I think our military is foolish to squander the defense budget on childish toys like helicopters, aircraft carriers and tanks. They learn nothing from our enemies.
For a fraction of the money they could simply send front men into hostile countri
Yesterday, in a special ZeroHedge debate on What Is America First?, libertarian comedian Dave Smith and conservative filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza clashed over whether the slogan implies non-intervention abroad or a more assertive, national interest-drive
...a bedrock archive stretching back more than 3.8 billion years, rich in critical and strategic minerals that are increasingly vital to modern technology and the global energy transition.
For whatever reason, it does seem that Trump's understanding of international relations derives from the lessons that he had originally learned from old Ugh the Cave-Man.
• https://paulcraigroberts.org, Paul Craig Roberts
According to news reports President Trump has said that Greenland is necessary to US national security and has ordered the US military to prepare for an invasion of Greenland.
The Trump administration withdrew the United States from 66 international organizations, conventions, and treaties that it said go against the country's interests, the White House announced on Jan. 7.
The Monroe Doctrine, proclaimed by U.S. President James Monroe in 1823, asserted American influence in the Western Hemisphere at a time when newly independent South American nations were emerging from European colonial rule.
• https://ronpaulinstitute.org, by Leanna Yavelskaya
In the intensifying great-power competition of the 21st century, Venezuela has emerged as a pivotal battleground in the Western Hemisphere--a proxy arena where the United States confronts the encroaching ambitions of China and Russia to preserve its
It's increasingly obvious that the US military threats against Venezuela have a wider agenda. Their game plan is regime change, but not only in Venezuela.
President Trump is dumping his allies (as opposed to the state of Israel, which isn't the ally of America) for having the gall to criticize Trump's actions.
• https://ronpaulinstitute.org, by Jacob G. Hornberg
Americans living today have lived their entire lives under governmental systems and policies that have come with perpetual war, interventionism, embargoes, sanctions, coups, state-sponsored assassinations, extrajudicial murders, foreign aid to brutal