Reprinted from John's Substack: On 5 February 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with the Judge about the negotiations in Oman between the Trump administration and Iran and the likelihood that the US will attack Iran. I emphasized that it is hard to believe...
A single clip can reveal the whole playbook. When a powerful senator calls military aid to Israel his “baby,” it says everything about priorities, leverage, and who pays the price. We pull the thread from that moment into the reality on the ground in Gaza, where a...
In what is likely the most reckless move by a US President in our lifetimes, President Donald J. Trump has ignored all efforts to continue the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). Asked by the Press if he thought an extension was worthwhile, Trump replied...
War planners love simple stories. Threaten, strike, and watch a “decisive” blow topple a hated regime. Today we peel back the layers on the rush toward Iran—what a decisive strike actually means, what the timelines look like from the Pentagon and Tel Aviv, and why air...
God has a special providence for fools, drunkards and the United States of America. ~Otto von Bismarck (attributed) It is the same in all wars; the soldiers do the fighting, the journalists do the shouting, and no true patriot ever gets near a front-line trench,...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Back in 2007, Senator John McCain suggested that if the U.S. lost its war in Iraq, it wouldn’t be the military’s fault. It would rather be the fault of opponents of that war, who formed an irresolute and...
On January 27, 2026, the editors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of their famous “Doomsday Clock” to 85 seconds to midnight – the closest setting, since the appearance of the clock in 1946, to nuclear annihilation. This grim appraisal has...
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: After yesterday's off-again, on-again back and forth, it appears that representatives of the US and Iranian government will be meeting in Oman tomorrow. What are the main points of discussion? Can a war be averted? Will the neocons...
Antiwar.com news editor Dave Decamp appeared on The Real Story with Riley Lewis on One America Network. U.S. Intervention Begets More Intervention. News Editor at https://t.co/skyLKqHFf0 and Host of Antiwar News @DeCampDave explains to @RileyLewis760 that U.S....
Reprinted from John's Substack: As many of my followers surely know, I have a significant problem with people posting fake AI videos of me on the internet, some of which are so good that people who know me well do not realize they are watching a fake. In some cases,...
