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Anything short of a declaration of war is treason, according to some in this country. I see the neocons are mostly never Trumpers now, without an organ in the government to draw from. Since their interests and the democrats are aligned now, the left would be wise to ignore them and cast them out from their party, otherwise you will soon become the party of war.

On the topic of the Trump-Putin meetings, the President said it was 'tremendous.'

Authored by Giulio Meotti via The Gatestone Institute,

Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute,

Patrick Buchanan is an informative and interesting writer. On foreign policy, especially, he's long been one of the most reasonable voices among high-level American pundits.

When it comes to cultural matters, however, Buchanan has long held to a peculiar and empirically questionable version of American history in which the United States was once a mono-culture in which everyone was once happily united by "a common religion," a "common language," and a "common culture."

Authored by Pepe Escobar via Counterpunch.org,

The Russia sanctions bill that passed the US Senate by 98:2 on June 15 is a bombshell; it directly demonizes the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, under the Baltic Sea, which is bound to double Gazprom’s energy capacity to supply gas to Europe.

The 9.5 billion euro pipeline is being financed by five companies; Germany’s Uniper and Wintershall; Austria’s OMV; France’s Engie; and Anglo-Dutch Shell. All these majors operate in Russia, and have, or will establish, pipeline contracts with Gazprom.

Putin’s Assessment of Trump at the G-20 Will Determine Our Future

Paul Craig Roberts

The backdrops to the Putin/Trump meeting are the aspirations of Israel and the neoconservatives. It is these aspirations that drive US foreign policy.