Every Memorial Day, Americans pay their respects to soldiers who have died while fighting for the US military. Though the good intentions and courage of those who enlist in the armed forces are admirable, the best way to honor those individuals on this holiday—and every day—is to stop sending them to war. This pro-peace sentiment…
Jason Hopkins Republish Reprint Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made clear that the U.S. government is prepared to support Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido in a multitude of ways, leaving open the possibility of military intervention. “Oh, make no mistake, we have a full range of options that we’re preparing for,” Pompeo said Sunday on ABC’s…
Grace Carr Republish Reprint The U.S. military is no longer measuring and recording the amount of land its forces have lost and gained in Afghanistan, according to a Tuesday report regarding military progress in the conflict. Measurements of how much land, including districts and the number of people in those districts, insurgent forces control in…
The Syrian village of Al-Baghuz Fawqani less than 25 miles from the Iraqi border was the location of the defeat of ISIS forces on Saturday, March 23, 2019. The Syrian town of about 10,000 people according to a 2004 census was the last bit of territory controlled by the Islamic State of Iraqi and Syria….
On the anniversary of Karl Marx’s death, Missouri State Representative Tony Lovasco, a Republican from District 64, asked for a moment of silence for all of the victims of communism. https://twitter.com/conor_leland/status/1106306181042192384?s=21 Lovasco stated, “136 years ago today was the death of Karl Marx. Now, decorum prohibits me from providing my full thoughts on this man,…
A federal judge has ruled that a men-only draft is unconstitutional, but did not go as far as ordering women to register for the Selective Service, according to americanmilitarynews.com The Houston judge sided with a men’s advocacy group who challenged the government’s practice of having only men register for the draft as an example of…
Molly Prince America has been bouncing between interventionist and isolationist policies when embracing international relations, but foreign policy is not a binary option. Sen. Ted Cruz advocated for peace through strength, which he contended made him a “non-interventionist hawk.” America must acknowledge how the world objectively is and handle situations with pragmatic judgment rather than…
Hanna Bogorowski Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan replaced James Mattis in the Pentagon role late Monday and vowed to work with President Donald Trump to advance his agenda, a task Mattis professed in his resignation letter to no longer being able to do. Trump announced the leadership change Dec. 23, just three days after…
Nick Givas Presidential historian Michael Beschloss called President Donald Trump’s speech to troops in Iraq “obscene” and “nasty” during an interview on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” Thursday. Beschloss said it was wrong of Trump to try to politicize his talk with the troops and accused him of being overly divisive. “I thought it was obscene because, you know, just as…
As many things as there are that make hating Trump easy, always remember that the *major* party alternative was the one who advocated enforcing a no-fly zone in Syria while the Russians were conducting bombing runs at the behest of their current government, risking WW3. Hillary’s latest warmongering tweet shows she hasn’t really changed all…