When Theodore Roosevelt succeeded William McKinley as president in 1901, he realized the US was no longer just a continental republic; with the Spanish-American War of 1898, America now claimed Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines as territories, Cuba a protectorate and annexed Hawaii. Roosevelt “believed it was the burden of ‘civilized’ nations to uplift … Continue reading “American Interventionist Foreign Policy: One and a Quarter Century of Failure”
F. Andrew Wolf, Jr.
US-Ukraine-Russian War: It’s About the Money
Well, “the cat is out of the bag, now.” Thanks to US Senator Lindsey Graham, everyone knows one of the more compelling reasons behind the Ukraine war with Russia. And it has little to do with Kiev’s “agency,” “democracy,” and “liberalism.” The latter are merely ‘talking points’ for public consumption – what Noam Chomsky and … Continue reading “US-Ukraine-Russian War: It’s About the Money”
US Sanctions Policy: Too Much Collateral Damage?
Sixty percent of low-income countries have been economically punished by the US, an in-depth report by the Washington Post has claimed. More than a third of the world’s nations are feeling the adverse effects of some form of US sanctions. Furthermore, the burden has become such that even the bureaucrats in Washington can no longer … Continue reading “US Sanctions Policy: Too Much Collateral Damage?”