foreign policy Archives - The Libertarian Republic

Ted Cruz Explains Why Interventionists And Isolationists Are Both Wrong 0
- Front Page, War & Peace
- February 7, 2019
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 a cookie
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North Korea Launches Edible Clothing Line “To Avoid Starvation”0
- Front Page, Headline News
- February 4, 2019
I recently got a fortune cookie that read “necessity is the mother of all invention.” That takes on a whole new meaning under Communism as is evident with North Korea’s new edible clothing line for men that can be eaten to “avoid starvation.” Alek Sigley, an Australian graduate student at Kim Il Sung University in
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Dan Crenshaw Attacks Rand Paul’s Foreign Policy. It Backfires.0
- Foreign Policy, Front Page
- January 17, 2019
Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) seems to think that President Trump’s decision to withdraw from never-ending wars in the Middle East is a bad idea. On Wednesday night, the Texas representative took to both Twitter and Instagram to criticize Senator Rand Paul, saying that he was giving President Trump “bad advice.” View this post on
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Former Senator Jim Webb is a Real Possibility For New Defense Secretary 0
- Foreign Policy, Front Page
- January 4, 2019
The Trump administration is reportedly considering former Democratic Senator Jim Webb as a replacement for General Mattis as the next Secretary of Defense. The idea to select Webb for the position has been mentioned by three officials, potentially bypassing more hawkish Republican options. Mr. Webb has been an outspoken critic of military interventionism and the
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New Acting Defense Secretary Vows To Advance President’s Agenda 0
- Front Page, War & Peace
- January 2, 2019
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
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Rand Paul Is One of the Few Principled Men Left in Congress 0
- Headline News, Political Opinion
- September 15, 2017
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Sixteen years ago, 3,000 Americans lost their lives in one of the most devastating terrorist attacks in recent history. It sparked the current wave of military interventions; the war in Afghanistan, the war in Iraq, and by extension, the wars in Libya, Yemen, and Syria. The United States has been
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