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Fallujah Is Not a Presidential Victory Lap

Fallujah Is Not a Presidential Victory Lap by James Bovard, August 30, 2023 In the first 2024 Republican presidential debate last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis touted his time in Iraq. “I learned in the military, I was assigned with U.S. Navy SEALs in Iraq, that you focus on the mission above all else, you […]

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Remember the Atrocities of the Korean War, Not the Propaganda

Here’s a quick recap of our Junior Fellow @JimBovard’s recent article. You can read the full article here: https://t.co/92Bh7KIWOK 📹: @QuinnDriggs1 pic.twitter.com/XodAXKZ69p — The Libertarian Institute (@LibertarianInst) July 31, 2023   Libertarian Institute, July 27, 2023 Remember the Atrocities of the Korean War, Not the Propaganda by James Bovard Today is the 70th anniversary of […]

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Was the Iraq War the Biggest Con of the 21st Century?

Was the Iraq War the Biggest Con of the 21st Century? by Jim Bovard | Mar 23, 2023 The Iraq War was spawned by a deadly combination of political depravity and media complicity. Unfortunately, on the twentieth anniversary of the war, both elements of that conspiracy are being whitewashed.  Instead, politicians and their pundit accomplices […]

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Gerald Ford and the Perversion of Presidential Pardons

American Conservative, December 29, 2020 Gerald Ford and the Perversion of Presidential Pardons by James Bovard In pardoning Nixon, the 38th president opened the floodgates to boundless executive power. In his final weeks in office, President Donald Trump is outraging the media and many critics with deluges of dubious pardons. Last Tuesday was “No Corrupt […]

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Korean War Forgotten Lessons with Great Photos from Consortium News

Consortium News kindly reposted my Korean War piece with awesome art work.  Wow! I had not seen almost any of these photos. The Korean War’s Forgotten Lessons on the Evil of Intervention November 20, 2020 Save The secrecy and deceit surrounding U.S. war crimes has had catastrophic consequences in this century, writes James Bovard. With her […]

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Korean War’s Forgotten Lessons on the Evil of Intervention

 The Korean War’s Forgotten Lessons on the Evil of Intervention by James Bovard November 16, 2020 This year is the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, a conflict from which Washington policymakers learned nothing. Almost 40,000 American soldiers died in that conflict that should have permanently vaccinated the nation against the folly […]

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Kosovo Indictment Proves Bill Clinton’s Serbian War Atrocities

Libertarian Institute, June 26, 2020 Kosovo Indictment Proves Bill Clinton’s Serbian War Atrocities by James Bovard President Bill Clinton’s favorite freedom fighter just got indicted for mass murder, torture, kidnapping, and other crimes against humanity. In 1999, the Clinton administration launched a 78-day bombing campaign that killed up to 1500 civilians in Serbia and Kosovo […]

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