From today's Ron Paul Liberty Report: Is this peak Zelensky worship? US Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), who famously yelled out to President Obama "you lie" during a speech, has introduced legislation that would spend taxpayer money to create a bust of Ukrainian President...
Remembering How Close We Came to Disaster With North Korea
The US and North Korea came dangerously close to war during Trump’s presidency. This is often discounted or forgotten in assessments of Trump’s foreign policy record because the war didn’t happen and Trump then made a big show of meeting with Kim Jong-un, but the...
Conflicts of Interest: With the Iran Deal Dead, Israel Prepares for War
On COI #367, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman recap the disastrous foreign policy developments of the year, focusing on escalations with Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, as well as the catastrophic trajectory of the Pentagon’s so-called “Great Power Competition.”...
Beware the Hawkish Consensus on China
Judah Grunstein warns against the entrenchment of the hawkish consensus on China:The result is that competition and even potential conflict are now considered the default position for relations with China; those who suggest that cooperation – even on existential...
Can We Prevent Nuclear War With Russia?
Dear Antiwar.com Reader,Today, Russia holds the largest nuclear arsenal in the world. Yet our U.S. Congress has approved over $112 billion to fund its proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. There is no end in sight to this disastrous conflict. No peace talks are on the...
The January 2017 ‘Assessment’ on Russiagate
Similarly, the Defense Intelligence Agency should have been included, particularly since it has considerable expertise on the G.R.U., the Russian military intelligence agency, which has been blamed for Russian hacking of the DNC emails. But DIA, too, has an...
Pentagon Doc Reveals US Lied About Afghan Civilians Killed in 2021 Drone Strike
US military officials knew that an August 2021 drone strike in Kabul likely killed Afghan civilians including children but lied about it, a report published Friday revealed. New York Times investigative reporter Azmat Khan analyzed a 66-page redacted US Central...
Before the Bombs Come the Platitudes
What is democracy but platitudes and dog whistles? The national direction is quietly predetermined – it’s not up for debate. The president’s role is to sell it to the public; you might say he’s the public-relations director in chief:". . . my...
Ben Friedman on Crashing the War Party: The World Will Survive if the US Stops Stationing Its Troops Everywhere
From Crashing the War Party: LISTEN HERE The U.S. military has over 270,000 troops currently deployed across the globe, including in 17 countries that the public up until now didn't even know about. Our guest this week, Ben Friedman, a senior analyst with Defense...
Conflicts of Interest: Biden Has Reignited Military Tensions with North Korea in 2022
On COI #366, Kyle Anzalone discusses the Washington/Pyongyang relationship in 2022. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.


