The majority of our readers are Anti Foreign Intervention. The same goes for our contributors; the majority, if not all. Without terms and conditions. We were against going into the Middle East when Bush was President. We’re also against Trump’s use of military strikes and sending more troops back into Iraq again. What sets us…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke The Senate voted against advancing a resolution to block a major arms deal with Saudi Arabia in a 47-53 vote Tuesday. The resolution — spearheaded by GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut — would have blocked $510 million of precision-guided munitions…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke GOP Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul railed against a potential weapons sale to Saudi Arabia ahead of a vote to stop the arms deal Tuesday. The Kentucky Republican said selling billions of dollars in weapons to the country would implicate the U.S. in a proxy war in Yemen….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti The Trump administration has given the U.S. military significantly more leeway to use whatever means it sees fit in the fight against radical Islamic terrorism, senior officials say, in stark contrast to the Obama administration. “There’s nothing formal, but it is beginning to take shape,” a senior…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Elias J. Atienza Vice President Mike Pence said that the federal judge who halted President Donald Trump‘s travel ban, “certainly” has the right do so, reported The Hill. “He certainly does, and that’s why the administration is complying with that order as we speak,” Pence told ABC’s “This Week” in an…
By: Elias J. Atienza U.S Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Mike Lee (R-UT), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Al Franken (D-MN) support the recent decision by the Obama administration to halt recent arms sales to Saudi Arabia in a press release, following accusations of war crimes by the Saudi-lead coalition. However, the bipartisan group of Senators want…
Bipartisan Coalition Seeks to Usher Debate on Arm Sales by Elias Atienza Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced a joint resolution with Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Al Franken (D-MN), and Chris Murphy (D-CT) to block the $1.15 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia. The arms sales include Abrams tanks and associated major defense equipment. “Selling $1.15…
Why is the World Silent Over Saudi Arabia’s War Crimes? By: Elias J. Atienza Saudi Arabia is perhaps one of the most totalitarian governments still in existence today. And yet the United States continues to sell arms to them, with the State Department recently approving a $1.15 billion arms sale. Where is the outrage over…
Coalition Seeks to Delay Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia By: Elias J. Atienza Representative Justin Amash (R-MI) is part of a bipartisan coalition that is seeking to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia. Recently this coalition sent a letter to President Obama on postponing the $1.15 billion arms sales recently approved by the State Department. The…