Four years ago, Donald Trump electrified campaign audiences by denouncing “Trigger Happy Hillary” Clinton. Trump bragged in 2016 that his advisers knew “how to avoid the endless wars we are caught in now” but he has yet to deliver on what many voters believed was his...
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Two For the Price of One: War Party Charges Both Russia & China With 2020 Election Interference
by Dave DeCamp | Aug 14, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Almost four years of Democrats and liberal mainstream pundits hysterically blaming President Trump’s 2016 victory on Russia has done enormous damage to U.S. political discourse. Besides the immense danger of ramping up tensions with another major nuclear power,...
The Italian Years of Lead: Could the Secret “Strategy of Tension” Foreshadow America’s Future?
by Sam Jacobs | Aug 3, 2020 | Foreign Policy
Some believe the United States is headed toward another Civil War, but the “Italian Years of Lead” might be the real future for America. Learn about 1960-1980s Italy, and how factions of the far-left, the far-right and the Italian government created a hotbed of assassination, shoot-outs and bombings.
The Ruinous Results of ‘Maximum Pressure’ Sanctions on Iran
by Geoff LaMear | Jul 30, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Iran’s economy is imploding. And American hawks are celebrating it as an opportunity for Washington to turn the screws on the Iranian regime. To the hawks’ credit, they’re not wrong: sanctions have broken the Iranian economy. By one analysis, Iran’s inflation rate...
Imagining a Memorial for the Veterans of the Global War on Terror
by Hunter DeRensis | Jul 29, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Memorials are intrinsically meant to be a community fixture. There is a reason they are placed in the public square, made the focal points of parks and included alongside bustling streets instead of being kept away for private eyes or individual observance. Memorials...
By 2-1 Margin, House Republicans and Democrats Vote to Stay in Afghanistan
by Eric Garris | Jul 22, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
By a vote of 284-129, the House of Representatives soundly defeated an amendment to establish a plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan. A slight plurality of Democrats supported the measure, with most of the leadership opposing. All Republicans except two voted...
Yemen Update: Saudi Strike Obliterates Home, Kills 10 Civilians
by Jason Ditz | Jul 14, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Saudi Arabia has carried out another airstrike in the northern Hajjah Province of Yemen over the weekend, destroying a house in Washhah District, and killing at least 10 civilians within, according to the Yemeni news agency. As is often the case with such strikes, all...
Pentagon Admits There Is No Corroboration of ‘Bountygate’ Claims
by Jason Ditz | Jul 9, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Continuing the allegation of Russian bounty payments to Taliban to kill U.S. troops, Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley both told the House Armed Services Committee that they’ve seen no corroboration of the claim, nor do they...









