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Is it more market manipulation, or is President Trump really looking for a way out of the Iran war he launched last month? Either way, he may soon find that it's a lot easier to get into a war than to get out of a war. Also, Hegseth still breathing fire from the podium, giving out mixed messages from the Administration.  Get your tickets to the RPI Spring Conference on Apr. 25th!! - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/war-is-back-on-the-menu-tickets-1984733588591?aff=oddtdtcreator
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By Ron Paul
As we begin a new week, the media is filled with reports that President Trump is ready to approve a US ground operation against Iran, either to seize Iran’s uranium or to attack an island off the country’s coast. Thousands of US troops have sped to the conflict area to await President Trump’s decision. The President is on the verge of making a serious mistake to add to a series of deadly mistakes that have characterized this terrible war of choice against Iran. A US ground operation against Iran would only achieve the death of thousands of US servicemembers. Of course, if our Congress was doing its job, this debacle would never have started. Clear signals would have been sent to the President by Congressional leadership that in the absence of an imminent attack on the US, the US President must go to Congress to make the case for taking the country to war. Instead, what we got was a shrug of the shoulders from Capitol Hill that has already cost billions of dollars and too many lives. As we stand on the verge of a major ground operation, the main stated goals of the war are that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon and that the Strait of Hormuz is open for shipping. But both of these things were already true before the war started! Now we are expanding the war to try and reverse the negative consequences of starting the war in the first place! What was supposed to be a quick “shock and awe” to frighten Iran into capitulation has expanded rapidly and is costing the US dearly. As the New York Times has reported, every US military base in the region has been either destroyed or is severely damaged. Billions of dollars in US military equipment has been destroyed in Iran’s response to the US attack. Just over the weekend, a half-billion dollar US radar aircraft was destroyed at a US base in Saudi Arabia, along with several air tankers. Iran warned that if the US launched another surprise attack this is how they would respond. The arrogant US Administration was sure they were bluffing. The American people may not be getting the full picture of this disaster because they are being lied to – again – by the pro-war mainstream media. The war is going wonderfully, they report. We are obliterating Iran, they say. But what is really being obliterated is a complex global supply chain not just in oil and gas, but in the multitude of products related to oil and gas. Products such as the fertilizer needed to feed the world. Already we are seeing gas riots in some Asian countries. Fuel rationing and stay-at-home orders have been issued. Australia is set to completely run out of diesel, gasoline, and jet fuel in just weeks. That means no food gets delivered. Power generation plants are shut down. Life becomes unlivable for many. This is like the foolish move to shut down the global economy during COVID. In fact it is worse. This disaster will not end when the bombs stop falling. It will only be getting started. A worldwide depression may be upon us all because of a war of choice that was illegally launched. When you are in a hole, it’s best to stop digging. Expanding this war to include a ground operation would be a massive digging operation. It needs to stop. Now.
For decades, Ron Paul has called for closing all foreign U.S. bases and bringing all of our troops home. "We just marched in. We should just march out." But alas, this "American First" policy recommendation was ignored. Perpetual war was too engrained in the government and their special interest benefactors. Now, what should have been done voluntarily, is being done by force.
The New York Times is reporting that 13 U.S. bases are uninhabitable in the Middle East as a result of Iran's response to President Trump's initiation of war. The recommendation remains unchanged -- close all the bases, and bring all American troops home! 
With thousands of US military personnel converging around Iran in the next few days, and Trump's five day "ultimatum" running out for Iran, will the US attack on Iran become a ground war?
Anyone who has watched Congress for any time at all knows the Kabuki theater that is now taking place over the Administration's demand for an additional $200 billion - over the one trillion dollars already spent on the military - for Trump's war of choice on Iran. Will they fund it? Should we be at the edge of our seats? Hardly. Of course they will spend the money. It's not theirs, after all. It's ours.  Get your tickets to the RPI Spring Conference on Apr. 25th!! - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/war-is-back-on-the-menu-tickets-1984733588591?aff=oddtdtcreator
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President Trump's pronouncements over the past few days have been increasingly contradictory and confusing, from stating that the US doesn't need the Strait of Hormuz to threatening Iran with a full infrastructure attack if it is not opened. With the war going badly - and Iran far from running out of weapons - is Trump starting to crack under the pressure?
By Ron Paul
“War is the health of the state.” That phrase, coined by Randolph Bourne, explains why opposition to war is a priority of many libertarians. War allows governments to increase spending, taxes, and regulations in order to feed the war machine. Wars can justify measures that remain in place long after the wars end. An example of this is income tax withholding that was created to fund World War Two. The use of war as a justification for increased interference in the market is reason enough for libertarians to oppose war. However, war also enables the government to violate liberty. During the Civil War, President Lincoln suspended habeas corpus, shut down newspapers, and instituted a military draft. The draft was also used in World Wars One and Two, as well as Korea and Vietnam. During World War One, Congress passed the Sedition Act, outlawing criticism of the government. Widespread violations of liberty are a hallmark of the ongoing “war on terror.” An infamous example of war being used to justify violations of liberty is the internment of Japanese Americans during World War Two. Given this history, it is not surprising that the Iran War may lead to crackdowns on free speech. Following criticisms of the media’s coverage of the Iran War by President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr made a post on Twitter telling broadcast networks that the FCC has the power to revoke their broadcast licenses if they do not fulfill their responsibility to act in the “public interest.” This was clearly a threat to revoke the license of any broadcast network whose coverage of the war displeases the Trump administration. Threatening to use the FCC’s power to shut down broadcast networks that the president dislikes is a blatant violation of the First Amendment by Chairman Carr. Chairman Carr may think that he can get a court to approve revoking a broadcaster’s license for its war coverage by claiming it is endangering national security. This would hardly be the first time the government used national security as an excuse to censor its critics. Since the US is waging the Iran War in collaboration with Israel and the Trump Administration supports defining criticism of Israel as antisemitism, it is not out of the realm of possibility that opposition to the war will be labeled as antisemitic hate speech and be banned. Thousands of American troops are being deployed to the Middle East. With no end to the war in sight and the US military taking on the task of ensuring oil tankers have safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, the US military may soon need a major increase in troops. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has refused to rule out the possibility that President Trump may reinstate the draft. The Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) makes implementing the draft easer then ever by automatically registering every 18-year-old man with the Selective Service. The draft assumes rights are gifts from government that can be revoked at the whim of government officials. Violations of liberty come along with wars. Therefore, opposition to wars unrelated to the legitimate security needs of be country must be a priority for all who value liberty.
Just because we don't get invoices in the mail, doesn't mean we don't pay dearly for the empire's senseless wars. Most of us Americans have been hammered our entire lives to pay for them. It was hoped that the long-train of disasters was coming to an end with the second Trump Administration. But alas, it has not. And the crushing bills are continuing to come in.
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