Boxed in by Neocons and the Media... President Trump did the smart thing last week by calling off a US airstrike on Iran over the downing of an American spy drone near or within Iranian territorial waters. According to press reports, the president over-ruled virtually all his top advisors Bo
Bipartisan Attacks on the Second Amendment... The House of Representatives recently passed legislation that would expand the national background check system to require almost everyone selling firearms, including private collectors who supplement their incomes by selling firearms at gun shows, to perform background checks on the potential
Ron Paul: Is Trump Fighting His Own Administration?... Are President Trump’s senior cabinet members working against him? It’s hard not to conclude that many of the more hawkish neocons that Trump has (mistakenly, in my view) appointed to top jobs are actively working to undermine the president’s stated agenda. Especially when it seems Trump is trying
Pentagon Seeks Arms for 65,000 US-Backed Troops in Syria... While US "relief funds" are frozen in Syria, the Pentagon continues to seek massive amounts of funding for its military operations in the country. This includes a request for $300 million in weapons to give to "partner forces" in Syria. Th
Ron Paul: We Must Declare Independence... Authored by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity, As Independence Day comes around again we should spend a few moments between barbecue and fireworks to think about the meaning of independence. The colonists who rebelled against
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rjx32 on 2017-07-04 16:01 UTC
Why Washington Took al-Qaeda in Syria off the Terrorist List... It might come as a surprise to many Americans that their government does not classify al-Qaeda in Syria as a terrorist organization.... For the US to designate HTS now would mean acknowledging that it supplied sophisticated weapons including TOW anti-tank missiles to "terrorists," and draw
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rjx32 on 2017-05-16 14:03 UTC