The most striking fact about the United States of America is not its supposed founding principles -- more often lauded than observed -- but how often "the greatest country on earth" has waged war. If we count wars against internal "enemies" (i.e., the Indians), covert...
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The National Security State: the Biggest Mistake in U.S. History
by Jacob Hornberger | Jun 29, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Republished via the Future of Freedom Foundation: The Future of Freedom Foundation hosted one of the most fascinating, important, and relevant conferences in our 27-year history. Entitled “The National Security State and JFK,” the conference was held on Saturday, June...
Syria is Trump’s Biggest Foreign Folly
by Jim Bovard | Jun 29, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Trump said Obama’s ‘horrendous leadership’ on Syria could start World War III. He’s made things even worse. Last year on the campaign trail, crowds roared when Donald Trump denounced his opponent as “trigger-happy” Hillary. But President Trump is rapidly incarnating...
Cluster Bomb Attack Against East Syrian Village Kills at Least 30 Civilians
by Jason Ditz | Jun 29, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
A warplane from an unidentified air force has attacked the eastern Syrian village of Doblan, along the Euphrates River, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human rights, who said that cluster bomblets were dropped on the area, killing at least 30 civilians and...
‘We Got a Fu__in’ Problem’
by Seymour Hersh | Jun 27, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Sidebar to main story here. Intelligence officials doubted the alleged Sarin gas attack at Khan Sheikhoun. WELT AM SONNTAG presents a chat protocol of a security advisor and an active American soldier on duty at a key base in the region. This conversation was provided...
Donald Trump: Cold War Anachronism
by Jacob Hornberger | Jun 27, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Perhaps President Trump thinks that by further destroying the freedom of the American people to travel and spend money in Cuba, he can ingratiate himself with the national-security establishment in the hopes they will lay off him with their Russia meddling...
Lessons for U.S. Foreign Policy from the Failed War on Terror
by A. Trevor Thrall and Erik Goepner | Jun 27, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States launched an international war on terrorism defined by military intervention, nation building, and efforts to reshape the politics of the Middle East. As of 2017, however, it has become clear...
Trump‘s Red Line: the Khan Sheikhoun ‘Sarin’ Attack
by Seymour Hersh | Jun 25, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On April 6, United States President Donald Trump authorized an early morning Tomahawk missile strike on Shayrat Air Base in central Syria in retaliation for what he said was a deadly nerve agent attack carried out by the Syrian government two days earlier in the...
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