Ron Paul’s 2001 Alternative: What Could Have Been
All that reviewed, what many do not know or remember was that, 25 years ago—in the fall and winter 2001—Ron Paul proposed an alternative response to 9/11 that deserves serious recognition.
All that reviewed, what many do not know or remember was that, 25 years ago—in the fall and winter 2001—Ron Paul proposed an alternative response to 9/11 that deserves serious recognition.
The answer is NOTHING in national security, and a great deal in lost lives, national debt, diminished liberty and shattered constitutional government.
But perhaps the most frightening monster of all is the government that has become so accustomed to wielding extraordinary power that it cannot imagine a future in which that power is diminished.
It did not work. And now Netanyahu is touting that Israel has “fresh evidence” that Iran is moving towards producing a weapon component to its nuclear programme.
Trump, meanwhile, has publicly ruled out another US attack until after November 3. But, according to several recent reports, the two governments are genuinely preparing for another major round of strikes once the American election is over.
In fact, he has consistently argued that a US invasion of Cuba would entail significant costs and have far-reaching implications for the security of Cuba, the United States, and the wider region.
From this perspective, the fundamental issue is not simply whether a state exists, but rather the extent to which political power is concentrated and possesses the capacity to exercise a comprehensive monopoly of coercion.
Instead, Prime Minister Mark Carney has taken this trade dispute and used it for his political future, his political career. He basically was given somewhat of a vote of confidence in Quebec and Alberta.
The latest attack brings the reported death toll from US military strikes on suspected drug boats to at least 240 people across more than 70 operations since September 2025
The Justice Department says the declines, from the last year of the Biden administration to the first year of the second Trump administration, are the largest single-year declines in the history of the survey that began in 1973.
A closer examination of the facts reveals that the blame for racial violence cannot be assigned superficially along political party lines.
It shouldn’t matter whether the president is a Republican or Democrat, whether the policy is popular or unpopular, or whether the people being targeted are citizens or immigrants, conservatives or liberals, political allies or sworn enemies.
Here in the U.S., the semi-elderly naïfs who populate the “No Kings” and other movements are being used by hardcore socialists and communists to give their “movement” a patina of middle-class respectability.
And then we’re forgetting what Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, said a few years ago when she opened the borders, not just of Germany but of Europe, because people came through Germany into Europe.
The findings broadly support earlier FBI data showing widespread crime declines in 2025, including a 20-year low in the nation's murder rate.
One must consider the monstrous joined-at-the-hip relationship between Washington and Tel Aviv, which is likely soon to become a true military and policy partnership by act of Congress.