul of supporting terrorists by delaying the extension of the act. “He’s fighting for an amendment to protect the right – not of average...
Ron Paul, on MSNBC's Morning Joe, said we are moving toward war and occupation in Pakistan.
