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Posted on July 25, 2017July 24, 2017Author Ron Paul This weeks expected House vote to add more sanctions on Russia, Iran, and North Korea is a prime example of how little thought goes into US foreign policy. Sanctions have become kind of an automatic action the US government takes when it simply doesnt know what else to do. No matter what the problem, no Continue reading Trump Should Veto Congress Foolish New Sanctions Bill Posted on July 18, 2017July 17, 2017Author Ron Paul On Friday the House overwhelmingly approved a massive increase in military spending, passing a $696 billion National Defense Authorization bill for 2018. President Trumps request already included a huge fifty or so billion dollar spending increase, but the Republican-led House found even that to be far too small. They added another $30 billion to the Continue reading Big Military Spending Boost Threatens Our Economy and Security Posted on July 04, 2017July 3, 2017Author Ron Paul As Independence Day comes around again we should spend a few moments between barbecue and fireworks to think about the meaning of independence. The colonists who rebelled against the British Crown were, among other things, unhappy about taxation. Yet, as economist Gary North points out, the total burden of British imperial taxation was about one-to-two Continue reading We Must Declare Independence Posted on June 20, 2017June 19, 2017Author Ron Paul Nostalgia seems to be very popular in Washington. While the neocons and Democratic Party hard-liners have succeeded in bringing back the Cold War with Russia, it looks like President Trump is determined to take us back to a replay of the Bay of Pigs! In Miami on Friday, the president announced that he was slamming Continue reading Trump Turns Back the Clock With Cold War Cuba U-Turn Posted on June 13, 2017June 12, 2017Author Ron Paul Just when you thought our Syria policy could not get any worse, last week it did. The US military twice attacked Syrian government forces from a military base it illegally occupies inside Syria. According to the Pentagon, the attacks on Syrian government-backed forces were defensive because the Syrian fighters were approaching a US self-declared de-confliction Continue reading Why Are We Attacking the Syrians Who Are Fighting ISIS? Posted on May 29, 2017May 28, 2017Author Ron Paul When we think about terrorism we most often think about the horrors of a Manchester-like attack, where a radicalized suicide bomber went into a concert hall and killed dozens of innocent civilians. It was an inexcusable act of savagery and it certainly did terrorize the population. What is less considered are attacks that leave far Continue reading Are We Fighting Terrorism, Or Creating More Terrorism? Posted on May 15, 2017May 14, 2017Author Ron Paul By the end of this month, Defense Secretary James Mattis and National Security Advisor HR McMaster will deliver to President Trump their plans for military escalations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. President Trump would be wise to rip the plans up and send his national security team back to the drawing board or replace Continue reading President Trump: Toss Your Generals War Escalation Plans in the Trash Posted on May 09, 2017May 8, 2017Author Ron Paul President Trump is about to embark on his first foreign trip, where he will stop in Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the Vatican, before attending a NATO meeting in Brussels and the G-7 summit in Sicily. The media and pundits have loudly wondered why hasnt he gone on a foreign trip sooner. I wonder why go Continue reading President Trump: Cancel Your Saudi Trip, Play More Golf Posted on April 25, 2017April 24, 2017Author Ron Paul I love WikiLeaks, candidate Donald Trump said on October 10th on the campaign trail. He praised the organization for reporting on the darker side of the Hillary Clinton campaign. It was information likely leaked by a whistleblower from within the Clinton campaign to WikiLeaks. Back then he praised WikiLeaks for promoting transparency, but candidate Trump Continue reading Candidate Trump: I Love WikiLeaks. President Trump: Arrest Assange! Posted on April 11, 2017April 10, 2017Author Ron Paul Thursdays US missile attack on Syria must represent the quickest foreign policy U-turn in history. Less than a week after the White House gave Assad permission to stay on as president of his own country, President Trump decided that the US had to attack Syria and demand Assads ouster after a chemical attack earlier in Continue reading After Trumps Syria Attack, What Comes Next? Posts navigation

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