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Meet Me in Geneva
Biden’s Russophobia means the Summit will fail
• June 15, 2021
• 1,900 Words • 182 Comments • Reply
With the exception of his perseverance in a long overdue withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden has been assiduously pursuing policies that make the world a more dangerous place for Americans, up to and including opening up the country’s southern border to waves of illegal immigration. Ironically, if an opinion poll were to be taken... Read More
The Israeli Government Is Changing, But Some Things Remain the Same
• June 10, 2021
• 1,400 Words • 137 Comments • Reply
Israel is undergoing a change of management, with reliably hardline Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu being replaced by extreme nationalist Naftali Bennett. Bennett has at intervals favored the disenfranchisement of non-Jewish Israeli citizens and the ethnic cleansing of all non-Jews from historic Palestine, killing them if necessary. He opposes the creation of any Palestinian state and... Read More
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Israel Wins Big in Washington
$1.2 billion more is on the way!
• June 8, 2021
• 1,400 Words • 199 Comments • Reply
Now let me get this straight. A nation bullies and harasses a much smaller neighbor which eventually leads that neighbor to strike back with largely home-made weapons. The larger and more powerful country, armed with state of the art killing machines, attacks its basically unarmed opponent and kills hundreds of civilians, including a large number... Read More
Abby Martin Beats the Israel Lobby
Attack on Free Speech and Association Fails Court Test
• June 3, 2021
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Abby Martin’s efforts must be applauded for she has won a major victory in the struggle to maintain freedom of speech in the United States. Many Americans who follow developments overseas would concede that Israel and its supporters in the United States exercise a fairly high level of control over U.S. foreign policy in the... Read More
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Recantations Are All the Rage
Israel and its friends demonize critics
• June 1, 2021
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Several things are happening simultaneously. Most important, Israel has lost the public opinion war in much of the world through its brutality during the recent attack on Gaza and it continues to lose ground even in the wake of a cease fire due to mass arrests of Palestinians and armed police intrusions in and around... Read More
Good News and Bad News
Biden Punts on Russia and Takes Some Heat on Afghanistan
• May 27, 2021
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Possibly the best news to come out of the past week has been the announcement of a possibly Egyptian mediated cease fire between Israel and Gaza late last Thursday. The fighting killed 243 Palestinians, including 66 children, versus twelve Israelis including two children and also did major damage to schools, medical facilities and other infrastructure... Read More
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The Zionists on the Defensive
Israel’s Friends overwhelm Capitol Hill
• May 25, 2021
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Yes folks, there is an international conspiracy and it is all about “protecting†Israel. It operates through front and lobbying groups that uniquely promote the interests of a foreign country, Israel, even when those interests do serious damage to the host country where the lobbyists actually live. In Britain, for example, there are a Conservative... Read More
Some Simple Lies Out of Washington: Who Is the Terrorist and Who Is the Victim?
• May 20, 2021
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There have been few surprises coming out of the violence that has erupted in Palestine and Israel. Israel, firmly in control of much of the media in the U.S. and Western Europe has chosen to depict it in simple terms: the Palestinian “terrorist†group Hamas has attacked the Jewish state which has taken proportionate steps... Read More
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Netanyahu Warns Biden Not to Get Involved
But Biden gives Israel more weapons even as Gaza is bleeding
• May 18, 2021
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An interesting recent article by international lawyer John Whitbeck suggests that the billions of dollars that the United States gives to Israel annually is not technically “foreign aid†as the Jewish state is as measured by per capita GDP the 19th wealthiest in the world, ahead of countries like Germany. It is, instead “tribute,†which... Read More
Butting Heads with China and Russia
American Diplomats Are Outclassed
• May 13, 2021
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With the exception of the impending departure of U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan, if it occurs, the White House seems to prefer to use aggression to deter adversaries rather than finesse. The recent exchanges between Secretary of State Tony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a meeting in Alaska demonstrate how Beijing... Read More
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Diversity Gone Mad at CIA
New recruiting ads emphasize woke culture
• May 11, 2021
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You can’t have it both ways. Either the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is composed of a group of mad psychopaths who are controlling most of the world or it is a bit of a kabuki performance consisting of poseurs playing bizarre, stylized characters that seek to provide amusement for an audience prepared to watch an... Read More
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Oh What a Lovely New War! False Flagging in the Middle East?
