Congress has not declared war on Iran; nor has it authorized the use of U.S. military forces against it, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. Yet the White House says it is sending around 100 troops to Israel.
War & the Constitution
Category: Russia
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘BRICS Rising’
CN Live! previews the BRICS summit starting Tuesday in Kazan, Russia as Ukraine falters, the Mideast blows up and BRICS advances its alternate economic system. With Pepe Escobar, Scott Ritter and Mark Sleboda.
Capitalism’s In-House Critic: Hedges’ Monbiot Interview
Capitalism would need to invent a Guardian, if it did not already exist, writes Jonathan Cook. And in turn, The Guardian would need to invent a George Monbiot if he was not already one of its columnists.
Between Russia & Iran All’s Well That Ends Well
M.K. Bhadrakumar mulls over Putin’s hastily arranged meeting with Pezeshkian in Turkmenistan last week, shortly before they are due to reconvene on the sidelines of the upcoming BRICS summit.
The Mission to Overcome Miseducation
Too many Americans, through neither malice nor ideology, but through education and upbringing, believe national myths that spread death and destruction, not democracy.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Assange Appears as Mideast Burns’
Craig Murray and Richard Medhurst join CN Live! to discuss Julian Assange’s appearance in Strasbourg and to lend their expert analysis to the blow up in the Middle East.
A Withering Tree of Peace
In Moscow, a birch tree that’s meant to symbolize U.S.-Russian friendship has several times failed to thrive, as Edward Lozansky recounts. But citizen diplomats keep trying.
VIPS MEMO: Advice to US Vice Presidential Candidates
As the two major candidates for the U.S. vice presidency prepare to debate Tuesday night in Manhattan, veteran U.S. intelligence officials have some firm advice for them on Ukraine.
WATCH: Anti-Nuke War Rally
Roger Waters, Scott Ritter, Andrew Napolitano, Randy Credico, Joe Lauria and Gerald Celente spoke live from Kingston, New York on Saturday. Watch the full replay.
Scott Ritter: Life, Preempted
Policymakers in both the U.S. and Europe are undertaking increasingly brazen acts of escalation in Ukraine designed to bring Russia to the breaking point.