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The Disastrous Versailles Treaty of 1919

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Doug Bandow, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, explains to readers of The American Conservative the long lasting and negative effects of the Versailles Treaty. The treaty was an attempt at global organization by the same types of globalists who believe America can bring order to the Middle East. Bandow writes (abridged): A century […]

Pompeo and Bolton Looking For War With Iran?

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At The American Conservative Pat Buchanan highlights President Trump’s repeated calls to “stop the endless wars,” even as recently as Sunday. That’s the sentiment that hard working Americans looking for an “America First” foreign policy voted for in 2016, but since then President Trump has surrounded himself with advisers who would rather embroil America further […]

Can Trump Stop the Endless Wars in Spite of His Advisers?

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Donald Trump was elected on a platform of stopping the endless wars America is embroiled in, but surrounded himself with advisers and secretaries who want the opposite. Writing in The American Conservative, Pat Buchanan examines whether or not Trump will be able to overcome his advisers to make the decisions Americans elected him to make. […]

For the First Time, Israel’s Syria Story Told

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Gareth Porter, writing at The American Conservative, explains the depths of Israeli influence in the Trump administration, and how that influence almost embroiled America in Israel’s anti-Iran campaign. He writes (abridged): The Pentagon was not the only party pressing Donald Trump to keep troops in Syria last year. It turns out the Israeli government and its […]

The Inner Man? Who Cares

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The late, great Charles Krauthammer, as a Jew, was asked frequently to discuss his thoughts about Richard Nixon’s ranting and raving about Jews, immortalized on tape. (“Generally speaking, you can’t trust the bastards,” etc.) “I am unmoved,” wrote Mr. Krauthammer. I don’t really care what a public figure thinks. I care about what he does. […]

Can America Ever Leave Syria?

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David C. Hendrickson, a professor of political science at Colorado College and the author of Republic in Peril: American Empire and the Liberal Tradition, explain in The American Conservative that it will be difficult for President Trump to fulfill his promise to leave Syria while maintaining pressure on the Iranian regime. He writes (abridged): Lost in […]

While Trump Battles Ascending China, Media Fixates on Declining Russia

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The media is fixated on Russia. Negative coverage of President Trump and his relationship to Russia is a staple of most cable news networks. Kenny Xu writes at The Federalist, though, that the real threat is China. Xu explains that despite Russia’s past dominance, China is the major threat to America today. He writes: Some […]

The Dawn of the Anti-War Right

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Jon Basil Utley, a friend of mine from many Cato Institute meetings, and the publisher of The American Conservative, explains one pivotal moment in the creation of the anti-war right. Back in 1990 when President George H.W. Bush was about to invade Iraq, Utley and a band of anti-war conservatives and libertarians formed a group […]

Trump Offers America a New Foreign Policy Course

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Gareth Porter explains at The American Conservative, how President Trump has “offered the country a new course, one that does not involve a permanent war state.” Trump has blown up the the “transparent schemes” of the military industrial complex, which has been fighting tooth and nail to keep American forces in Syria. This is the […]