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		<title>Kelley Vlahos and Jim Webb: Military Academies Get an &#8216;F&#8217; Everytime. Why Are We Paying for Them?</title>
		<link>https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2026/08/13/kelley-vlahos-and-jim-webb-military-academies-get-an-f-everytime-why-are-we-paying-for-them/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kelley Beaucar Vlahos]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Good morning! Trip the Beltway Fantastic is going on a hiatus of sorts to make way for some more original reporting on my part. I will be posting new stories, and interviews here as breaking news and opportunities for interesting conversations arise. In this vein, I wrote a new article at The American Conservative on [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ron Paul asks Did Israel Pass False Intel on Trump Plane Danger?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: The Washington Post is reporting that the CIA had dismissed as not credible an Israeli warning of a plot to harm the president this summer in Turkey. Was the Israeli &#8220;gift&#8221; of intelligence just a self-serving plot? Also today: US Sailors are attempting suicide after lengthy deployments in the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Courage for Peace, Not for War</title>
		<link>https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2026/08/13/courage-for-peace-not-for-war/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In September of 2025, during a Saturday vigil in Stockholm’s Odenplan Square, Isak Hernández, age nine, asked if he could recite a poem he wrote. Deeply troubled by images he saw, day and night, from Gaza, he resolved not to be silent. “Their lives are not numbers,” Isak declared. “Their dreams are not ashes.” His [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>John Mearsheimer: Iran Has Trump Over a Barrel</title>
		<link>https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2026/08/12/john-mearsheimer-iran-has-trump-over-a-barrel/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Mearsheimer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From John Mearsheimer’s new YouTube channel: The aim of this video is to compare the terms of the new deal to end the Iran war, which key Iranian spokesmen have just described, with those of the June 17, 2026, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Tehran and Washington. I will explain why President Trump should have [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ron Paul on Trump saying &#8216;We Control the Strait of Hormuz!&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2026/08/12/ron-paul-on-trump-saying-we-control-the-strait-of-hormuz/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: In a Wednesday social media post, President Trump has declared that the US controls the Strait of Hormuz and that the US would likely &#8220;keep it.&#8221; He repeated his previous claims that Iran has &#8220;no navy&#8221; and &#8220;no air force.&#8221; Is this just another in a series of delusions [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Canadian Military Celebrates Occupation of Haiti</title>
		<link>https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2026/08/11/canadian-military-celebrates-occupation-of-haiti/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yves Engler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 23:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Reprinted from Yves Engler’s website. Sunday was National Peacekeepers’ Day and the Canadian Forces had the temerity to celebrate the UN occupation of Haiti. Through UN missions Ottawa has contributed to major US imperial crimes. On its Facebook page the military noted, “On this day, we honour the courage, dedication, and commitment of all Canadians [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ron Paul on Trump to Iran: &#8216;Compensation? You Owe Us Compensation!&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2026/08/11/isron-paul-on-trump-to-iran-compensation-you-owe-us-compensation/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: President Trump has answered Iran&#8217;s call for US compensation over its unprovoked attacks on the country with a demand from Iran for compensation to the US and to its own citizens. Using widely inflated figures for protesters killed in Iran and inaccurate claims of Iran&#8217;s involvement in past terrorist [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Is America Headed for a Special Skills Draft?</title>
		<link>https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2026/08/11/is-america-headed-for-a-special-skills-draft/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Hasbrouck]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A YouTuber with a million followers, Ryan McBeth, devotes his latest video and Substack column today to a denunciation of an article I wrote last month for Responsible Statecraft, “Why is the Selective Service war gaming a ‘special skills’ draft?” Mr. McBeth also attacks the Quincy Institute (the nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that publishes Responsible [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>John Mearsheimer: Iran Tightens the Screws</title>
		<link>https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2026/08/10/john-mearsheimer-iran-tightens-the-screws/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Mearsheimer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Reprinted from John&#8217;s Substack:  On 9 August 2026, I was on “Switzerland” with Vali Nasr, one of the world’s leading experts on Iran, and the host Tom Switzer. We had an excellent discussion about Iran’s latest demands, which came out on 8 August 2026, to settle its war with the US. The terms are much [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ron Paul asks Will Hegseth Get His $1.5&#160;Trillion for &#8216;Defense&#8217;?</title>
		<link>https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2026/08/10/ron-paul-asks-will-hegseth-get-his-1-5-trillion-for-defense/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: The largest military spending increase in modern times is before the US Senate, with some Republicans balking at the huge price tag at a time when more Americans are feeling the crush of inflation. The midterm elections are just a few weeks away and the Pentagon has just lost [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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