This week marks 16 years since the US attacked an Iraq that had neither attacked nor threatened us. Claims that Iraq had WMDs were lies and the Bush Administration knew they were lies. So 16 years later who is coming out on top after the US attack? Here's a hint: the...
Less than a month after Brazil made it clear that it wants no part in a military invasion of neighboring Venezuela, its president, Jair Bolsonaro, is in Washington this week to be feted by Trump and his neocon advisors. First stop was an unprecedented visit to the CIA...
The Trump Administration has requested a huge increase in the US spy budget, including a whopping $23 billion for the "black" budget. The reasons given are the increasing threats from Russia and China. Does all this spy spending really protect us...or is it just...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Trump administration’s destructive Iran policy may be about to get even worse:Under plans recommended by Mr. Pompeo and some White House officials, the State Department would designate Iran’s military Islamic...
The president has backpedaled yet again. Instead of seeing American troops return home from Syria "very soon," as President Trump promised, his neocon advisors have made sure that it's not going to happen. On today's Ron Paul Liberty Report: Reprinted from The Ron...
The Senate has passed "war powers" legislation ordering the president to cease and desist his cooperation with Saudi Arabia in the destruction of Yemen. A House vote is expected soon, which would throw the issue to the president who has promised a veto. Will there be...
On March 13, a diverse group of 42 organizations from across the political spectrum sent a letter to Chairman Elliot Engel (NY-16) and Ranking Member Michael McCaul (TX-10) of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, urging them to bring up Rep. Barbara Lee’s (CA-13)...
Moments ago, the US Senate approved the War Powers Act challenge to US support for the Saudi war on Yemen. CNN is talking about Paul Manafort. MSNBC has "breaking news" about Paul Manafort. FoxNews is explaining why we have to invade Venezuela. Very sad.
Letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi from Just Foreign Policy:March 13th, 2019Dear Speaker Pelosi: We write to request your support for the bipartisan measure, H.R.1004 – Prohibiting Unauthorized Military Action in Venezuela Act, introduced by Rep. David Cicilline of...
Secretary of State Pompeo has ordered all US diplomats to return from Venezuela. Their presence in country is "constraining" US foreign policy, he says. Is this the pre-cursor to a US attack? What about the power outages in Venezuela? A US cyber-attack? Are the...
