More Foreign Aid to Egypt’s Dictatorship by Jacob G. Hornberger September 4, 2012 When the next U.S. debt ceiling comes around, one thing is for sure: the mainstream press will be shouting and crying about how important it is to lift the ceiling once again, thereby permitting the federal government to pile even more debt onto the backs of the American people. Unfortunately, in the period of time leading up to the debt ceiling, the mainstream press never objects to the government programs on which all that money is being spent and, in fact, criticizes calls to reduce federal spending and borrowing. A good example of this phenomenon is the massive amount of foreign aid that the U.S. government provides to the dictatorial regime in Egypt, which the mainstream press continues to support. The front page of today’s New York Times reports that the U.S. government is nearing a pact that will cut $1 billion from a $3 billion debt that Egypt owes the United States. Imagine that: Each year, the U.S. government is spending a ...
Private: The Evil of the National-Security State, Part 6 by Jacob G. Hornberger September 1, 2012 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3| Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 At the height of the Cold War in the early 1960s, when the U.S. government was doing everything to defeat communism and destroy communists, one of the most remarkable series of events in the history of the U.S. national-security state took place. An American claiming to love communists, communism, and Marxism — a man who ostensibly did everything he could to join America’s official enemy the Soviet Union — a man who supposedly delivered top-secret information relating to national security to the Soviets — a man who campaigned openly here in the United States in favor of Cuba and communism — a man who may have visited the Soviet and Cuban embassies ...
A Frankenation in Iraq by Jacob G. Hornberger August 20, 2012 I wonder how many U.S. soldiers who died in Iraq, or have who lost arms or legs or mental stability from their invasion or occupation of the country, figured that the reason they were making such an enormous sacrifice was so that Iraq could ultimately get to the point where it would be helping Iran secretly avoid the economic sanctions that the U.S. government has placed on Iran. What a glorious thing to die for. What a noble thing to become a paraplegic for. What a grand thing to lose your mind over. According to an article in the New York Times Saturday, “Iraq has been helping Iran skirt economic sanctions imposed on Tehran because of its nuclear program…. the administration has held private talks with Iraqi officials to complain about specific instances of financial and logistical ties between the two countries, officials say.” Oh, no! Does that mean that there is a chance that the U.S might be going ...
The MAD Myth by Tim Kelly August 10, 2012 Cold War dogma asserts that mutually assured destruction, however troubling, has worked in averting a nuclear war between the United States and Russia. Lending superficial credence to this idea is the fact the world has not yet been incinerated in a nuclear conflagration. This fact has been cited as vindication of the U.S. government's decision to amass a huge stockpile ...
Labor Outsourcing Is Not the Problem by Sheldon Richman August 10, 2012 President Obama thinks he can score points on Mitt Romney by pointing out that companies acquired by Bain Capital outsourced jobs to other countries. The implication is that there is something unpatriotic in contracting for foreign labor. That is a strange position in this era of globalization, which Obama claims to favor. Romney, a self-described champion of free enterprise, defended ...
The “Cans” and “Shoulds” of Gun Control by Laurence M. Vance August 7, 2012 Liberals, Democrats, and other advocates of gun control are so predictable. The bodies weren’t even buried after the horrific shooting last month in the Denver suburb of Aurora, Colorado, at the Century 16 Theater in a shopping mall before some liberal pundits and politicians began calling for more-draconian gun laws. The suspect, James Holmes, killed 12 persons and wounded 58 with ...
Private: Restoring the Republic 2008 – (Audio) by Jacob G. Hornberger July 24, 2012 “Restoring the Republic 2008: Foreign Policy & Civil Liberties” was a 3-day conference beginning on a Friday, June 6, 2008, and ending on Sunday, June 8, 2008. There were 21 speakers with each speaker given 45 minutes to 1 hour for his speech, including Q&A. There were no concurrent sessions — all speeches were given to the entire audience. Order ...
Private: Restoring the Republic 2008 (Video) by Jacob G. Hornberger July 24, 2012 “Restoring the Republic 2008: Foreign Policy & Civil Liberties” was a 3-day conference beginning on a Friday, June 6, 2008, and ending on Sunday, June 8, 2008. There were 21 speakers with each speaker given 45 minutes to 1 hour for his speech, including Q&A. There were no concurrent sessions — all speeches were given to the entire audience. Order ...
Reviving a Peculiar Institution by Tim Kelly July 24, 2012 In a recent New York Times op-ed column, Thomas Ricks called for reinstating military conscription. He quoted Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who said at the 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival, “I think if a nation goes to war, every town, and every city needs to be at risk. You make that decision and everybody has skin in the game.” Ricks, ...
RT Russia Today: Revolution in Syria (video) by Jacob G. Hornberger July 20, 2012 Watch Jacob Hornberger on RT Russia Today in a segment called "War and Peace."
U.S. Honors Deal to Release Convicted Bin Laden Cook from Guantanamo to Sudan by Andy Worthington July 13, 2012 Getting out of Guantánamo is such a feat these days (with only three men released in the last 18 months) that it is remarkable that Ibrahim al-Qosi, a Sudanese prisoner who agreed to a plea deal at his war-crimes trial in Guantánamo in July 2010 guaranteeing that he would be freed after two years, has been repatriated as ...
For International Friendships, Dismantle the Military Empire by Jacob G. Hornberger July 9, 2012 The U.S. government has an un-American way of making friends in foreign affairs, one that the American people should abandon once and for all. It’s a method of friendship based on militarism, extortion, bribery, and military mercantilism. Concerned about the rising tide of friendly relationships that China is establishing with countries in Asia, Latin America, and elsewhere, the U.S. government ...
