AFRICOM: The Doom of Journalism

By Robert F. Beaudine STATESMAN SENTINEL April 12, 2011 Our founders understood that a free press was vital for the nation to preserve its other freedoms. In the first Amendment of The Bill of Rights, they endowed the press with its freedom, a responsibility that could be used for both good and evil. Our forebears [...]

Iraq: An End or an Escalation?

By Ron Paul Amid much fanfare last week, the last supposed “combat” troops left Iraq as the administration touted the beginning of the end of the Iraq War and a change in the role of the United States in that country. Considering the continued public frustration with the war effort, and with the growing laundry [...]

The Cycle of Violence in Afghanistan

By Ron Paul Last week the National Bureau of Economic Research published a report on the effect of civilian casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq that confirmed what critics of our foreign policy have been saying for years:  the killing of civilians, although unintentional, angers other civilians and prompts them to seek revenge.  This should be [...]

The Trouble With Unconstitutional Wars

By Ron Paul Our foreign policy was in the spotlight last week, which is exactly where it should be. Almost two years ago many voters elected someone they thought would lead us to a more peaceful, rational co-existence with other countries. However, while attention has been focused on the administration’s disastrous economic policies, its equally [...]

Time to End the American Empire

STATESMAN SENTINEL July 20, 2010 In his 2008 presidential campaign Texas congressman Ron Paul admonished his opponents that the reason Americans were hated around the world, particularly in the Middle East,  was because of our military occupation of their sacred lands.  It is because of our decades long occupation in various Middle Eastern countries that [...]

The Never-Ending War

Statement of Congressman Ron Paul United States House of Representatives The War That’s Not a War July 1, 2010 In January 1991, we went to war in the Middle East against Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s dictator who was our ally during the Iran-Iraq war. A border dispute between Kuwait and Iraq broke out after our State [...]

How Many Americans Are Targeted for Assassination?

By Glenn Greenwald When The Washington Post‘s Dana Priest first revealed (in passing) back in January that the Obama administration had compiled a hit list of American citizens targeted for assassination, she wrote that “as of several months ago, the CIA list included three U.S. citizens.” In April, both the Post and the NYT confirmed [...]

On American Foreign Policy: It’s Time to Start Minding Our Own Business

By Jack Hunter If I had my druthers, the never-ending conflict between Israel and Palestine would be but a small news brief in American newspapers. But since we police the world, we must always monitor our global police scanner, where not only Israel’s conflicts, but those of North and South Korea, the nation of Georgia, [...]

Obama’s Flip-Flop Foreign Policy

By Dilip Hiro The American Century Is So Over:  Obama’s Rudderless Foreign Policy Underscores America’s Waning Power Irrespective of their politics, flawed leaders share a common trait. They generally remain remarkably oblivious to the harm they do to the nation they lead. George W. Bush is a salient recent example, as is former British Prime [...]

Ron Paul: We Should Oppose Iran Sanctions

By Ron Paul Statement of Congressman Ron Paul United States House of Representatives Statement on Motion to Instruct Conferees on HR 2194, Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act April 22, 2010 Mr. Speaker I rise in opposition to this motion to instruct House conferees on HR 2194, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment [...]

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