• May 6, 2021
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There has been virtually no American media coverage of last week’s arrival of a senior Israeli delegation in Washington to discuss Iran. The delegation included the head of the Israeli external intelligence service Mossad Yossi Cohen and Israel’s National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat. Their itinerary included briefings at the Pentagon and also with national security... Read More
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The Shape of Things to Come
Democrats prepare to eliminate opposition to woke culture
• May 4, 2021
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So what was preordained has finally taken place. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has now been convicted of the murder of George Floyd. While many, possibly even most, Americans would agree that Chauvin exceeded what was necessary in his use of force, the prosecution never proved that he intended to either kill or severely... Read More
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The U.S. Congress Turns on Itself
Censuring and Threats of Expulsion Proliferating
• April 29, 2021
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Recently there have been some appalling cases that underline how far the American Congress has separated itself from any tangible national interest. Mark Twain once wrote that “It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.†Some developments over the past several weeks would... Read More
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Rampaging Israeli Settlers
Calls for "Death to Arabs" in Jerusalem
• April 27, 2021
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Last week there were some interesting stories that were very definitely underreported partly due to the fact that the mainstream media was heavily into the distraction provided by its beatification of George Floyd. For example, the tale of how a mob consisting of hundreds of Israeli Jews, composed mostly of settlers and the extremist so-called... Read More
Who Wags the Dog? Israel’s Friends in Washington Mean Constant War in the Middle East
• April 22, 2021
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Biden, like presidents before him, is caught in the trap between an extremist-dominated Israel and the all-powerful domestic Israel Lobby. Donald Trump, who was elected President of the United States in 2016, may have won due to voters attracted by his pledge to end many of the “stupid†wars that the American military was involved... Read More
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Tucker Carlson Exposes Zionist Hypocrisy on Immigration
Jewish establishment embraces immigrants but only in America
• April 20, 2021
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Well, the cat is finally well and truly out of the bag when it comes to Israeli and organized Jewry’s hypocrisy. The unprincipled attack on Tucker Carlson by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) over his alleged “white supremacism†included a demand to Fox News that he be fired. It was from a familiar playbook that groups... Read More
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Shock and Awe Is a State of Mind: Millions of Deaths Have Not Made Americans Safer
• April 15, 2021
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That the United States likes to use expressions like “shock and awe†or “maximum pressure†would rather suggest that there is a psychopath working in the White House basement whose full-time job is to come up with pithy one-liners to somehow euphemize government bad behavior. The expressions hardly mean anything in and of themselves apart... Read More
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The Magic of Israel
Now you see it, now you don’t
• April 13, 2021
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The popular narrative of plucky little Israel prevailing over hordes of bloodthirsty Arabs has captured the Western imagination even though it is manifestly false in almost every detail. But Israel’s greatest accomplishment might well be something else, it’s ability to make things disappear. It plausibly all began in June 1967 when Israel attacked the USS... Read More
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The Yankees Are Coming Home: the Taliban Won. Get Over It
• April 8, 2021
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American soldiers can still win wars, but it has to be a real war where there is something genuine at stake, like protecting one’s home and family. It hardly made the evening news, but the New York Times reported last week that after twenty years of fighting the Taliban are confident that they will fully... Read More
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Would Israel Blackmail a US Congressman?
Should there be any doubt?
• April 6, 2021
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Israel has been involved in several stories currently making their way through the US media. The most fascinating tale concerns Republican Party Congressman from Florida Matt Gaetz. Gaetz is a Donald Trump loyalist who has up until recently been touted as the party’s future. Young, photogenic and a “firebrand†defender of GOP priorities, he has... Read More
The Endless War: Afghanistan Goes On and On
• April 2, 2021
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All indications are that the Pentagon will be able to maneuver more effectively in Washington than on the battlefield. Given the present atmosphere in Washington in which there is no lie so outrageous as to keep it out of the mainstream media, a great deal of policy making takes place without even key players in... Read More
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Christians Are White Supremacist Extremists
But don’t mention the Palestinians
• March 30, 2021
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The California State Board of Education has finally passed its Ethnic Studies curriculum including discussion of Jews, emphasizing their victimhood and contributions to the United States, without including any other “white†ethnicities, several of which are far more numerous than are Jewish Americans. Or perhaps the Jewish “advisers†who collaborated on creating an “acceptable†final... Read More
America Against the World: Everyone Is a Frenemy
Anyone who expected a change in tone in foreign policy due to the transition from Trump to Biden has to be disappointed.
• March 25, 2021
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There are certainly a number of reasons why the United States government is now only viewed favorably by the Israelis, but totally tone deaf foreign and economic policies have to be right up there in how the world sees Washington. Rather than conform to how other nations are expected to behave, the U.S. has elevated... Read More
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Is Joe Biden Enabling Russiagate 2?
His national security team provides the script
• March 23, 2021
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The old expression that “lightning never strikes the same place twice†is frequently used in the aftermath of a truly awful experience, meaning that the odds are that something exactly like that will never occur again. Unfortunately, however, we Americans will now have to endure lightning striking twice due to the emergence of President Joe... Read More
The Puppet Masters: Is There Really a Deep State?
