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Obama’s Drone Wars Undermine American Values – Article by Ron Paul

Ron Paul April 29, 2014 Recommend this page. ****************************** Earlier this month, CIA-operated drones killed as many as 55 people in Yemen in several separate strikes. Although it was...

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Military Conscription Shows the Evil of Ukraine’s Government – Article by G....

G. Stolyarov II May 1, 2014 Recommend this page. ****************************** I have, in the past, expressed ambivalence regarding the government of Oleksandr Turchynov and Arseniy Yatseniuk in...

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The VA Scandal is Just the Tip of the Military-Abuse Iceberg – Article by Ron...

Ron Paul May 25, 2014 Recommend this page. ****************************** President Obama held a press conference last week to express his outrage over reports that the Veterans Administration was...

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The History of Big Guns in World War I (2005) – Article by G. Stolyarov II

G. Stolyarov II July 26, 2014 ****************************** Note from the Author: This essay was originally written in 2005 and published  on Associated Content (subsequently, Yahoo! Voices) in 2007....

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Tim O’Brien’s Collectivist Psyche as His Arch-Nemesis in “The Things They...

G. Stolyarov II July 29, 2014 ****************************** Note from the Author: This essay was originally written in 2004 and published on Associated Content (subsequently, Yahoo! Voices) in 2007....

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The History of Mortars, Hand Grenades, and Tanks During the Late 19th and...

G. Stolyarov II July 29, 2014 ****************************** Note from the Author: This essay was originally written in 2005 and published on Associated Content (subsequently, Yahoo! Voices) in 2007....

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The History of Early Military Airplanes (2005) – Article by G. Stolyarov II

G. Stolyarov II July 29, 2014 ****************************** Note from the Author: This essay was originally written in 2005 and published on Associated Content (subsequently, Yahoo! Voices) in 2007....

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Congress Votes for More War in the Middle East – Article by Ron Paul

Ron Paul September 21, 2014 ****************************** Last week, the House and Senate voted to rubber-stamp President Obama’s war plans for the Middle East. Both bodies, on a bipartisan basis,...

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SWAT’s Military Tactics Put Cops at Risk – Article by Daniel J. Bier

Daniel J. Bier October 2, 2014 ****************************** “Democracy means that when there’s a knock on the door at 3 a.m., it’s probably the milkman.” —Winston Churchill (apocryphal) On the...

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National Service is Anti-Liberty and Un-American – Article by Ron Paul

Ron Paul October 19, 2014 ****************************** Former Clinton Administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich recently called on the government to force young people to spend two years either...

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Just Cause, or Just ‘Cause? – Article by Bradley Doucet

Bradley Doucet November 9, 2014 ****************************** The fact that there are some bad people doing some bad things halfway around the world does not mean that “we” have to do something about...

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The Real Meaning of the 1914 Christmas Truce – Article by Ron Paul

Ron Paul December 28, 2014 ****************************** One hundred years ago last week, on Christmas Eve, 1914, German and British soldiers emerged from the horrors of World War One trench warfare...

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The Failed ‘Yemen Model’– Article by Ron Paul

Ron Paul February 1, 2015 ****************************** Last September President Obama cited his drone program in Yemen as a successful model of US anti-terrorism strategy. He said that he would...

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How Many More Wars? – Article by Ron Paul

Ron Paul February 17, 2015 ****************************** Last week President Obama sent Congress legislation to authorize him to use force against ISIS “and associated persons and forces” anywhere in...

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New Military Spending Bill Expands Empire But Forbids Debate on War – Article...

Ron Paul May 18, 2015 ****************************** On Friday the House passed a massive National Defense Authorization for 2016 that will guarantee US involvement in more wars and overseas...

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I Wish Nobody Was Bombing Syria – Article by Ron Paul

Ron Paul October 5, 2015 ****************************** The US regime-change policy for Syria has been a catastrophe. More than 200,000 killed and an entire country reduced to rubble at least partly...

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Save The Apologies, Just Stop Promoting War! – Article by Ron Paul

Ron Paul November 2, 2015 ****************************** Usually when politicians apologize it’s because they have been caught doing something wrong, or they are about to be caught. Such was likely...

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Yes, Prince Faisal, We Need to ‘Recalibrate’ Our Relationship – Article by...

Ron Paul ****************************** For decades the US and Saudi Arabia have shared a peculiar relationship: the Saudis sell relatively cheap oil to the United States for which they accept our...

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Don’t Turn Foreign Tragedies into Domestic Tragedies – Article by Doug Bandow

Doug Bandow ****************************** Americans Enjoy Prosperity and Peace in a Dangerous World  *** The Islamic State’s March attacks in Belgium reinforce Americans’ belief that we live in a...

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Drafting Women Means Equality in Slavery – Article by Ron Paul

Ron Paul ****************************** Last week the House Armed Services Committee approved an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act requiring women to register with Selective Service....

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