Posts Tagged ‘Middle East’
A Bass Ackwards Way of Looking at Liberty
Posted: April 27, 2011 in Conspiracy Theory, PoliticsTags: Africa, Israel, Libya, Middle East, Ron Paul, United States
The Cost of Freedom: Auto Fatalities, Lightening Strikes, and Terrorism
Posted: January 26, 2011 in Politics, UncategorizedTags: Constitution, Homeland Security, John Mueller, Liberty, Middle East, Prison Planet, Ron Paul, Terrorism, Thomas Jefferson
Before you read the following post; I would like to make a point. You know, I hear the “fighting for our freedoms” get thrown around a lot, and it really sticks in my crawl. And I’ll tell you why. For the last sixty years we have been meddling in the Middle East and manipulating their [...]
The Redundant Cause for War Against Iran
Posted: November 10, 2010 in News, PoliticsTags: Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, Interventionism, Iran, Iraq, Lindsey Graham, Middle East, Pakistan
Senator Lindsey Graham spoke the same fearmonger/warmonger propaganda recently, urging President Obama to strike Iran and cripple “their ability to wage war.” He even said that we are probably past that point. This speech of stopping their ability to “wage war” sounds a lot like the rhetoric that we’ve heard from then-President George W. Bush, [...]
Something Worse Than Vietnam
Posted: September 30, 2010 in Current Events, News, PoliticsTags: Afghanistan, Bob Woodward, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Iraq, Middle East, Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabia, Warfare and Conflict
When we look at Iraq and Afghanistan in the context of “why we went over there” as compared to now, we see that they are complete failures. No weapons of mass destruction. No legitamate government to take its place. Osama bin Laden has never been found. And if he is dead, the government doesn’t want [...]
Ron Paul denounces Pastor Terry Jones
Posted: September 10, 2010 in Current Events, News, PoliticsTags: Afghanistan, Islam, Middle East, Osama bin Laden, Ron Paul, Saudi Arabia, Terry Jones, United States
In response to Terry Jones adding to already heightened tensions over Islam in America, Congressman Ron Paul released this statement. LAKE JACKSON, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Congressman Ron Paul today issued the following statement about a Florida pastor’s plan to burn copies of the Quran on the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. “A professed Christian pastor [...]
Ron Paul: Iraq – An End or an Escalation
Posted: September 3, 2010 in Current Events, News, PoliticsTags: Economy, Iraq, Middle East, Ron Paul
Amid much fanfare last week, the last supposed “combat” troops left Iraq as the administration touted the beginning of the end of the Iraq War and a change in the role of the United States in that country. Considering the continued public frustration with the war effort, and with the growing laundry list of broken [...]
Ron Paul to discuss Iraq on Fox Business
Posted: September 3, 2010 in Current Events, News, PoliticsTags: Iraq, Middle East, Ron Paul
Iraq – The Glorified Failure
Posted: September 3, 2010 in Current Events, News, PoliticsTags: 2003 invasion of Iraq, George W. Bush, Iraq, John McCain, Middle East, Saddam Hussein, United States
In President Obama’s address to the nation on Tuesday night, he offered little in the way of anything different from the interventionist foreign policy. I am still hesitant to believe that troops in Iraq will be begin withdraw at the beginning of next year. It is doubtless that talking heads and neoconservatives will see this [...]