Vast efforts to portray Donald Trump as Vladimir Putin’s flunky have given Trump huge incentives to prove otherwise. Last Thursday, he began the process in a big way by ordering a missile attack on Russia’s close ally Syria. In the aftermath of the attack, the...
The well-established assumption that North Korea is our most difficult and dangerous foreign policy challenge is worth a little dispassionate examination. North Korea is not a fun place. If ever a nation had earned the right to be labeled collectively psychotic, it...
Protesting war in front of the White House with the D.C. @ladiesofliberty. Join us if you're nearby! #NoWarWithSyria The Ladies of Liberty Alliance was created in 2009, "to educate and empower female leaders within the liberty movement". This US-based group seeks to...
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), who met with Trump two months ago and praised with promised foreign policy restraint, blasts his move to attack Assad's forces in Syria. She was interviewed by Fox News' Tucker Carlson last night (4/7/17).
More bombs won't end the crisis in Syria. After more than six years of war, with millions displaced and a death toll of nearly half a million people, it's clear that there is no military solution to this crisis. But for years the U.S. has bombed Syria, and last night,...
Issued today by the Libertarian Party National Chair: The Libertarian Party denounces last night’s strikes on Syria. Purportedly these strikes were a retaliation for the release of a chemical agent which wounded and killed many Syrians earlier this week. The use of...
CODEPINK invites all who love peace to join its Campaign of Non-violent Actions to Ground Killer Drones.The drone era of endless war began in 2001 with the US invasion of Afghanistan. Then, in 2003, the US invaded Iraq for a second time, resulting in more than a...
President Trump sent 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles into Syria yesterday in retaliation for what he claimed was a chemical attack on citizens by President Assad. He sought no Congressional authorization and presented no evidence to either Congress or the American people...
Today (4/7/17), Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) released the following statement regarding the launch of U.S. airstrikes in Syria: “Regardless of the circumstances, no American president has the constitutional right to commit acts of war against a sovereign nation...
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) released the following statement today (4/6/17) after the U.S. launched military strikes on Syrian government targets: “It angers and saddens me that President Trump has taken the advice of war hawks and escalated our illegal regime...
