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We Are All Palestinians
Some in congress are beginning to see the light
• November 5, 2019
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In spite of the fact that Israeli snipers continue to shoot scores of unarmed protesting Gazans every Friday with virtually no coverage from the media, there are some signs that the ability of Israel and its friends to control the narrative regarding the Jewish state’s appalling human rights violations is beginning to weaken. To be... Read More
The White House Plan to Strangle Iran
• November 2, 2019
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There is a certain irony in President Donald Trump’s frequently expressed desire to withdraw from the endless wars that have characterized the so-called “global war on terror” initiated by George W. Bush in 2001. The problem is that Trump has expressed such sentiments both when he was running for office and also as recently as... Read More
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Killing Julian Assange: Justice Denied When Exposing Official Wrongdoing
• October 31, 2019
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The hideous treatment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange continues and many observers are citing his case as being symptomatic of developing “police state” tendencies in both the United States and in Europe, where rule of law is being subordinated to political expediency. Julian Assange was the founder and editor-in-chief of the controversial news and information... Read More
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An Imperfect Bit of Statecraft
Trump cancels the pullout from Syria then flip-flops, threatens war with Turkey and gives money to terrorists
• October 29, 2019
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The long nightmare in Syria might finally be coming to an end, but not thanks to the United States and the administration of President Donald Trump.
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A Call for a Coup Plus a Week Like No Other for Tulsi Gabbard
Clinton, McRaven and Pelosi all are featured
• October 22, 2019
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There was what might be described as an extraordinary amount of nonsense being promoted by last week’s media. Unfortunately, some of it was quite dangerous. Admiral William McRaven, who commanded the Navy Seals when Osama bin Laden was captured and killed and who has been riding that horse ever since, announced that if Donald Trump... Read More
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Trump Wants to End the "Stupid Wars"?
Let's see what he actually does
• October 15, 2019
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The discussion, if one might even call it that, regarding the apparent President Donald Trump decision to withdraw at least some American soldiers from Syria has predictably developed along partisan, ideologically fueled lines. Trump has inevitably muddied the waters by engaging in his usual confusing explanations coupled with piles of invective heaped upon critics. The... Read More
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Are There Israelis in the U.S. Government?
Sigal Mandelker refuses to say but resigns anyway
• October 8, 2019
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Given Israel’s clearly demonstrated ability to manipulate and manage American government at all levels, there is inevitably considerable speculation about the presence of actual Israeli citizens in the federal and state bureaucracies. Very often, lists that appear on the internet focus on Jewish legislators, but in reality, few of them are likely to have Israeli... Read More
Trump Administration Provides New Evidence for a Saudi Connection to 9/11
• October 3, 2019
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The debate over what actually occurred on 9/11 and, more to the point, who might have been behind it, continues to preoccupy many observers worldwide. There is considerable legitimate concern that the commission that reviewed the incident engaged in a cover-up designed either to excuse a catastrophic failure on the part of the United States’... Read More
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How Israel Controls Its Narrative
Potential critics often self-censor
• October 1, 2019
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It is interesting to note how the Israel Lobby is able to manage and contain the commentary of groups in America that might normally be critical of Israeli policies vis-à-vis the United States.
Trump Frees Himself from Bolton – But Robert O’Brien Will be Just as Bad
• September 26, 2019
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After months of rumors, John Bolton was finally fired from the White House but the post mortem on why it took so long to remove him continues, with the punditry and media trying to understand exactly what happened and why. Perhaps the most complete explanation for what occurred came from
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Fighting Back Against the Israel Lobby
Ordinary Americans can organize and win
• September 24, 2019
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During many years of writing about or describing the terrible damage that the “special relationship” with Israel has done to the United States the question occasionally comes up “Given the enormous power of the Zionist lobby, what can we do to bring about change?” It is a simple question, though one that begs for multiple... Read More
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Israel Spies and Spies and Spies
This time the target was Donald Trump
• September 17, 2019
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Here we go again! Israel is caught red handed spying against the United States and everyone in Congress is silent, as are nearly all the mainstream media which failed to report the story. And the federal government itself, quick to persecute a Russian woman who tried to join the NRA, concedes that the White House... Read More
Trump the Russian Puppet. A Story That Just Will Not Die
• September 12, 2019
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Certainly, there are many things that President Donald Trump can rightly be criticized for, but it is interesting to note how the media and chattering classes continue to be in the grip of the highly emotional but ultimately irrational “Trump derangement syndrome (TDS).” TDS means that even the most ridiculous claims about Trump behavior can... Read More
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Trump Foreign Policy as Theater of the Absurd
A nightmare that one never wakes up from
• September 10, 2019
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One might be forgiven for thinking that the foreign policy of the United States is some kind of theatrical performance, like a comic opera, with new characters appearing on stage willy-nilly and then being driven off after committing an incredible faux pas only to be replaced by even more grotesquely clownish figures. Unfortunately, while the... Read More
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Israel's Many Wars
Escalating could be intended to involve the United States
• September 3, 2019
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Two years ago
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Does Israel Interfere in American Elections?
