After a lot of throat clearing, Chuck Hagel and Leon Panetta come up with the wrong answer: There are four actions that Congress should take. It should approve a war powers resolution authorizing the war, take the time to evaluate any request for additional funding...
Trapped by His Own Image: Trump’s Iran War and the Politics of Ego
The judgment on the Trump administration’s war on Iran is already largely settled across mainstream media, public opinion, and much of the analytical sphere. What remains supportive of the war is limited to two predictable camps: official government discourse and the...
Ron Paul: Trump Looking for ‘Off-Ramp’? It’s Not That Easy.
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: Is it more market manipulation, or is President Trump really looking for a way out of the Iran war he launched last month. Either way, he may soon find that it's a lot easier to get out of a war than to get into a war. Also, Hegseth...
Hegseth Says Trump Has Vision of ‘Greater North America.’ Critics Alarmed by ‘Greater Israel’ Parallel
Alarm mounted Monday over the Trump administration’s “Greater North America” plan, a geopolitical blueprint for US imperial hegemony from Greenland to Guyana that’s drawing comparisons with a messianic project being pushed by President Donald Trump’s far-right allies...
The Worse the War, the More the Lies
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. The worse a war goes, the more those who wage it feel compelled to lie about it. That pattern is visible today in America’s escalating conflict with Iran. This isn’t a war formally declared, clearly explained,...
Ron Paul asks: A Land Invasion of Iran?
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: The Trump Administration has announced that thousands of US service members are in place for a ground operation against Iran. Their mission is unknown, but speculation is that they will be used to either take over an island in the...
John Mearsheimer asks: Will Trump Go Kamikaze?
Reprinted from John's Substack: There is much talk about President Trump preparing to launch a ground attack against Iran. In the media discourse, much is made of the fact we have about 50,000 troops in the region. See the three articles below. One might think those...
Blessed Are the Peacemakers: On Becoming People of the Seventh Beatitude
Almost no one would be surprised to learn that Evangelical support for the war in Iran is disproportionately high when compared to other segments of the U.S. population. According to a CNN/SRSS research poll from February 28th, 67% of white Evangelicals strongly...
Will the US-Israeli War on Iran Open the Road to Palestinian Freedom?
Some are expressing frustration that Iran’s conditions to end the war have not explicitly and unequivocally included a demand to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine and dismantle the apartheid regime. Among the conditions circulated in Iranian and sympathetic...
Ron Paul on the Showdown: Will Trump Put Troops On The Ground?
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: With thousands of US military personnel converging around Iran in the next few days, and Trump's five day "ultimatum" running out for Iran, will the US attack on Iran become a ground war? Reprinted from The Ron Paul Institute for...


