Gordon Prather, former nuclear weapons physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, discusses unsubstantiated claims Iran is secretly building nukes, the IAEA going beyond the scope of their mandate in Iran dealings, Bill Clinton's broken promises regarding N....
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68% Percent of Americans Would Reject Trump’s Mideast ‘Deal of the Century’
by Scott Horton | Jul 30, 2019 | Blog
Grant F. Smith: To gauge U.S. public opinion about the “Peace to Prosperity” plan, IRmep put a national sample of American adults in the shoes of Palestinian refugees, notably the 750,000 forcibly expelled during Israel’s creation and their descendants living in Gaza,...
Bring our troops home from the Middle East. Now
by Steven Woskow | Jul 23, 2019 | Blog
Bonnie Kristian in the L.A. Times Our foreign policy going forward should be informed by what this recent poll shows most Americans have already realized: The wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria weren’t worth it. They cost us dearly in every respect: indebted future...
Sheldon Richman From 1991 ‘Ancient History’: US Conduct in the Middle East Since World War II and the Folly of Intervention
by Scott Horton | Jul 22, 2019 | Blog
Check out this magnificent thing that Sheldon Richman wrote back in August 1991 about "Uncle Sam" ruining everything in the Middle East since back when the U.S. took over for the British.
Who Owns The US Government? Hint, Not The American People
by Steven Woskow | Jul 10, 2019 | Blog
President Trump doubled as chief dealmaker on Tuesday. “We're going to be signing a document today, very large transaction,” said Trump. “It’s a transaction that will be purchasing a lot of Boeing jets, that means a lot of jobs,” he added without elaborating....
Judge refuses to toss corruption case against Rep. Duncan Hunter
by Steven Woskow | Jul 8, 2019 | Blog
U.S. District Judge Thomas Whelan refused to dismiss federal corruption charges or move the trial out of San Diego. Rep Duncan Hunter is charged with using $250,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses. Prosecutors have also revealed salacious details about the...
Did Israel Pull the US Out Compliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?
by Scott Horton | Jul 8, 2019 | Blog
IRmep's Grant F. Smith takes on the Arms Control Association's Daryl Kimball over Israel nuclear smuggling and U.S. compliance with the NPT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yex7ERzGOK0&feature=youtu.be
Soldier convicted of massacring 16 Afghans seeks new civilian trial, citing a psychosis inducing anti-malarial drug
by Steven Woskow | Jun 26, 2019 | Blog
I have no idea if this drug caused him to do this, but whatever happened to him the people of Afghanistan suffered the consequences. Now, Bales’ lawyers are using a federal statute that allows convicted service members to challenge their court martial findings in...
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The US Paper War Tiger is Way Behind
The Ukraine and Russian forces have been building drones for less than three thousand dollars and the "Affordable Mass" efforts in the US had an original floor price of three hundred thousand dollars because that is the way the American "defense" acquisition system...
Caution: Hard Times Ahead
Comfort is a thief. Life is hard. Do more and suck less. Class dismissed.
Yet Another US Navy Surface Ship Fiasco
As I have mentioned, the US Navy can't catch a break from the cavalcade of calamities that is Navy shipbuilding for two generations. First they removed the 155mm gun when it was disclosed it was 800 thousand dollars a round Advanced Gun System (AGS) then it took five...
We: Records 1-5
Reading We, a Russian dystopian novel.
The US Navy Does the Right Thing: At Last
This is the first US Navy decision I can get behind in years. The US Navy just cancelled its Constellation class frigate program because it is absolutely incapable of building hulls and ships that work. They have not launched a successful surface ship since 1991 with...
If Wishes Were Buses
Like a major air disaster that leaves blackened wreckage scattered far and wide, Zohran Mamdani’s New York collision with reality hurtles ahead. The mayor-elect has once again put on display a key reason that catastrophe is inevitable. It is worse than just...
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