Ask Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib
• August 27, 2019
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Does anyone remember what the Mueller investigation was all about? It was to determine whether the team surrounding candidate and then president-elect Donald Trump had colluded with a foreign power, presumed to be Russia. It did not discover any such collaboration to get Trump elected president, but it did discover a foreign nation that had... Read More
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Lindsey Graham’s Blank Check. Why a Defense Agreement with Israel Would be a Disaster for Americans
• August 22, 2019
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Two world wars began because of unconditional pledges made by one country to come to assistance of another. On July 5, 1914, “defense treaty” with Israel since last April. In his most recent foray, Graham announced late in July that
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Impeachment Time
No more excuses for a train-wreck foreign policy
• August 20, 2019
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It is astonishing to observe some Americans twisting themselves into pretzels so they can continue to make excuses to explain the bizarre behavior of President Donald Trump on the world stage. The line most commonly heard is that he has “kept us out of new wars.” The reality is somewhat different. He has kept us... Read More
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Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
Israel's man in the House of Representatives
• August 13, 2019
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It is astonishing that in the wake of the two mass killings in Dayton and El Paso that have been attributed both by the media and the Democrats to “racism,” a senior U.S. Congressman has
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Jeffrey Epstein RIP
But Many More Questions Remain to be Answered
• August 10, 2019
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Feeding the Israel Lobby
Congress gives the Jewish state whatever it wants
• August 6, 2019
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If you have been wondering when the twenty Democratic aspirants for the presidency will begin a serious discussion of American foreign policy in the Middle East, where Washington has been bogged down in both current and impending wars, you are not alone. With the honorable exception of Tulsi Gabbard, no one seems keen to touch... Read More
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Israel Has "The Most Moral Army in the World"?
The creepy French “intellectual” Bernard-Henri Levy gets it wrong
• July 30, 2019
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Eight days ago eleven Palestinian buildings containing seventy family apartments located in the illegally Israeli occupied East Jerusalem village of Wadi al-Hummus were
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Israel's Agents of Influence
Trips to Israel, a “Nationalism Conference,” Epstein and more
• July 23, 2019
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Some journalists in the Jewish media are
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Teaching Holocaust
Don't know much about history
• July 16, 2019
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A friend of mine recently commented that if the current trend to reduce the study of history in schools to easily digestible politically correct soundbites that are being successfully pushed by social justice warriors continues, we will soon be limited to discussing how horrible slavery was, the Stonewall Inn riots and the so-called holocaust. Indeed,... Read More
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Did Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein Work for Mossad?
• July 11, 2019
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The extent of Israeli spying directed against the United States is a huge story that is
The Death of Privacy: Government Fearmongers to Read Your Mail
• July 11, 2019
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It is discouraging to note just how the United States has been taking on the attributes of a police state since 9/11. Stories of police raids on people’s homes gone wrong are frequently in the news. In one recent incident, a heavily armed SWAT team was sent
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Spying for Israel Is Consequence Free
Hollywood billionaire was a spy, an illegal arms merchant and a corrupter of politicians
• July 9, 2019
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A Secret Meeting to Plot War?
Who is representing the American people in this secret conclave with pro-Israel groups?
• July 6, 2019
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On June 5, 16 heads of Jewish organizations joined 25 Democratic senators in a private meeting, which, according to the emphatically linked her campaign to become the Democratic presidential nominee in 2020 to Jewish and Israeli interests, chaired the gathering. After the meeting,
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Who Won the Debate?
