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Syria Withdrawal Enrages the Chickenhawks
A Christmas present for the American and Syrian people
• December 25, 2018
• 2,100 Words • 515 Comments • Reply
President Donald Trump’s order to withdraw from Syria has been greeted, predictably, with an avalanche of condemnation culminating in last Thursday’s resignation by Defense Secretary James Mattis. The Mattis resignation letter focused on the betrayal of allies, though it was inevitably light on details, suggesting that the Marine Corps General was having some difficulty in... Read More
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One Click Closer to Annihilation
Last week Washington threatened Iran, Syria, China, Venezuela and Russia
• October 2, 2018
• 1,700 Words • 440 Comments • Reply
The nuclear war doomsday clock maintained on the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists website has advanced to two minutes before midnight, the closest point to possible atomic apocalypse since the end of the Cold War. In 1995 the clock was at fourteen minutes to midnight, but the opportunity to set it back even further was lost... Read More
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Boy, Is This Stupid or What?
Did the US allow ISIS to escape to keep the fighting going?
• November 21, 2017
• 1,600 Words • 160 Comments • Reply
Americans have been living in a country that has not known peace since 9/11, when President George W. Bush and his posse of neoconservatives delivered the message to the world that “you are either with us or against us.” The threat was coupled with flurry of hastily conceived legislation that opened the door to the... Read More
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Fake News Versus No News
How Russia is pilloried while real news about Israel goes unreported
• December 6, 2016
• 2,100 Words • 310 Comments • Reply
The drama surrounding allegations that the internet is awash with “fake news” is being promoted by the so-called mainstream media which certainly has a lot to answer for when it comes to producing material that does not pass the smell test. Does the name Judith Miller ring any bells? And the squeaks of rage coming... Read More
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Iranophobes on Parade
Will Iran be the target of the Trump regime?
• November 29, 2016
• 1,500 Words • 459 Comments • Reply
One of the most discouraging aspects of the filling out of the Donald Trump cabinet is the array of Iran haters that seem to be lining up in the foreign policy and national security areas. Trump has been personally advocating sensible policies relating to Russia and Syria but he appears to have gone off the... Read More
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Philip Giraldi
About Philip Giraldi

Phil Giraldi is a former CIA Case Officer and Army Intelligence Officer who spent twenty years overseas in Europe and the Middle East working terrorism cases. He holds a BA with honors from the University of Chicago and an MA and PhD in Modern History from the University of London. In addition to TAC, where he has been a contributing editor for nine years, he writes regularly for Antiwar.com. He is currently Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest and resides with his wife of 32 years in Virginia horse country close to his daughters and grandchildren.


Personal Classics
America's Jews Are Driving America's Wars
Shouldn't they recuse themselves when dealing with the Middle East?
• 1,330 Comments • Reply
Americans Should be Ashamed
A Modern Guernica Enabled by Washington
• 107 Comments • Reply
How the Israel Lobby Works
Pressuring Candidates Even Before They Are Nominated
• 49 Comments • Reply
Israel Is No Ally
But is it even a friend?
• 97 Comments • Reply
Who’s Afraid of Sibel Edmonds?
The gagged whistleblower goes on the record.
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Counter Intelligence
Today’s CIA serves contractors and bureaucrats—not the nation.
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