R3publicans: Where Is The World Headed? — Paul Craig Roberts
The collapse of the West into diversity and multiculturalism definitely means that Western leadership has been lost to the weakness of disunity.
Foreign Policy
R3publicans: Mike Pompeo Has No Excuse
The secretary of state has accomplished almost nothing. At least Rex Tillerson could blame the president.
By Daniel R. DePetris • April 2, 2019
When Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the rounds on Capitol Hill last week to explain the Trump administration’s latest State Department budget request, he got a beating from both sides of the aisle. The request, a 21 percent reduction in funding from the previous fiscal year, was dead on arrival for members of the House Foreign Affairs and Appropriations committees. The same man who promised to bring “swagger” back to U.S. diplomacy was now trying to justify a $13 billion reduction to the department’s accounts. Members of Congress simply couldn’t square the circle.
read more at https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/mike-pompeo-has-no-excuse/
R3publicans: Trump Tells the Truth: Sanctions Cause People to Suffer
Trump Tells the Truth: Sanctions Cause People to SufferWritten by Ron Paul
Monday April 1, 2019
This week President Trump admitted what the Washington policy establishment of both parties would rather be kept quiet. Asked why he intervened to block a new round of sanctions on North Korea, he told the media that he believes the people of North Korea have suffered enough. “They are suffering greatly in North Korea…And I just didn’t think additional sanctions at this time were necessary,” he said.
Facebook took down my post
Here is my Facebook post regarding the New Zealand shooter’s manifesto that got taken down for violating Facebook’s Community Standards:I’ve read at least a dozen articles that reference the New Zealand shooter’s manifesto. They all follow the sa…
R3publicans: How to Blow $700 Billion
It’s easier than you think
By Matt Taibbi
Aerial view of the Pentagon building photographed on Sept. 24, 2017.
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call
According to a study led by Michigan State University professor Mark Skidmore, some $21 trillion in Pentagon accounting transactions, made over a 17-year period, lack supporting data. This doesn’t mean the money is gone — the Pentagon only received roughly $9.2 trillion in budget money during that time — but it does mean the system is so choked with bad numbers, we have little idea of what mischief might be taking place at the Department of Defense.
read more at https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/how-to-blow-700-billion-809465/
R3publicans: Is the American Moment in History Over for Good?
Can a nation that is so divided at home really rule the world for long?
Pat Buchanan
“Politics stops at the water’s edge” was a tradition that, not so long ago, was observed by both parties, particularly when a president was abroad, speaking for the nation…
R3publicans: The Empire — Now or Never
The Empire: Now or Never
Fred Reed •
Many people I talk to seem to think American foreign policy has something to do with democracy, human rights, national security, or maybe terrorism or freedom, or niceness, or something. It is a curious belief, Washington being interested in all of them. Other people are simply puzzled, seeing no pattern in America’s international behavior. Really, the explanation is simple.
read more at http://www.unz.com/freed/the-empire-now-or-never/