Tulsi Gabbard let the genie out of the bottle
• July 2, 2019
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Last Wednesday’s debate among half of the announced Democratic Party candidates to become their party’s nominee for president in 2020 was notable for its lack of drama. Many of those called on to speak had little to say apart from the usual liberal bromides about health care, jobs, education and how the United States is... Read More
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How to Start an Unnecessary War
Targeting Iran started before 2016
• June 25, 2019
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I confess to being mystified by those Americans who lean conservative, like myself, who continue to think that President Donald J. Trump is somehow doing a good job. To be sure, the economy continues to add mostly low paying jobs but claims that the new tax law benefits the middle class are a bit hard... Read More
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Recruiting American Spies for Israel
Tax-exempt American foundations lay the groundwork
• June 18, 2019
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Israel never loses an opportunity to promote what it perceives to be its interests. That any nation would do just that most of the time should surprise no one, but Israel is perhaps unique in terms of how assiduously it works at creating situations that favor it through the use of corruption of foreign governments... Read More
Pence Goes to War: America Will be Fighting Forever
• June 13, 2019
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On May 25th Vice President Mike Pence was the featured speaker at the United States Military Academy commencement. shocked or pleasantly surprised by Pence’s prediction that the graduating officers would soon be at war. He said “It is a virtual certainty that you will fight on a battlefield for America at some point in your... Read More
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Welcome David Schenker
Another Zionist in charge of American foreign policy
• June 11, 2019
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Those who think that the foreign policy of the United States should be the product of serious discussion embracing a variety of viewpoints to come to a conclusion that benefits the American people should perhaps take note of what has been going on in the President Donald Trump administration. The use of unrelenting pressure to... Read More
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Tulsi Gabbard Pushes No War Agenda – and the Media Is Out to Kill Her Chances
• June 6, 2019
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Voters looking ahead to 2020 are being bombarded with soundbites from the twenty plus Democratic would-be candidates. That Joe Biden is apparently leading the pack according to opinion polls should come as no surprise as he stands for nothing apart from being the Establishment favorite who will tirelessly work to support the status quo. The... Read More
EX17092 Portrait of Edmund Burke (oil on canvas) by Northcote, James (1746-1831); Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, Devon, UK; (add.info.: Edmund Burke (1729-97); Anglo-Irish politician, orator and political thinker; anti-French Revolution;); English, out of copyright
Edmund Burke Rides Again
But this time the horse is paid for by Israel
• June 4, 2019
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A new pro-Israel group that is pretending to be a standard bearer for conservative opinion in the United States was founded in January, a fortuitous bit of timing as it will not have to reveal its sources of income until next year. The
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Israel's Role In 9/11
FBI evidence supports prior knowledge or complicity
• May 28, 2019
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The tale of 9/11 will just not go away, largely because it is clear to anyone who reads the lengthy 9/11 Commission Report that many issues that should have been subject to inquiry were ignored for what would appear to be political reasons. The George W. Bush Administration quite obviously did not want to assume... Read More
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Israel's War Criminals In Their Own Words
Shooting unarmed Palestinian demonstrators "preserves Israeli values"
• May 21, 2019
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Israel’s public face, sustained and propagated by a wealthy and powerful diaspora that has significant control over the media, insists that the country is the Middle East’s only true democracy, that is operates under a rule of law for all its citizens and that its army is the “most moral in the world.” All of... Read More
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The Deal of the Century
Trump Team and Netanyahu conspire to sell out the Palestinians
• May 14, 2019
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In the aftermaths of both the First and Second World Wars national borders were readjusted to suit the victors and entirely new countries were created from the ruins of the empires that had collapsed as a result of the conflict. The process continued with the end of the Soviet Union but the new states were... Read More
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What's in a Cartoon?
