Five major Western news organizations have finally spoken out for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and are calling on the U.S. government to drop the charges against him. In a letter to the U.S. government, the editors and publishers of The New York Times, The...
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The Role of UK Intelligence Services in the Abduction, Murder of James Foley
by William Van Wagenen | Nov 28, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On 19 August, 2014, ISIS released a video of the beheading of American journalist James Foley who was kidnapped by the terrorist organization in 2012 while reporting on the conflict in Syria. Foley’s shocking execution became one of the most widely followed news...
NATO Doesn’t Supersede the U.S. Constitution
by Dan McKnight | Nov 22, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
As our government continues to bumble and stumble at full speed towards World War III, the concept of tripwires and the legal authority of Article 5 become required understanding for the vigilant citizen. Last week the American people received the then-breaking news...
Is Washington’s Aid Spigot to Ukraine About to Dry Up?
by Ron Paul | Nov 22, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Last week the world stood on the very edge of a nuclear war, as Ukraine’s U.S.-funded president, Vladimir Zelensky, urged NATO military action over a missile that landed on Polish soil. "This is a Russian missile attack on collective security! This is a really...
Revisiting the Fall of Mosul: Who Was to Blame?
by William Van Wagenen | Nov 18, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On June 5, 2014, hundreds of ISIS militants launched a lightning assault on Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city. As a result of the mass surrender and desertion of the Iraqi forces, ISIS took full control of the city on June 10, just 5 days later. The group looted...
Forever War at the End of the World
by Connor Freeman | Nov 17, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Uncle Sam now has nuclear weapons held to humanity’s head. Washington’s recently released Nuclear Posture Review clarified that launching nuclear weapons in a first strike is indeed on the table, to “achieve U.S. objectives if deterrence fails.” This came after...
Blinken, Sullivan Oppose General Milley’s Appeal for Diplomacy in Ukraine
by Dave DeCamp | Nov 14, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
While Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley has publicly voiced support for diplomacy between Ukraine and Russia, other Biden administration officials are against the idea, CNN reported on Friday. Citing unnamed administration officials, the report...
Western Politicians Tried (and Failed) to Legislate Tides of Russian Oil
by Marcel Gautreau | Nov 9, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Western sanctions program can best be compared to an interrogator who first amputates a victim’s arm and then, brandishing the severed appendage, threatens to begin slitting its wrist and tearing out...