War and Foreign Policy

Old Ironsides "I deem the essential principles of our government peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none...." (Thomas Jefferson, 1801)

The John Birch Society agrees with the founders’ vision of a permanently, independent United States that trades with all nations (except for restrictions based on national defense considerations) and only goes to war on the basis of a congressional declaration of war.

Anti-war Stance Is "Right"

According to the wisdom of the day, the left is against the war in Iraq while the right supports the war. So why does The John Birch Society and its affiliated magazine The New American support the withdrawal of our troops from Iraq? Isn’t that the position of the hard left?
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Treaties and the Constitution

Nearly 50 years ago, John Foster Dulles, secretary of state under President Dwight Eisenhower, asserted that “treaty law can override the Constitution. Treaties, for example … can cut across the rights given the people by their constitutional Bill of Rights.”
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