Then-Secretary of State Colin Powell is given credit for popularizing the “Pottery Barn” rule of foreign policy. Though he denies using that exact phrase, in arguing against what became the disastrous 2003 US attack on Iraq Powell made the point that, as in Pottery Barn, “if you break it, you own it.” Bush and his neocons—ironically with the help
In Washington the global US military empire is a bipartisan affair. With a trillion dollar yearly military budget, there are plenty of opportunities for both the position and the opposition parties to thrust snouts deeply into the trough. While Ron Paul was in Congress and GW Bush was president, we did a good deal to craft a bipartisan antiwar
Daniel McAdams of the Ron Paul Institute joins Jeff and Bob to discuss the economic and political ramifications of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline sabotage. Read “The Economics of War” from Human Action : Mises.org/HAP363-1 Read a study Bob co-authored on Europe’s energy crisis:
Al entonces Secretario de Estado Colin Powell se le atribuye el mérito de haber popularizado la regla del «Pottery Barn» en política exterior. Aunque niega haber utilizado esa frase exacta, al argumentar en contra de lo que se convirtió en el desastroso ataque de EEUU a Irak en 2003, Powell señaló que, como en Pottery Barn, «si lo rompes, eres el
En Washington, el imperio militar global de EEUU es un asunto bipartidista. Con un presupuesto militar anual de un billón de dólares, hay muchas oportunidades para que tanto los partidos de la posición como los de la oposición metan el hocico profundamente en el abrevadero. Mientras Ron Paul estaba en el Congreso y GW Bush era presidente, hicimos
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