President Trump has reminded us of how the U.S. government destroyed the liberty of the American people in the name of fighting tyranny abroad. Exercising the same dictatorial method that his predecessors have employed — executive decrees — he has made it illegal...
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The First Shots of America’s New War for Eastern Syria Have Already Been Fired
by Marko Marjanović | Jun 23, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
If Trump admin officials have their way, the next US war will be to block the Syrian army from retaking Syria's Euphrates valley When the US shot down the Syrian Su-22 jet Sunday this may have been intended as a warning to Syria that US intends to take eastern Syria...
Time to Rethink North Korean Sanctions
by James Paek | Jun 22, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Earlier this year, TV stations all over South Korea were ablaze with scenes of Pyongyang’s latest missile tests. It’s now clear that North Korea remains firmly resolute on pursuing a dangerous mission, even after nearly ten years of suffering the world’s disapproval...
How America Armed Terrorists In Syria
by Gareth Porter | Jun 22, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Another Middle East debacle Three-term Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, a member of both the Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees, has proposed legislation that would prohibit any U.S. assistance to terrorist organizations in Syria as well as to any...
US F-16 Intercepts Russian DM’s Plane Over Baltic Sea
by Jason Ditz | Jun 21, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
F-16 Chased Away by Russian Su-27 Fighter Tensions are seemingly always rising between the US and Russia these days, but the latest incident appears to be far more serious, as Russia has released a video showing a US F-16 intercepting the plane of Russian Defense...
Trump Turns Back the Clock With Cold War Cuba U-Turn
by Ron Paul | Jun 21, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Nostalgia seems to be very popular in Washington. While the neocons and Democratic Party hard-liners have succeeded in bringing back the Cold War with Russia, it looks like President Trump is determined to take us back to a replay of the Bay of Pigs! In Miami on...
Is There a Western Plot to Overthrow Assad?
by William Van Wagenen | Jun 21, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The Western narrative of the Syrian conflict, which began in the Spring of 2011, suggests that the Syrian people began to peacefully protest for an end to the Assad regime, which then responded with brutal oppression; killing, imprisoning and torturing innocent Syrian...
NYT Op-Ed: Let’s Not Get Carried Away on Trump-Russia
by Eric Schuler | Jun 21, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The New York Times published a remarkable op-ed on Tuesday by David Brooks, entitled "Let's Not Get Carried Away". The topic of the column is the Trump-Russia collusion investigation, and its apparent purpose is to tell everyone to calm down. As Brooks puts it, "it is...
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