Justin Raimondo is on vacation until January 1.The Republican wing of the War Party – and their Democratic doppelgangers – sure are having a field day over the San Bernardino massacre. At last they have a superficially plausible rationale for invading Syria and...
Technology Is a Mysterious Enemy to Politicians
The most recent Republican debate for the 2016 election was unsurprisingly dominated by the shadow of terrorism and war. The Paris attacks that killed more than 130 people, plus the 14 deaths in San Bernardino, California seem to have brought about a new-old sentiment...
America First – or World War III
"If you're in favor of World War III, you have your candidate." So said Rand Paul, looking directly at Gov. Chris Christie, who had just responded to a question from CNN's Wolf Blitzer as to whether he would shoot down a Russian plane that violated his...
The IAEA’s ‘Final Assessment’
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) assessment has cleared the way for the board of governors to end the Agency’s extraordinary investigation into accusations of Iran’s past nuclear weapons work. But a closer examination of the document reveals much more...
314 Killed as Extent of Fighting in Northern Iraq Is Revealed
Nine hunters who were kidnapped in southern Iraq on Wednesday escaped their captors. The World Bank has promised to lend Iraq $1.2 billion to help it deal with the Islamic State militancy and the crash in oil prices. At least 314 were killed and 27 were wounded: The...
More Hillary Chronicles
While the country has been fixated on Donald Trump's tormenting his Republican primary opponents and deeply concerned about the government's efforts to identify any confederates in the San Bernardino, California, killings, a team of federal prosecutors and FBI agents...
By Funding Foreign Militaries, the US Is Spreading Terrorism
The War on Terror is at a stalemate. Recent, disparate terrorist attacks have shown that far from being “degraded and destroyed,” the Islamic State’s reach is growing. Unwilling to commit large numbers of U.S. boots on the ground, policymakers have instead...
A Conspiracy of Fear-Mongers
Over the weekend CNN breathlessly reported as "Breaking News" – it breathlessly reports everything as "Breaking News" – a new poll indicating that people are increasingly frightened about terrorism. The accompanying web story stated, "Terrorism has...
207 Killed across Iraq; Qatari Royal Family Members Kidnapped
GOP Debate: The Triumph of ‘Isolationism’
The two frontrunners for the GOP presidential nomination aren’t drinking the neocon Kool-Aid, and this became readily apparent on the stage of the GOP presidential debate. Donald Trump opposed the Iraq war, thinks we should be happy Putin is taking on ISIS in Syria,...


