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Oh, What a Lovely War! Analysis on Hillary’s foreign policy vs Trump

Hillary, the Establishment’s war candidate, though she carefully wraps it in humanitarian “liberal interventionism.” As Senator and Secretary of State, Hillary has always viewed a foreign crisis as an opportunity to use aggressive measures. She can always be relied upon to “do something,” a reflection of the neocon driven Washington foreign policy consensus…. By Philip […]

A World Gone Mad: Voters should wake up to the issue of war versus peace.

Pillorying Trump ignores how awful Hillary Clinton is in her own way. Hillaryland promises to bring with it a likelihood of more war, not only against various players in the Middle East, but also against Russia in Europe, as well as Syria and China in the Pacific….Carl Gershman of NED attacks Russia… By Philip Giraldi The relentless […]

The Legacy of United States Interventionism: What Iraq teaches us

Recent interventions have not worked very well and have in fact increased the number of enemies rather than reduce them while also killing nearly 7,500 American soldiers and more than a million inhabitants of the countries Washington has become entangled with. By Philip Giraldi, The following in an edited version of a paper I presented […]

Israel’s $38 Billion Scam: Bibi wants more and Congress might deliver

Israel is a strategic liability. It requires the expenditure of considerable American political capital to protect it in the U.N. It cannot be used as a forward base for the U.S. military. During Desert Storm in 1991, it had to be bribed by Washington to stay out of the conflict… Some critics have also noted that medical […]

Israel Wins in November: It doesn’t matter who is elected – Comstock is an example

Congresswoman Barbara Comstock traveled to Israel on a trip paid for by the Israel Lobby, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned her about the Iranians. It never occurs to Ms. Comstock that Netanyahu might be feeding her and the other congressmen a lot of rubbish. Neither Israel’s own generals nor the American ones at the Pentagon […]

5 Things To Watch as Trump Woos Megadonor Adelson (like Gingrich did before)

Will Adelson make good on his promise to give Trump $100 million?  In 2012, Adelson and his wife gave at least $98 million to GOP candidates… Sheldon Adelson is the largest donor of the Republican Jewish Coalition… Funneling his contributions through the Jewish group could push Trump to be more pro-Israel… Adelson has made clear that Trump’s stand on Israel is critical in […]

The Obstacle to Peace: Washington’s Role as Israel’s Enabler

Hammond sees a Washington that has been so thoroughly subverted by Israeli interests that it has no wiggle room to behave independently ….. When General David Petraeus spoke candidly in 2010, saying that Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians was endangering American soldiers operating in the Middle East, he was quickly forced to recant. Hammond also examines […]

The Neoconservatives, the War on Iraq, and the National Interest of Israel

The neoconservatives were the driving force in the George W. Bush administration’s war on Iraq… Not by happenstance, the targeted regimes were staunch enemies of Israel, and included Iraq, Iran, Syria, and even Saudi Arabia… Stephen J. Sniegoski August 23, 2016 The neoconservatives were the driving force in the George W. Bush administration’s war on Iraq […]

The Bill and Hillary Show: Will it ever end?

…The real danger of a Hillary in power comes with her consistently belligerent view of America’s role in the world, her own track record while in office, and her apparent willingness to create international conflicts where none are called for. Though Hillary is not so insane as to want to risk a nuclear war, she […]

Israel’s International Conspiracy: Nearly every western country has an Israel lobby

Wherever one goes – Western Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States – there is a well-organized and funded lobby ready, willing and able to go to war to protect Israel. Most of the organizations involved take at least some direction from officials in Tel Aviv. Their goal is to spread propaganda and […]

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