Since the air war against the so-called Islamic State kicked off in August 2014, the United States has spent just under $11 billion financing it. According to the most recent Pentagon figures, Statista’a Niall McCarthy reports that the bill for the campaign hit $10.99 billion as of December 31, 2016. On a daily basis, the cost of operations Read More…
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Nine Young Children Killed: The Full Details Of The Botched US Raid In Yemen
Planned for months, it was decided over dinner. The raid on a village in rural Yemen reportedly aimed to capture or kill one of the world’s most dangerous terrorists and deliver a stinging blow to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a militant network the US had been trying to dismantle for more than Read More…
Yemen Denies ‘Fake News’ That It Withdrew Permission For US Ground Operations
Fake news? Yesterday evening, The New York Times reported that: Angry at the civilian casualties incurred last month in the first commando raid authorized by President Trump, Yemen has withdrawn permission for the United States to run Special Operations ground missions against suspected terrorist groups in the country, according to American officials. Grisly photographs of children apparently killed Read More…
9/11 Mastermind’s Letter to Obama: Here’s Why We Attacked America
When Barack Obama was still in office, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, one of the perpetrators of the 9/11 terror attacks, penned a letter to him. Though a judge recently ruled that letter could be sent to the White House before the outgoing president left office, the contents were to be withheld from the public until a Read More…
Trump Deception or Trump Deceived? – Iran And The Path To Persia
Any who truly have the well-being of the American people in mind should be openly hoping that Donald Trump actually embodies all the characteristics needed for the success of the country. This hope, regardless of one’s personal feelings for the man, is for the success of the nation, not a single person, despite the manipulation of the Read More…
Roy Beck: “Immigration Can Never Be An Effective Way To Deal With The Suffering People Of The World”
The most oft cited reason by opponents of President Trump’s immigration policies for why America should open its borders to the millions of impoverished and persecuted individuals around the world often center around humanitarian reasons. As a rich country with plenty of land mass, we should be able to take in anyone and everyone who may Read More…






