The Depressing Results of the War on Terrorism by Jacob G. Hornberger March 11, 2015 Don’t be surprised if the prices for antidepressants soar even higher than they already are. That’s because U.S. counterterrorism officials are horrible depressed about the results of their much-vaunted “war on terrorism.” According to an article entitled “In Campaign Against Terrorism, U.S. Enters Period of Pessimism and Gloom,” in last week’s Washington Post, “U.S. Counterterrorism officials and experts, never ...
Obama’s Venezuelan Dictatorship by Jacob G. Hornberger March 10, 2015 Ever since the advent of the Cold War, U.S. officials have told us that it was necessary for the United States to adopt the totalitarian structure known as the national-security state in order to combat communist totalitarianism. We are now witnessing a similar spectacle with respect to President Obama’s exercise of dictatorial powers to deal with the socialist regime of ...
Iran Won the U.S. War Against Iraq by Jacob G. Hornberger March 9, 2015 Has there ever been a bigger disconnect between myth and reality than the outcome of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq? On the one hand we have Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. officials tell us that their invasion and occupation of Iraq was a tremendous success because it brought freedom to the Iraqi people. That’s why Americans are exhorted to ...
Compare O’Reilly’s JFK Lie to Those of the National Security State by Jacob G. Hornberger March 6, 2015 As I pointed out in my blog post of February 15, Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly is in hot water over a lie he issued on a matter relating to the JFK assassination. O’Reilly has repeatedly claimed that he was knocking on the front door of a man named George de Mohrenschildt, who had connections to U.S. intelligence and who ...
Striking at the Root of Foreign Crises by Jacob G. Hornberger March 5, 2015 As the United States jumps from foreign crisis to foreign crisis, it’s important that we recognize that there is a root cause of all these crises. The reason it’s important is that if Americans ever want to get off the crisis merry-go-around, there is a way to do it — by striking at the root of the crises. Consider two ...
Would a Bigger Police State Win the Drug War? by Jacob G. Hornberger March 4, 2015 Most everyone would agree that China is not a free society. It is ruled by a brutal communist regime, one that has absolutely no regard for civil liberties and such criminal-justice principles as due process of law, trial by jury, right to counsel, and habeas corpus. When the state wants to go after someone, there are no institutional barriers ...
Lead Us Into Temptation, Evil, and Death by Jacob G. Hornberger March 3, 2015 Every Sunday American Christians go to church and pray The Lord’s Prayer, which includes the following plea: “Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.” The rest of the week, many of these same Christians then proceed to support a governmental program that not only leads people into temptation and evil but also brings with it death, ...
Some Levity at the State Department Over Venezuela by Jacob G. Hornberger March 2, 2015 A couple of weeks ago, State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki brought a bit of levity to a press briefing on the ongoing crisis in Venezuela, specifically regarding Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s accusation that the U.S. government was involved in an attempted military coup attempt in that country. Here’s the pertinent exchange during the briefing: Question: President Maduro last night ...
ISIS and the National Security Scam by Jacob G. Hornberger February 27, 2015 U.S. national-security officials are scratching their heads over the decision by young people from around the world to join ISIS. Totally befuddled, U.S. officials just don’t understand why anyone would do such a thing. At the same time, of course, hardly any American is traveling to Iraq to fight on the other side — the anti-ISIS side — by joining ...
The National-Security State’s ISIS Racket by Jacob G. Hornberger February 26, 2015 The official enemy de jour that has everyone all riled up and scared is ISIS. If U.S. forces don’t bomb ISIS, the argument goes, ISIS will take over Iraq, and Syria, and Lebanon, and Europe, and Asia, and Latin America, and then the United States. If the bombs don’t fall on ISIS, before long Americans will be speaking Arabic ...
O’Reilly, Oswald, and Hot Water by Jacob G. Hornberger February 25, 2015 Fox News conservative commentator Bill O’Reilly is in hot water over a matter relating to Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy. News media on the Internet are abuzz over allegations that O’Reilly fibbed about an episode relating to a man named George de Mohrenschildt, a Dallas conservative. The controversy couldn’t have come at a ...
The War State at 99 Cents by Jacob G. Hornberger February 24, 2015 I often receive unsolicited books from authors. When I do, I quickly thumb through the table of contents and if it grabs my attention, I peruse the book. I can usually tell very quickly whether it is the type of book that I wish to read or that should be reviewed by The Future of Freedom Foundation. A little over ...
