For the latest on the smear campaign against Ron Paul, our Kurdish problem, and the evils of Kammunism, follow the links.

Kenneth Pollack and Michael O'Hanlon, two top Democratic party foreign policy mavens, were instrumental in bringing around the Democrats in the run-up to the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Now they're back, with more advice: we're winning and the "surge" needs to...

Here's why Giuliani and Romney can't face YouTube questions: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEsdtg9ZZUM[/youtube] Only Ron Paul could answer that one. via 

The Politics of Armageddon

A 25% increase in aid to Israel -- is anybody but Ron Paul and the pro-American government of Lebanon against it?

This originally ran on this blog right after Randy Barnett's article in the WSJ came out. It was pulled to make sure the letter would be published in the paper. Now that a severely edited version has been, here is the original: Randy Barnett argues ("Libertarians and...

For the first time ever, Iraq won the Asian Cup football (soccer) title, beating Saudi Arabia in a match held in Jakarta, Indonesia. Violence has been down the last couple of days as Sunnis, Shi'ites, and Kurds came together in a unity that trumps politics. Iraqis are...

The great investigative reporter, Jim Lobe, has written a follow-up to his piece on Michael Gerson and the coming war against Syria/Iran which we ran on Tuesday.

Hillary Clinton: Blood-Thirsty Warmonger

Ladies and gentlemen, the Israel Lobby. Rapture Ready: The Unauthorized Christians United for Israel Tour from huffpost and Vimeo. Via David Weigel.