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Scarier Than John Bolton?

Think of Nikki Haley for President!

Philip Giraldi • April 24, 2018

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The musical chairs playing out among the senior officials that make up the President Donald Trump White House team would be amusing to watch but for the genuine damage that it is doing to the United States. The lack of any coherence in policy means that the State Department now has diplomats that do not... Read More

America's Jews Are Driving America's Wars

Shouldn't they recuse themselves when dealing with the Middle East?

Philip Giraldi • September 19, 2017

• 1,600 Words • 1,324 Comments • Reply

I spoke recently at a conference on America’s war party where afterwards an elderly gentleman came up to me and asked, “Why doesn’t anyone ever speak honestly about the six-hundred-pound gorilla in the room? Nobody has mentioned Israel in this conference and we all know it’s American Jews with all their money and power who... Read More

Hating on Trump

It could be about Israel

Philip Giraldi • March 8, 2016

• 1,700 Words • 249 Comments • Reply

Now we all know that many of those who are hating on Donald Trump are doing so because he is threatening the cozy-crony-politico-predatory-capitalist system that has made so many of them fat and rich. He is intending to break their rice bowls as the Chinese would put it or, in a more American vernacular, the... Read More

AIPAC Discovers 47 Useful Idiots

Money talks and even writes letters

Philip Giraldi • March 17, 2015

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March 2015 is a month that should live in infamy. The month started out with the revolting spectacle of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressing a joint session of Congress for the third time, having been invited by the Speaker of the House without the courtesy of seeking any input from the White House or... Read More

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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.

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America's Jews Are Driving America's Wars

Shouldn't they recuse themselves when dealing with the Middle East?

Philip Giraldi

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Americans Should be Ashamed

A Modern Guernica Enabled by Washington

Philip Giraldi

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How the Israel Lobby Works

Pressuring Candidates Even Before They Are Nominated

Philip Giraldi