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How the War Party Lost the Middle East…

“Assad must go, Obama says.” So read the headline in The Washington Post, Aug. 18, 2011. The story quoted President Barack Obama directly: “The future of Syria must be determined by its people, but President Bashar al-Assad is standing in their way. … the time has come for President Assad to step aside.” France’s Nicolas […]

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The Mattis Dilemma…

The resignation letter of Secretary of Defense James Mattis that was published last Thursday revealed much of the Deep State mindset that has produced the foreign policy catastrophes of the past seventeen years. Mattis, an active duty general in the Marine Corps who reportedly occasionally reads books, received a lot of good press during his […]

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President Donald Trump Surprise Speech to Troops in Iraq (Full Speech Video)…

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump deliver remarks to U.S. military during a surprise visit to Al Asad Air Base in Iraq. During his remarks President Trump outlines his determination to remove U.S. military from Syria and to hold regional allies accountable to retain stability and security. Additionally President Trump directly addresses the […]

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Trump Scores, Breaks Generals’ 50-Year War Record by Gareth Porter…

The mainstream media has attacked President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria as impulsive, blindsiding his own national security team. But detailed, published accounts of the policy process over the course of the year tell a very different story. They show that senior national security officials and self-interested institutions have been playing […]

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OPINION: Trump Critics of Syria Withdrawal Fueled Rise of ISIS by Max Blumenthal

President Donald Trump’s announcement of an imminent withdrawal of US troops from northeastern Syria summoned a predictable paroxysm of outrage from Washington’s foreign policy establishment. Former Secretary of State and self-described “hair icon” Hillary Clinton perfectly distilled the bipartisan freakout into a single tweet, accusing Trump of “isolationism” and “playing into Russia and Iran’s hands.” […]

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Trump Orders Major Afghan Drawdown: 7,000 Troops oo Return Home in Coming Weeks…

CNN warns “officials brace for Trump announcement on Afghanistan” after Trump’s Wednesday bombshell Syria troop pullout announcement. He’s now initiated “a major drawdown” of forces in Afghanistan too, and while inside the beltway neocon heads might continue to explode, the broader public for which the seventeen year long Afghan war is deeply unpopular will no […]

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‘First Step Act’ Is Now Law…

President Trump delivers remarks during the First Step Act Bill Signing. The president talks about border security, the border wall and the likelihood of a government shutdown. The FIRST STEP Act was championed by Jared Kushner, and passed through Congress with bipartisan support. President Trump saluted his allies in the White House and in Congress […]

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James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis’s Resignation Letter…

Dear Mr. President: I have been privileged to serve as our country’s 26th Secretary of Defense which has allowed me to serve alongside our men and women of the Department in defense of our citizens and our ideals. I am proud of the progress that has been made over the past two years on some […]

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Trump’s Decision to Finally Leave Syria, a Proxy War Never Approved by Congress, Was No ‘Surprise’…

In 1966, in the midst of the Vietnam War, Vermont Senator George Aiken recommended that President Lyndon Johnson simply “declare victory and get out.” While what Aiken actually said was more complex (because the U.S. couldn’t win militarily, he implied, it should stop deploying troops and start deploying diplomats), his statement is commonly cited as […]

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Triple-Amputee Air Force Veteran on Mission to Raise $1B for U.S.-Mexico Border Wall…

A triple amputee U.S. military veteran says he was inspired to raise money for President Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall after reading a New York Post article that questioned why no one had taken up the mantle. In just three days, Brian Kolfage’s GoFundMe campaign “We The People Will Fund The Wall,” has racked up more […]

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WHY TRUMP DECIDED TO REMOVE U.S. TROOPS FROM SYRIA by b…

Last Friday President Trump had another long phonecall with the Turkish President Erdogan. Thereafter he overruled all his advisors and decided to remove the U.S. boots from Syria and to also end the air war. This was the first time Trump took a decisive stand against the borg, the permanent neoconservative and interventionist establishment in […]

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WAT???: Nation of Islam Receiving Federal Cash to Teach Prisoners…

The Nation of Islam and its leaders have received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the U.S. government since 2008 to teach religious study programs for federal prison inmates, according to records reviewed by the Washington Examiner. A black nationalist group led by Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam preaches that white people are “blue-eyed […]

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Nikki Haley Takes on UN’s Anti-Israel Stance in Fiery Farewell Speech…

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley delivered her final speech to the General Assembly on Tuesday, slamming the body for their anti-Israel bias. In the final monthly session of the year, Haley made it absolutely clear that the United States has run out of tolerance for the body’s hostility towards one of […]

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US Navy Contractors Hacked by China “More Than A Handful Of Times”…

Over the last 18 months, Chinese hackers breached several unidentified Navy contractors, stealing large amounts of data related to undersea warfare, including top-secret programs to develop supersonic anti-ship missiles for submarines, officials and experts said, triggering top-to-bottom review of cyber vulnerabilities for the Navy. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer recently requested a review to examine why […]

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No One Is Protecting the Kids of Broward County…

At every level of government, Broward County has continued to fail its children. U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom has thrown out a case brought by 15 students against the Broward County Sheriff’s Office and the school district, ruling that neither law enforcement nor the public school system was culpable for failing to prevent the Parkland […]

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For Trump, a Border Wall Epic Fail by Byron York…

President Trump promised a lot during his presidential campaign, but the one promise he made most often was to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. No need to recount all the times; suffice it to say, Trump promised over and over and over that he would build the wall — and that Mexico would […]

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REVEALED: There Were Two CIA Torture Programs by Jeffrey Kaye…

A major aspect of the CIA’s detention and interrogation operations has been purposefully hidden from view, primarily due to secrecy guidelines that make it illegal for anyone “read into” the program to reveal even its very existence. Recent declassified documents make clear that there was not one, but two CIA torture programs. These programs used […]

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“Yes, Virginia, There Is A Deep State!” by Ray McGovern…

A year ago yesterday, it became fully clear what was behind the feverish attempt by our intelligence agencies and their mainstream media accomplices to emasculate President Donald Trump with the Russia-gate trope. It turned out that the objective was not only to delegitimize Trump and make it impossible for him to move toward a more […]

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