The danger posed by the Deep State is that it wields immense power but is unelected and unaccountable
• March 18, 2021
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As a former intelligence officer, I find it amusing to read articles in the mainstream media that blithely report how the latest international outrages are undoubtedly the work of CIA and the rest of the U.S. government’s national security alphabet soup. The recurring claim that the CIA is somehow running the world by virtue of... Read More
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The Intellectually Superior Perpetual Victim Again on Display
Bret Stephens tells us all about it
• March 16, 2021
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Those who have followed developments in the Middle East would likely agree that Israel covers up its war crimes and other human rights violations by regularly invoking its own victimhood. Whether the subject is U.S. aid to the Jewish state or media coverage of the illegal expansion of Israel into the West Bank, one will... Read More
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Domestic Terrorism Goes Transnational: the War on Dissidents Picks Up Momentum
• March 11, 2021
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The Biden Administration is now preparing to go after the people that it objects to and will create new laws as necessary to do so. The claim is often made that President George W. Bush’s war on terror, which produced legislation that was employed to attack Iraq in 2003, eventually morphed into the worst foreign... Read More
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Wherefore Art Thou Ghislaine Maxwell?
And who are your friends?
• March 9, 2021
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It is now going on a year and a half since “financier†and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein died, allegedly by hanging himself in a New York City prison. Since that time it has surfaced that there were a number of “administrative†errors in the jail, meaning that Epstein was not being observed or on suicide watch... Read More
Some Doggie Stories: Even Companion Animals Are Being Politicized
• March 4, 2021
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Why are people spending their time and money rescuing dogs who are the victims of abandonment or abuse being labeled “white supremacists?†In most countries, dogs are regarded either as “working†or as companions and they rarely venture into the realm of politics apart from occasionally serving as props to demonstrate that their owners are... Read More
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More Suggestions for Dealing with Israel
Recusal and banning dual nationality good places to start
• March 2, 2021
• 1,800 Words • 255 Comments • Reply
My article last week that made some suggestions about what ordinary Americans can do to put pressure on Israel and on the lopsided bilateral relationship with Washington that has done so much damage to the United States proved to be quite popular. It also resulted in some comments by readers who saw other issues that... Read More
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Biden’s Journey: Change Is Imperceptible
• February 25, 2021
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Biden has been a major disappointment for those who hoped that he’d change course regarding America’s pathological involvement in overseas conflicts. The new White House Team has been in place for more than a month and it is perhaps time to consider where it is going with America’s fractured foreign policy. To be sure, when... Read More
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What to Do About Israel?
Here are some suggestions
• February 23, 2021
• 1,700 Words • 381 Comments • Reply
Critics of U.S. policy with and about Israel like myself have been relatively successful in describing the considerable downside in the bilateral status quo. We have demonstrated that the lopsided relationship supports absolutely no U.S. interest and that, on the contrary, considerable damage is done to the American people, to include involvement in armed conflict... Read More
The Decline of the West: American Education Surrenders to "Equity"
• February 18, 2021
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It will be difficult or even impossible to go back to a system where learning is actually a discipline that requires hard work and dedication. Public education in the United States, if measured by results, has been producing graduates that are less competent in language skills and dramatically less well taught in the sciences and... Read More
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ICC to Investigate Israeli War Crimes
United States will punish ICC
• February 16, 2021
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Well, as usual, there is good news and bad news. The good news is that the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has finally received authorization to proceed with the investigation of possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in Israel-Palestine, to include both the Israel Defense Force (IDF) and also Hamas in Gaza.... Read More
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Off to a Diverse Start
Biden Doubles Down on Some Bad Policies and Appointments
• February 11, 2021
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The prize for the truly awful story of the week goes to the appointment of AIPAC monster to head Pentagon planning for the Middle East. The extension of the nuclear arms agreement between Russia and the United States and the decision to stop directly supporting the war on Yemen may have been the only good... Read More
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Another Zionist Joins the Biden Team
Neuberger will make our cyber secure?
• February 9, 2021
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It does not require any particularly perspicacity to realize that the President Joe Biden Administration has been loaded with Zionists who not only believe in their own vision for Greater Israel but also in some cases have strong and enduring ties to the Israeli government itself. The new Secretary of State Tony Blinken comes from... Read More
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Why Always Israel? Only One Country Matters to Congress and the Media
• February 4, 2021
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Pandering to Israel as part of the political process in the United States has become part of the DNA of both major parties. The job of U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations must have some kind of curse on it as it seems to attract a type of woman who seeks to prove her suitability... Read More
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Israel Cracks the Whip
Netanyahu tells Biden how to deal with Iran
• February 2, 2021
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Anyone who persists in believing that the United States is not Israel’s poodle should pay attention to the comedy that is playing out right now. Joe Biden was president for less than a week when the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu government announced that he would soon be receiving a possibly unwelcome visitor in the form... Read More
A Domestic Terrorism Law? War on Dissent Will Proceed Full Speed Ahead
What makes the current state of war against “terrorism†so dangerous is that the national security apparatus has...