Netanyahu guide dog leads a blind and ignorant Trump
• May 7, 2019
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Israel and its friends in Washington and New York never miss the opportunity to exploit the news cycle to tighten the screws a bit more, rendering any criticism of the Jewish state unacceptable or even illegal. Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon has been persistently
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Blame Palestinians for Gaza
Israel is the perpetual victim
• April 30, 2019
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If you have read a recent New York Times
Jared Kushner, Not Maria Butina, Is America’s Real Foreign Agent
• April 25, 2019
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[This column was written before Ms. Butina's Friday sentencing.] Maria Butina is in jail for doing nothing while Jared Kushner, who needed a godfathered security clearance due to his close Israeli ties, struts through the White House as senior advisor to the president. The Mueller Special Counsel inquiry is far from over even though a... Read More
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The Conspiracy Against Trump
The Deep State plot to undermine the president
• April 23, 2019
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The real “deplorable” in today’s United States is the continuation of a foreign policy based on endless aggression to maintain Washington’s military dominance in parts of the world where Americans have no conceivable interest. Many voters backed Donald J. Trump because he committed himself to changing all that, but, unfortunately, he has reneged on his... Read More
Rumors of War: Washington Is Looking for a Fight
• April 18, 2019
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It is depressing to observe how the United States of America has become the evil empire. Having served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War and in the Central Intelligence Agency for the second half of the Cold War, I had an insider’s viewpoint of how an essentially pragmatic national security policy was... Read More
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Trump Dances to Israel's Tune
More wag-the-dog means war for America
• April 16, 2019
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So newly reelected Israeli monster-in-chief Benjamin Netanyahu
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Yet Another Senator from Israel
Cory Booker shines at AIPAC
• April 9, 2019
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How do you take a typical progressive and turn him or her into a fascist? One possible way is to send the poor bastard off on an all expenses paid trip to Israel where a meticulously crafted and sophisticated brainwashing program will make one believe almost anything regarding the noble and God-chosen Israelis versus the... Read More
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Jewish Power Rolls Over Washington
AIPAC gathering is full of lies and liars
• April 2, 2019
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The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has just completed its annual summit in Washington. It claims that 18,000 supporters attended the event, which concluded with a day of lobbying Congress by the attendees. Numerous American politicians addressed the gathering and it is completely reasonable to observe that the meeting constituted the most powerful gathering... Read More
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An Iranian April Surprise?
How far will the White House go to re-elect Netanyahu?
• March 26, 2019
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The situation that is developing around both this year’s Israeli election and next year’s ballot in the United States smacks of something like a developing conspiracy to renew the mandates of both Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump somewhat reminiscent of the
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AIPAC Is Coming to Town - Again!
And the Israelis are having an election
• March 19, 2019
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The Trump Administration has delivered yet another concession to Israel’s embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the eve of parliamentary elections: the Israeli military occupation of much of the Palestinian West Bank and of the Golan Heights will no longer be referred to in official U.S. government documents as an occupation. America’s so-called Ambassador to... Read More
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No, Dual Loyalty Isn't Okay
Many in congress and the media won’t discuss loyalty to Israel
• March 12, 2019
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The Solons on Capitol Hill are terrified of the expression “dual loyalty.” They are afraid because dual loyalty means that one is not completely a loyal citizen of the country where one was born, raised and, presumably, prospered. It also suggests something more perverse, and that is dual citizenship, which in its present historic and... Read More
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Attacking Iran
Fake news about a terrorist connection could serve as a pretext for war
• February 26, 2019
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Observers of developments in the Middle East have long taken it as a given that the United States and Israel are seeking for an excuse to attack Iran. The recently terminated conference in Warsaw had that objective, which was clearly expressed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but it failed to rally European and Middle... Read More
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About Philip Giraldi

Phil Giraldi is a former CIA Case Officer and Army Intelligence Officer who spent twenty years overseas in Europe and the Middle East working terrorism cases. He holds a BA with honors from the University of Chicago and an MA and PhD in Modern History from the University of London. In addition to TAC, where he has been a contributing editor for nine years, he writes regularly for Antiwar.com. He is currently Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest and resides with his wife of 32 years in Virginia horse country close to his daughters and grandchildren.


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America's Jews Are Driving America's Wars
Shouldn't they recuse themselves when dealing with the Middle East?
• 1,325 Comments • Reply
Americans Should be Ashamed
A Modern Guernica Enabled by Washington
• 110 Comments • Reply
How the Israel Lobby Works
Pressuring Candidates Even Before They Are Nominated
• 58 Comments • Reply
Israel Is No Ally
But is it even a friend?
• 107 Comments • Reply
Who’s Afraid of Sibel Edmonds?
The gagged whistleblower goes on the record.
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Counter Intelligence
Today’s CIA serves contractors and bureaucrats—not the nation.
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