US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made good on her threat to be the first US House Speaker to visit Taiwan in a quarter of a century. The Chinese government is furious and threatening retaliation. Are there any benefits to the US of Pelosi's provoking China? Reprinted...
On Today's Rising at The Hill TV: News editor at Antiwar.com, Dave DeCamp, discusses White House messaging on Taiwan, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to the country.
Today is day 159 in the Russo Ukraine war. It's also day 159 that the US has funneled tens of billion s of weaponry into the war zone instead of pushing negotiations to end the war quickly.Having provoked the war for 14 years since proposing NATO membership for...
Let’s begin with a syllogism:Major Premise: Biden Does Not Want War With ChinaMinor Premise: He is Commander-in-ChiefConclusion: Biden can order a Navy carrier battlegroup to change directionIn other words, a solution to the still up-in-the-air (so to speak) visit of...
Nancy Pelosi is inflaming potential war with China with her planned official visit to Taiwan. Join Pivot to Peace, CODEPINK, Veterans for Peace, Antiwar.com, China Peoples Friendship Association, and leaders of the Chinese American community on Monday, August 1st at...
ALERT MEMORANDUM FOR: The PresidentFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for SanitySUBJECT: Military Clash With China Over Pelosi Visit?REFERENCE: VIPS Memo to You, May 1, 2022Mr. President,We, the undersigned, collectively, have hundreds of years of service to the...
On the 8th of August at 3:00 Eastern, Roger Waters will be joined by retired U.S. Army major Todd Pierce in an event to support Wikileaks' Julian Assange and his resistance to being extradited to the U.S. on bogus espionage charges. RSVP here. The event is sponsored...
When it comes to dispensing with an inconvenient critic, Saudi Arabia and the United States sure differ on means of destruction.Saudi Arabia’s ruler Mohammed bin Salman (MbS), upset by critical US resident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, simply channeled the Queen...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s planned trip to Taiwan combined with the head of the US military Mark Milley recently calling the Chinese military "noticeably more aggressive" has greatly ratcheted up tensions with the world’s most populous nation. Major...
Walter Russell Mead doesn’t want us to bicker and argue over who killed who:If the U.S. is going to develop an effective response to this combination of strategic threats, our political leaders will have to move beyond finger pointing and blame games over the fate of...
