International

By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 30th, 2011Americans were told numerous lies as a justification for the fruitless nation-building of Iraq. Among those lieswas the boast that our armed forces invaded…

By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 25th, 2011The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in February issued a little-known–yet absolutely fascinating–report on the true state of America’s Afghan War.“No allied…

By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 18th, 2011In late March, The Congressional Research Service (CRS) released a preliminary study on the recent earthquake and tsunami that has crippled Japan.CRS reports are…

By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 11th, 2011An Egyptian populace in open revolt has broken much of the oppressive power structure in its country, forcingformer President Hosni Mubarak into retirement and…

By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 19th, 2011Control of Pakistan’s nuclear warheads remains a serious concern despite a number of reforms in that country since Sept. 11th, 2001, according to a…

By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 1st, 2010The Pentagon seriously needs to restructure its oversight of contractors involved in military engagements like Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a Congressional study released…

By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 12th, 2010The Obama Administration pushes for Congress to fund many of the foreign operations begun or supportedby George W. Bush, according to a recently released…

By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 11th, 2010The so-called “war on terrorism” is the most costly military engagement in American history, with over onetrillion dollars appropriated for operations in Iraq, Afghanistan…

By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 4th, 2010″Skeptics and proponents of military exchanges with [China]…have debated whether the contacts havesignificant value for achieving U.S. objectives, and whether the contacts have contributed…

By Cliff Montgomery – Jun 6th, 2010The Obama Administration has greatly increased the worldwide activities of U.S. Special Operations militaryforces, The Washington Post stated this Friday.Obama is pitting the Special…

By Cliff Montgomery – May 16th, 2010Thai protesters are continuing their fervent protests in Bangkok, as troops loyal to Prime Minister AbhisitVejjajiva move in to quash the center of a…

By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 24th, 2010Wikileaks recently made available an interesting CIA analysis written in March of this year. It reveals just how governments work to shape issues in…

By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 31st, 2010The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) is a government watchdog group which “warn[s] the public and policy leaders of potential dangers from scientific and…

By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 29th, 2009A number of Taliban members should be recruited for U.S. ends, say some within the Obama Administration.Their central idea is that such deals with…

By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 26th, 2009The United States was responsible for over 70% of the industrial world’s arms transfer agreements withdeveloping nations in 2008 , reveals a Congressional Research…

By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 1st, 2009 U.S. Defense Department contractors in Afghanistan now outnumber the uniformed American military personnel in that country, declares a recent study from the Congressional…

By Cliff Montgomery – June 26th, 2009Top U.S. representatives had large holdings in the very financial institutions which received billions in taxpayerbailouts last year, declares recently released financial disclosure reports.From…

By Cliff Montgomery – June 22nd, 2009A U.N. legal interpretation released in 2000 states that health care is a basic human right recognized by international law, declaring that “the right…

By Cliff Montgomery – June 7th, 2009″Terrorists and foreign governments regularly [find ways] to obtain sensitive dual-use and military technologyfrom manufacturers and distributors within the United States,” according to a…

By Cliff Montgomery – May 20th, 2009A May Government Accountability Office report on Afghanistan reveals that the U.S. emergency responseprogram intended to rebuild the war-torn nation is in trouble, and…

By Cliff Montgomery – May 14th, 2009A Congressional Research Service report from 2008 discussed a matter which has barely received noticefrom America’s corporate press: The United States’ unprecedented use of…

By Cliff Montgomery – May 2nd, 2009The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on February 13th released a study discussing how the U.S. mayrepair its badly damaged diplomatic relations with the rest…

By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 6th, 2009American intelligence predicts that Afghanistan’s level of violence will climb through 2009, despite PresidentBarack Obama’s new plan for fighting the Taliban and providing additional…