Reporter Liz Wahl appeared on CNN’s Reliable Sources to discuss her resignation from Russia Today television network. After publishing a piece in Politico titled ” I Was Putin’s Pawn, Wahl has been setting the record straight about her reasons for leaving the station. Apologists for the Putin regime have been taking shots at Wahl, claiming…
Treaty With Ukraine Is Not An Excuse For Intervention The Council for Good Governance is not staffed by pacifists or isolationists, by any means. Most of us have served our nation’s defense in the intelligence and Special Operations communities. We have, collectively, well over two decades in war zones. Watching the Liberty movement…
Should USA help Ukraine? Iurii Kozik Ron Paul, one of the honorary leaders of the American libertarian movement, recently reacted to the crisis in Crimea. Typically, Paul accused US foreign policy in intervention in affairs of a foreign state, but, surprisingly, he made a step further justifying Vladimir Putin. He thinks that the U.S. should…
The First Casualty In War? The Truth. The Russian incursion into the Crimea region of Ukraine has left many people flummoxed. No matter where you stand on the issue, knowing the proper definition of these terms and not conflating them is important if they wish to be taken seriously on matters of foreign policy. Secession vs….
Libertarian Foreign Policy Problems On Full Display Over Crimea Conflict The Freedom Report podcast today takes on the difficult issue of the Russian invasion and annexation of Crimea in Ukraine, specifically the differing responses from Senator Rand Paul and former congressman Ron Paul. Whose response was technically more libertarian? Follow TLR on Google+ Congressman Ron…
Ukraine As a NATO Member State Could Have Meant Instant American-Russian War Doug Bandow has an interesting commentary at the Cato Institute’s website, “Europeans Watch Ukraine and Fear Russia: They Should Take over NATO And Europe’s Defense”. “Had the U.S. been so foolish as to bring Ukraine into NATO, Washington would have a treaty responsibility…
Cheers To Martin For Her Bravery And Intellectual Integrity Russia Today’s host of “Breaking the Set” featuring Abby Martin went off the reservation yesterday, with anchor Martin criticizing her state sponsored network’s benefactor Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Martin has been an outspoken critic of militarism on her show in the past, mostly aimed at the…
In 2008 Palin predicted Russia’s invasion – but also would have entangled us in the conflict. Follow TLR on Google+ In 2008, Sarah Palin made a now-famous prediction: the Russia would invade Ukraine if Obama were elected president. “After the Russian army invaded the nation of Georgia,” said Palin, “Senator Obama’s reaction was one…
Intervention Begets Violence Fox News Sr. Judicial Analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano appeared on The Kelly File to discuss the escalating conflict in Ukraine. Napolitano claims that Vladimir Putin‘s actions are an unlawful invasion without provocation. Putin claims that the pro-Russian entities were under siege, but Napolitano claims that his claim is invalid because no military…
Army Shrinking, But Still Larger Than Necessary Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has announced plans to return the size of the Army to numbers that have not been seen since before World War II a deceptive headline owing to the fact that the Army and it’s budget will still be enormous. This comes alongside a plan…