After Saturday's attacks on Saudi oil facilities, President Trump Tweeted that the US is "locked and loaded" and ready to do whatever Saudi Arabia deems appropriate to whoever the Saudis blame for the attack. Will Trump let the Saudis dictate when and where the United...
Rapprochement With Russia?
Starting in July and running to the present day, there have been repeated calls from mainstream media, from leading statesmen and from diplomats, in the United States and in Europe, for some kind of rapprochement with Russia to be put in place. This is remarkable...
Russian Elections of September 9: Initial Conclusions
Russia’s nationwide elections at the level of local government which took place on September 8 attracted extraordinary attention in Western media, given that, at best, they could be viewed as a very preliminary indication of popular sentiment towards the...
Sacrifice of Anti-Nuclear Protesters in Georgia Jail Will Not Be Forgotten
Following is a letter published in the Baltimore Sun on September 10, 2019. Reprinted with the permission of the author.It has been a long time since Elizabeth McAlister and six other Catholic activists were arrested on April 4, 2018 while engaging in a disarmament...
A Foreign Policy Pivot? I Wouldn’t Bet On It
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Tom Wright makes the case that Trump is about to make a “foreign policy pivot”:Trump wants to write a new chapter, closing the one marked “Militarism and Maximum Pressure” and opening one called “Dealmaking...
With Bolton Out, Will Trump Open Door To Iran?
The last straw that broke Trump's back with Bolton appears to be the latter's vehement opposition to any kind of opening toward Iran. Suddenly a French proposal for a way out of the stand-off is being talked about by Trump and Pompeo. Will Trump find a way to ease...
Court: FBI Must Destroy Memos Calling Antiwar.com a Threat
In a major victory for Antiwar.com, free speech and journalism, a federal appeals court has ruled that the FBI must expunge surveillance memos that agents had drafted about the website’s co-founders Eric Garris and Justin Raimondo in the early years following the 9/11...
Will Another John Bolton Replace John Bolton?
Bolton may be gone, but Boltonism lives on. Those believing that the end of Bolton would signal a return to the foreign policy of candidate Donald Trump, however, may be disappointed. President Trump has appointed Charles Kupperman to temporary fill in for John Bolton...
Good Riddance, John Bolton
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Curt Mills’ reporting told us it was coming yesterday, and today Trump has finally fired Bolton:Mr. Trump announced the decision on Twitter. “I informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer...
The Genocide Called World War I (video)
Books and movies about World War I are not popular because they are depressing. Leaders of world's great nations destroyed a generation of men in pointless bloody battles. Few Americans realize that World War I was America's worst foreign policy blunder. Bankers had...


