Should middle America be thankful for all the "jobs" provided by the military in areas like the National Guard? That's the argument of some pro-war progressives. It's dead wrong. The massive military budget is driven by the idea that "debt doesn't matter" - a false...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Secretary of State issued a terse, woefully inadequate message about the floods in Iran, and used most of the message to pin blame for the disaster on Iran:On behalf of the American people, we offer our condolences...
Roots Action held a news conference today on “NATO and U.S. Foreign Policy: Dangers Ahead.” Speakers: Matthew Hoh: Former State Department official, diplomat in Afghanistan and U.S. Marines company commander in Iraq Ann Wright: Retired U.S. Army Colonel and diplomat...
In an extraordinary Breitbart profile, progressive US Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) outlines the broad-based and bi-partisan peace coalition he is working to build to end the trillions wasted on wars and interventions overseas. Will the neocons try to strangle this baby in...
Sanctions are the foreign policy of choice for the United States. There are sanctions on sanctions and sub-sanctions. Sanctions on countries, companies, individuals, and more. While we have long argued that sanctions never work and only make life miserable for...
Archived video of The Israel Lobby and American Policy Conference held March 22, 2019. Co-sponsored by the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy and the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs.
As the U.S. military enjoys enormous budgets ($718 billion this year, rising possibly to $750 billion for 2020), Americans are told not to dream big. There might just be a connection here.Due to budget deficits (aggravated by the Trump tax cut for the rich), Americans...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.During his testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Mike Pompeo said the following about Yemen and Saudi Arabia (around 4:10:15 here):The challenges that you’ve cited, the death that you just cited in...
This week marks four years of Saudi bombing in Yemen. US participation in the destruction of Yemen began under Obama, but sadly President Trump has done nothing to end the slaughter. While hospitals are bombed and two-thirds of the population faces starvation, US...
I visited the city of Christchurch on May 23, 2018, as part of a larger speaking tour in New Zealand that also took me to Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton and Dunedin. New Zealand is an exceptional country, different from other countries that are often lumped under the...
