Empire and Interventionism vs. Republic and Noninterventionism by Jacob G. Hornberger October 17, 2019 The chaos arising from U.S. interventionism in Syria provides an excellent opportunity to explore the interventionist mind. Consider the terminology being employed by interventionists: President Trump’s actions in Syria have left a “power vacuum,” one that Russia and Iran are now filling. The United States will no longer have “influence” in the region. “Allies” will no longer be able to ...
Why Interventionists Won’t Help the Kurds by Jacob G. Hornberger October 16, 2019 An interesting aspect of the controversy over Syria is the reaction of interventionists to what they call President Trump’s betrayal of the Kurds. They’re saying that Trump should have kept those 50 U.S. troops serving as a tripwire between Turkish military forces and the Kurds. Removing the tripwire, they say, enabled Turkey to attack the Kurds. Why is that interesting?
Another Interventionist “Success” Story by Jacob G. Hornberger October 15, 2019 Not surprisingly, the interventionists are blaming their latest interventionist fiasco, this one in Syria, on President Trump. No, they say, the responsibility doesn’t fall on them and their morally bankrupt philosophy. The fault for their interventionist fiascos always lies with others. If only President Trump hadn’t betrayed the Kurds. If only ...
Misunderstanding Freedom of Speech by Jacob G. Hornberger October 14, 2019 Contrary to numerous commentaries by mainstream journalists and editorial boards, the controversy between the NBA and China does not involve freedom of speech. The controversy arose when Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey sent out a tweet stating “Fight for freedom. Stand with Hong Kong.”
The Socialism of Social Security by Jacob G. Hornberger October 11, 2019 It amuses me whenever I hear President Trump and his fellow Republicans excoriating Democrats Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and other leftists for being socialists. After all, let’s not forget that Trump and Republicans, along with their Democratic cohorts, are fierce advocates of America’s premier socialist program, Social Security.
Pull Them All Out of Syria, Now by Jacob G. Hornberger October 10, 2019 Democrats, Republicans, the mainstream press, and all the other Washington, D.C., interventionists are up in arms over President Trump’s decision to relocate a few U.S. soldiers within Syria. Based on their hysterical reaction, you would think that the United States was about to be invaded and conquered by some new or old official enemy, like communists, terrorists, ...
The CIA Versus Donald J. Trump by Jacob G. Hornberger October 9, 2019 It’s both pathetic and laughable that Democrats, the mainstream press, and Trump critics are referring to the CIA agent who turned in Trump for his telephone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky as a “whistleblower.” It’s pathetic because it denigrates real whistleblowers like Edward Snowden, John Kiriakou, Chelsea Manning, Thomas Drake, ...
Who Are the Real Friends of the Troops? by Jacob G. Hornberger October 8, 2019 Ever since the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, it has been an article of faith that Americans should thank the troops for their service in those two countries. Yet, with the exception of libertarians and few leftists, the fact is that during the two decades of death, injury, suffering, destruction, ...
The Inanity of U.S. Campaign-Finance Laws by Jacob G. Hornberger October 7, 2019 Both Democrats and Republicans, along with the mainstream press, treat U.S. campaign-finance laws as sacred and sacrosanct, even superseding the Constitution. They act as if such laws are now a permanent part of America’s governmental system and should never be questioned or challenged. Actually, U.S. campaign-finance laws ...
Campaign Finance Laws Are Stupid by Jacob G. Hornberger October 4, 2019 Let me see if I correctly understand one of the main impeachment arguments against President Trump: By calling on Ukrainian government officials to conduct an official investigation into Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, President Trump supposedly committed an offense under U.S. campaign finance laws. That’s because an official investigation by a foreign regime against a ...
Ask GE about American Freedom by Jacob G. Hornberger October 3, 2019 For anyone who thinks that the U.S. embargo on Cuba harms only the Cuban people, I would recommend talking to the executives at General Electric. They will tell you about the $2.7 million that the feds just took from them for violating the embargo, unintentionally. Like U.S. sanctions against other countries, ...
What If the President Is a Threat to National Security? by Jacob G. Hornberger October 2, 2019 Last January, the Washington Post carried an interesting article by a person named Asha Rangappa, who is a former FBI agent. The article explored what would happen if a U.S. president became a threat to national security. She wrote her article in the context of suspicions that President Trump might be acting as a covert ...
