Appearing before the Senate, US intelligence community heads undermined each of President Trump's foreign policy positions and warned that foreign "enemies" would likely interfere in the 2020 elections. The Deep State, neocons, and the liberal #resistance all line up...
Remembering Howard Zinn and His Antiwar Message Nearly a Decade Later
It’s been nearly 10 years since the death of Air Force bombardier turned historian and activist Howard Zinn, whose antiwar rhetoric continues to influence the conversation of U.S. interventionism to this day. I was first introduced to Zinn through stumbling upon a...
Defying War and Defining Peace in Afghanistan
On January 27th, 2019, the Taliban and the US government each publicly stated acceptance, in principle, of a draft framework for ongoing negotiations that could culminate in a peace deal to end a two-decade war in Afghanistan.As we learn more about the negotiations,...
Bolton: We’re Taking Venezuela’s Oil
President Trump's National Security Advisor John Bolton made US policy toward Venezuela very clear in an interview on FoxNews yesterday: We're going to overthrow the government and take the country's oil. He gets points for bluntness, at least. But who are the...
Ron Paul on the Distraction: Obsessing Over ‘The Wall’ While Ignoring Neocon Threat
Where is Congress on issues that really matter? Venezuela? They don't want a debate because they all agree on interventionism. Syria? The only debate was to shut down any debate when the president proposed getting US troops out. Yemen? Nope. On NATO Congress voted to...
Antiwar Republican Congressman Walter Jones in Hospice Care
Rep. Walter Jones, one of the most consistently antiwar members of Congress, is gravely ill and has entered hospice care. The Republican lawmaker has been battling ailments in recent months. He was granted a leave of absence from Congress in late 2018 after missing a...
IRmep Lawsuit: US Nuclear ‘Policy Substitution’ for Israel Undermines NPT, AECA and Bilks US Taxpayers
On January 17, the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy (IRmep) filed a 59-page brief (PDF HTML) in a lawsuit demanding release of a series of secret presidential letters promising not to force Israel to sign the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear...
Venezuela and Our Regime Change Addiction
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Associated Press reports on Bolton’s efforts to undo the decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria: Noah Feldman helpfully rips off the fig leaf that the Trump administration and other governments are using...
‘Maduro Must Go!’ – Trump Administration Backs Venezuela Regime Change
President Trump yesterday recognized Venezuelan opposition legislator as the legitimate president of the country and warned that "all options are on the table" if Venezuela's elected president moves against protestors or expelled US embassy staff who refuse to leave...
National Commission on Military Service report and hearing schedule
The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service (NCMNPS) released its interim report and schedule of formal hearings today.Archived C-SPAN video of news conference announcing report:Part 1Part 2Article by Gregory Korte in USA TodayMy analysis of the...


