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Gary North
Written by Gary North on June 4, 2013
You may remember the promise of the neocons in 2003: America’s war with Iraq would be paid for by Iraqi oil. Besides, the war would cost only $50 billion — $60 billion, tops. The war cost $2.2 trillion — $3 trillion, tops — and the oil is being gobbled up by China. Oh, well, they […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on April 30, 2013
Robert Nisbet was a sociologist. Beginning in 1953, he established his intellectual leadership in the American conservative movement. Yet he was opposed to modern warfare, with its messianic claims and gigantic budgets. While conservative Republicans usually favor Pentagon spending, this is because they do not understand how military spending expands the state and reduces our […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on April 19, 2013
Gary North’s Reality Check Recently, I wrote an article in which I argued that there are three political foundations of modern warfare: high graduated tax rates, a central bank, and the abolition of the gold coin standard. I called it “The Triumvirate of Modern Warfare.” From the day that Ron Paul was sworn in as […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on April 15, 2013
Three factors have made possible the modern world’s wars: graduated taxation, the central bank, and the abolition of the gold coin standard. The relationship between central banking and war has been known for at least 400 years. The ability of the Dutch Republic to wage what was in effect a revolutionary war against the Spanish […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on April 2, 2013
The Pentagon got caught by the Defense Department’s Inspector General’s office. Again. This time it was for a military vehicle called the Stryker. It has $900 million in spare parts in just one warehouse. It keeps thousands of these vehicles in warehouses around the nation. It has so many Strykers that it lost track of […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on April 1, 2013
On April 1, 1942, California announced the order for the arrest and deportation of Japanese citizens in California. They were sent into internment camps — read: concentration camps in Idaho. Here are photos and an accompanying account. Here are other photos. We all know this story. President Roosevelt signed an executive order on February 19, […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on April 1, 2013
Ron Paul voted against the Iraq “not quite a declaration of war, but almost” resolution in 2003. Do you recall how many Republican Congressmen voted “no”? Take a guess. Six. If the media went to the Congressmen and Senators who voted for this resolution, and asked them to explain why they did so, what would […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on March 19, 2013
Sunni Muslims sure do know how to pick their anniversaries and their victims. Thus, we are reminded once again of the outcome of Bush’s war in Iraq — a war not officially declared by the U.S. Congress, in opposition to the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 8). But Congress then funded it. What did […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on March 15, 2013
Obama will be visiting with the head of the state of Israel next week. He will not visit long. He will be touring the region. He raised the issue of Iran yesterday. He said that Iran is a year away from having a nuclear weapon. He did not say what the evidence is for this. […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on March 11, 2013
This is called biting the hand that feeds you. Mr. Karzai sees the handwriting on the wall. Obama has said he will withdraw the troops. This means the Taliban will once again run Afghanistan. Mr. Karzai will not. That is because Mr. Karzai will be gone, one way or another: either by plane or by […]
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