At The American Conservative, Daniel Larison outlines the perils of arming Ukraine. Sending arms to the country would only invite a negative Russian response. America’s options for counter-moves would be limited to a small number of bad choices. Larison explains: The explicit purpose of sending arms to Ukraine is to give their government the means […]
America’s Meddling in Foreign Affairs Hasn’t Made it Any Safer
America is intervening in foreign affairs because it can, and because the country’s leaders want to, not because it benefits the American people. So writes Daniel Larison at The American Conservative. He continues: Exorbitant military spending far beyond what is needed to provide for our defense makes it possible to take military action on a […]
Should America Let China Lead in the Pacific and Asia?
Colin Grabow makes the case that the U.S. has more to gain from China’s development of Asia and linking of Pacific nations than it has to lose. China’s One Belt One Road infrastructure program will develop the Asian interior, linking isolated markets and resources to the world. Meanwhile, China is hammering out a trade pact […]
What Happens After ISIS?
With Russia and the United States slowly dismantling the hold of ISIS over Syria and Iraq, the question can now be asked, what’s next? Once ISIS is expelled, the various forces on the ground, including the independence-seeking Kurds, Syrian rebel forces, and government forces in both Syria and Iraq will be fighting for the scraps. […]
“President Trump , Enough is Enough”
Michael Scheuer, former head of the CIA’s bin Laden unit, says that enough is enough. Trump should eject the neocon generals from his White House and proceed with the America First policy he campaigned on. Scheuer writes: A necessary war — one in which America’s survival is at stake — requires the relentless annihilation of […]
Can Bannon’s Christian Coalition Fight Islamic Fascism?
Steve Bannon has called for binding together to contain the conflict with Islamic fascism. Here, The Atlantic’s Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins and Brittany Pheiffer Noble explain Bannon’s approach to thinking about the threat of Islamic fascism and what can be done by ‘Christendom’ about it. “If we do not bind together as partners with others in other […]
When Trump Goes to War, Progressives Follow
Despite promises from Barack Obama to end America’s wars, he expanded the theater of combat to Syria and Libya. Progressives gave Obama a pass on his war mongering ways. Now Ted Galen Carpenter, a Cato Institute senior fellow in defense and foreign policy studies, points out that despite their near constant criticism of Donald Trump, […]
A Conversation Between Two of My Favorite Americans: Dr. Michael Scheuer and Erik Prince
Both Dr. Michael Scheuer, former head of the CIA’s bin Laden unit and current author of the blog non-intervention.com, and Erik Prince, former Navy SEAL, former CEO of Blackwater, and current Chairman of Frontier Services Group appeared on the John Frederick Show to discuss Afghanistan recently. Listen to their conversation below.
Neocon Nonsense
Originally posted September 18, 2015. One take-away from Thursday night’s marathon debate was the anti-Russian sentiment. But what is Russia doing that is so offensive to us? Is Putin’s support of Syria’s Assad and against ISIS not in our best interest? ” The neocons want Assad out. But then what? “Those giving us this advice […]
Is Syria Worth a War with Russia?
The Russians have stated they’ll fire back if they take any fire from American forces in Syria. With both sides closing in on the last ISIS strongholds, they are bound to meet on the battlefield. What would America’s response be to taking fire from Russian forces on a battlefield where the U.S. has no legal […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 94
- 95
- 96
- 97
- 98
- …
- 150
- Next Page »