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Is Corbyn the Lesser Evil?

Eric Striker • December 12, 2019

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Once upon a time I had a debate with a number of nationalists over the prospect of America's first black president in 2008. A number of acquaintances demanded everyone vote for "the white guy," John McCain, whose 36 year long career as top traitor in Congress was finally brought to an end when Satan appointed... Read More

The Anne Frank Test

More power to the wicked

Philip Giraldi • September 18, 2018

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The week leading up to the funeral of Senator John McCain produced some of the most bizarre media effusions seen in this country since the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963. McCain, who never saw a war or regime change that he didn’t like, was apparently in reality a friend of democracy and freedom... Read More

Are the Interventionists Now Leaderless?

Pat Buchanan • August 28, 2018

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"McCain's Death Leaves Void" ran The Wall Street Journal headline over a front-page story that began: "The death of John McCain will leave Congress without perhaps its loudest voice in support of the robust internationalism that has defined the country's security relations since World War II." Certainly, the passing of the senator whose life story... Read More

There Is No Limit to Presstitute Hypocrisy

Paul Craig Roberts • August 27, 2018

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Caitlin Johnstone warned us that the liberals were going to make a hero out of warmonger John McCain. All morning long NPR has been conducting eulogies for warmonger McCain, who is having a state funeral both in DC and in Arizona. Liberal Democrat Charles Schumer wants to rename the senate office building named after Richard... Read More

Lies About Putin and Syria

Ilana Mercer • July 12, 2018

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On just about every issue, in 2016, candidate Trump ran in opposition to Sen. Lindsey Graham. Donald Trump won the presidency; Lindsey Graham quit the race with a near-zero popularity, as reflected in the polls. The People certainly loathe the senator from South Carolina. A poll conducted subsequently found that Graham was among the least... Read More

Niger: Finally, A War John McCain Doesn't Love

Ilana Mercer • October 27, 2017

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News first broke about America's Niger misadventure on October 4. "The real news here is that the US has forces in Niger, where they're conducting covert operations," this writer tweeted out. "Hashtag America First." Official media ignored the ambush of the American Special Forces, until the story gained anti-Trump traction. No word came from John... Read More

Mutual Assured Destruction

Missile defense might be a lie

Philip Giraldi • October 24, 2017

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Sometimes it is possible to read or view something that completely changes the way one looks at things. I had that experience last week when I read an article at Lobelog entitled “A Plea for Common Sense on Missile Defense,” written by Joe Cirincione, a former staffer on the House Armed Services Committee who now... Read More

McCain’s Transmutation from Cautious Realist to Super-Hawk

Stephen J. Sniegoski • September 1, 2017

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For many years, John McCain has been one of the major war hawks in the Senate, but he was not that way for more than a decade after he was first elected to Congress. When he entered the House of Representatives in 1983, he was a cautious realist, holding the position that U.S. military power... Read More

Is McCain Hijacking Trump's Foreign Policy?

Pat Buchanan • March 17, 2017

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"The senator from Kentucky," said John McCain, speaking of his colleague Rand Paul, "is working for Vladimir Putin ... and I do not say that lightly." What did Sen. Paul do to deserve being called a hireling of Vladimir Putin? He declined to support McCain's call for a unanimous Senate vote to bring Montenegro into... Read More

Lavrov vs. McCain: Is Russia an Enemy?

Pat Buchanan • February 28, 2017

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The founding fathers of the Munich Security Conference, said John McCain, would be "be alarmed by the turning away from universal values and toward old ties of blood, and race, and sectarianism." McCain was followed by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov who called for a "post-West world order." Russia has "immense potential" for that said Lavrov,... Read More

Why Do "Progressives" Like War?

Fleeing to Canada is no longer an option

Philip Giraldi • February 21, 2017

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Liberals are supposed to be antiwar, right? I went to college in the 1960s, when students nationwide were rising up in opposition to the Vietnam War. I was a Young Republican back then and supported the war through sheer ignorance and dislike of the sanctimoniousness of the protesters, some of whom were surely making their... Read More

American Stupid

Bombs Away McCain at the Helm

Philip Giraldi • November 11, 2014

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Professor Michael Brenner of the University of Pittsburgh writes some of the most engaging analysis of foreign policy to be found anywhere. In a recent comment on how the midterm election is likely to affect foreign policy he observes that it is important to recall that the Republicans constitute the “political instrument of American business... Read More

John McCain’s Terrorists

Telling friends from enemies in Iraq and Syria is largely a matter of guesswork

Philip Giraldi • October 23, 2014

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The White House strategy to “destroy” ISIS, the self-declared Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, depends in part on a vague plan to support moderate elements in the opposition to Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, presumably to serve as boots on the ground to complete the job started through aerial attacks provided by U.S.-led coalition forces.... Read More

The Balloon Goes Up Over the South China Sea

Peter Lee • August 12, 2014

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There were signs of a major escalation in US activity in the South China Sea…but not during the ASEAN meeting. Back on July 13, I wrote about US frustration with successful PRC efforts—symbolized by but not limited to the HYSY 981 drilling rig outrage--to defy the U.S. campaign to deter PRC assertiveness in the South... Read More

I Also Have a Little List

Politicians, Pundits and Journalists Who Should Go Away

Philip Giraldi • July 22, 2014

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In Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado the Lord High Executioner sings about the “little list” he is preparing of people who will not be missed when he finally gets around to fulfilling the requirements of his office. He includes “apologetic statesmen of a compromising kind,” indicating that the American frustration with the incompetence of its... Read More

Leadership 101 the John McCain Way

Philip Giraldi • May 31, 2012

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It is not often that the world of Washington politics produces something that can be construed as hilariously funny, but that is what took place last week with the announcement of the launching of Arizona State University’s John McCain Institute for International Leadership. According to the press release the think tank will be “guided by... Read More

All Square

Pepe Escobar • September 6, 2008

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"Starting in January, in a John McCain-Sarah Palin administration, we're going to lay more pipelines ... build more nuclear plants ... create jobs with clean coal ... and move forward on solar, wind, geothermal and other alternative sources." This is how a 44-year-old woman, mother of five, governor of Alaska for only two years, pro-life,... Read More

Will McCain Wield the Big Stick?

Eric Margolis • April 1, 2008

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Barack Obama says he's happy to see his primary race with Hillary Clinton continue right up to the bitter end. But there is deepening worry in this overwhelmingly Democratic Party city that the fratricidal battle between Obama and Clinton is tearing apart the party and boosting Republican hopes of victory in November. Obama leads by... Read More

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9/11 Was an Israeli Job

How America was neoconned into World War IV

Laurent Guyénot

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John McCain and the POW Cover-Up

The “war hero” candidate buried information about POWs left behind in Vietnam.

Sydney Schanberg

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America's Jews Are Driving America's Wars

Shouldn't they recuse themselves when dealing with the Middle East?