• January 28, 2021
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President Joe Biden has already made it clear that legislation that will be used to combat what he refers to as “domestic terrorism†will be a top priority. That means that his inaugural speech pledge to be the president for “all Americans†appears to apply except for those who don’t agree with him. Former Barack... Read More
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Trump's Unpardonable Pardons
Another disgraceful performance from “Israel’s presidentâ€
• January 26, 2021
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One keeps hearing that former President Donald Trump will be judged well by the history books because he was the only American head of state in recent memory who did not start any new wars. Well, the claim is itself questionable as Jimmy Carter, for all his faults, managed to avoid entering into any new... Read More
Pompeo’s Last Stand
• January 21, 2021
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Goodbye Sheldon Adelson
The malignant toad is dead
• January 19, 2021
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Casino magnate and Israeli patriot multi-billionaire Sheldon Adelson, one of the world’s richest men, died in Las Vegas on January 11th at age 87. He had been suffering from cancer and has been buried at the Mount of Olives Cemetery in Israel. When his body arrived in Israel it was met by Prime Minister Benjamin... Read More
No One Is Listening: A Country Divided Against Itself
• January 14, 2021
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The U.S. may morph into two nations with the increasingly impoverished helot “deplorables†under the heel of the empowered social justice warriors. In a recent article Catholic University professor Claes G. Ryn wrote “Few people are really open to persuasion in any case—not just on political subjects but on any subject about which they care... Read More
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In Search of Enemies
Interventionists dominate Biden national security team
• January 12, 2021
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What occurred at the United States Capitol last week was surely reprehensible, but to my mind the real enduring damage that was done to our form of government took place in a basement in Wilmington Delaware where president-designate Joe Biden was putting together some of the final pieces of his foreign policy and national security... Read More
More War by Other Means: Sanctioning the Wife of Syria’s President Makes No Sense to Anyone
• January 7, 2021
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More sanctions, by all means. More grief and suffering and more people around the world wondering what exactly the United States is doing. I am a recipient of regular, usual weekly, emails from the Department of the Treasury providing an “Update to OFAC’s list of Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) and Blocked Persons.†OFAC is the... Read More
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A New Year's Wish
Let's remove Israel from American politics
• January 5, 2021
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There has been one good thing about the COVID-19 virus – for the first time many among the general public are beginning to ask why a rich country like Israel should be getting billions of dollars from the United States taxpayer at a time when many Americans are struggling. Inevitably, of course, the press coverage... Read More
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A New War in the New Year? Trump Again Takes Aim at Iran
• December 31, 2020
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One of the most perplexing narratives presented during the waning days of the administration of President Donald J. Trump is his apparent disengagement from dealing seriously or providing leadership regarding the surging Coronavirus while at the same time continuing an activist foreign policy that in no way benefits any American. Ironically, the new administration of... Read More
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A Pardoning Time of Year
Will the president do the right thing?
• December 29, 2020
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The resistance to the apparent election of Joe Biden as President of the United States is continuing to play out. Current President Donald Trump is continuing to fight against the presumed results of the November national election with his final card appearing to be a vote in Congress when it reconvenes on January 6th to... Read More
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Democracies Don’t Start Wars. But Democrats Do
• December 24, 2020
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It may have been President Bill Clinton who once justified his wrecking of the Balkans by observing that liberal interventionism to bring about regime change is a good thing because “Democracies don’t start wars with other democracies.†Or it might have been George W. Bush talking about Iraq or even Barack Obama justifying his destruction... Read More
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Philip Giraldi
About Philip Giraldi

Phil Giraldi is a former CIA Case Officer and Army Intelligence Officer who spent twenty years overseas in Europe and the Middle East working terrorism cases. He holds a BA with honors from the University of Chicago and an MA and PhD in Modern History from the University of London. In addition to TAC, where he has been a contributing editor for nine years, he writes regularly for Antiwar.com. He is currently Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest and resides with his wife of 32 years in Virginia horse country close to his daughters and grandchildren.


Personal Classics
America's Jews Are Driving America's Wars
Shouldn't they recuse themselves when dealing with the Middle East?
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Americans Should be Ashamed
A Modern Guernica Enabled by Washington
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How the Israel Lobby Works
Pressuring Candidates Even Before They Are Nominated
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Israel Is No Ally
But is it even a friend?
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Who’s Afraid of Sibel Edmonds?
The gagged whistleblower goes on the record.
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Counter Intelligence
Today’s CIA serves contractors and bureaucrats—not the nation.
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