The New York Times dropped another Russiagate bombshell on June 26 with a sensational front-page story headlined, “Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says.” A predictable media and political frenzy followed, reviving...
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With Only Four Exceptions, Senate Republicans Vote to Remain in Afghanistan
by Brad Polumbo | Jul 8, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
With Americans growing ever more divided amid national upheaval over racial inequality and a global pandemic, it has perhaps never been more apparent that the United States has no business trying to fix the world with so many problems on our own doorstep. Whatever his...
U.S. Raises Stakes in South China Sea Naval Exercises
by Dave DeCamp | Jul 6, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The U.S. Navy conducted massive drills in the South China Sea on Saturday, with two aircraft carriers involved in the exercises. According to The Wall Street Journal, hundreds of jets, helicopters, and surveillance planes took off from the USS Nimitz and the USS...
It’s Beginning to Make Sense
by Sheldon Richman | Jul 3, 2020 | Blog, Foreign Policy
So now, if Trump says he's going to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan, he'll be accused of turning tail before the Russians. I wonder if there's a connection,
Regarding the Latest in Russophobia
by Sheldon Richman | Jul 3, 2020 | Blog, Foreign Policy
I might believe the latest Russia story (about bounties for American scalps in Afghanistan) when I see a headline like this: Russian Fiscal Conservatives Blast Putin for Paying for What He's Already Getting for Free
The Russian Bounties Hoax
by Scott Horton | Jul 2, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
There’s no reason for you to accept the story about the Russian military paying Afghan militants to kill American troops in Afghanistan. The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post all started this controversy late last week with incredibly thin...
Dangerous Game: How the Wreckage of Russiagate Ignited a New Cold War
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Jul 1, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
It’s been nearly four years since the myth of Trump-Russia collusion made its debut in American politics, generating an endless stream of stories in the corporate press and hundreds of allegations of conspiracy from pundits and officials. But despite netting scores of...
Kosovo Indictment Proves Bill Clinton’s Serbian War Atrocities
by Jim Bovard | Jun 25, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
President Bill Clinton’s favorite freedom fighter just got indicted for mass murder, torture, kidnapping, and other crimes against humanity. In 1999, the Clinton administration launched a 78-day bombing campaign that killed up to 1500 civilians in Serbia and Kosovo in...









