Cuban Missile Crisis Things

by | Jul 26, 2022 |

This old New Yorker piece about Curtis LeMay has some details about the Missile Crisis that I did not know and want to save here for someday. So we all already knew that 1: the USSR did already have operational short and medium range missiles in Cuba, but Khrushchev never told the Americans that. And 2 that a Communist Party official on one of the subs prevented the navy officers from launching a nuke at the American fleet enforcing the quarantine. That would have been the end of the world right there. But now so also check this out: By Presidential order, the United States military went...

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Happy April Glaspie Day!

by | Jul 25, 2022 |

Thank you, Julian Assange: SADDAM'S MESSAGE OF FRIENDSHIP TO PRESIDENT BUSH Date:1990 July 25, 12:46 (Wednesday) Canonical ID:90BAGHDAD4237_a Original Classification:SECRET Current Classification:SECRET Handling Restrictions-- Not Assigned -- Character Count:13633 Executive Order:-- Not Assigned -- Locator:TEXT ONLINE TAGS:IZ - Iraq | KU - Kuwait | MOPS - Military and Defense Affairs--Military Operations | PREL - Political Affairs--External Political Relations | US - United States Concepts:-- Not Assigned -- Enclosure:-- Not Assigned -- Type:TE - Telegram (cable) Office Origin:-- N/A or...

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7/22/22 Kyle Anzalone on the Ukraine-Russia Grain Deal and the Evolving State of the War

by | Jul 25, 2022 |

 Download Episode. Kyle Anzalone is back this week on Antiwar Radio to update us on all things Ukraine. Anzalone explains the grain deal both sides reached after Turkey hosted negotiations. If honored, the deal is expected to free up 22 million tons of wheat. Next, Anzalone lays out how the battle lines are evolving after Foreign Minister Lavrov announced Russia has expanded its objectives beyond the Donbas region. There’s also some good news about deals between Russia and the EU which will ease sanctions and open up the railroads into the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. However, the Biden...

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Call Your Congressmen and Senators Re Yemen War Powers Resolution

by | Jul 25, 2022 |

In the House it's HJ Res 87, in the Senate it's SJ Res 54. Call 833 STOP WAR and they will connect you directly to your representatives. If you have a Democratic Congressman, tell them the President said he wants to end this war. He needs us to support him on this to help him face down pressure from the Republicans. Also, emphasize the humanitarian crisis and the idea that ending this war now will be good for the Democrats in November. If your rep is a Republican, you should tell them you believe in America First! Obama started this war, Brandon sucks at implementing it. This is not the war...

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7/22/22 Doug Bandow on Biden’s Saudi Trip and Awful Middle East Policy

by | Jul 23, 2022 |

 Download Episode. Scott talks with Cato Institute Senior Fellow Doug Bandow about an article he wrote recently for The American Conservative. Bandow gives his take on Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia. He thinks the Saudis were purposefully disrespectful to the U.S. President and that Biden just took it. Bandow explains the ways Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been changing how Saudi Arabia oppresses its people — rolling back religious tyranny while expanding political tyranny. Finally, Scott and Bandow take a step back and examine the Biden Administration’s approach to the entire Middle...

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7/21/22 Hassan El-Tayyab on the Yemen Ceasefire, Biden’s Saudi Trip and a Second War Powers Resolution

by | Jul 22, 2022 |

 Download Episode. Hassan El-Tayyab is back with a big update on the effort to end U.S. support for the war in Yemen. There are now War Powers Resolutions in each chamber of Congress, and momentum is building. El-Tayyab points to some concerning developments concerning the fragile ceasefire and Biden’s trip to the Middle East that underscore the importance of getting this done in Congress.  Discussed on the show: Libertarian National Twitter account FCNL.org  Concerned Veterans for America Yemen Relief & Reconstruction Foundation 1833stopwar.com Hassan El-Tayyab is a musician and peace...

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7/15/22 Patrick MacFarlane on Adrian Zenz and the ‘Xinjiang Police Files’

by | Jul 17, 2022 |

 Download Episode. This week on Antiwar Radio, Scott is joined by Patrick MacFarlane to discuss the narrative that China is conducting a genocide against the Uyghurs of Xinjiang, its westernmost region. The narrative has become prominent over the past few years, especially with anti-China hawks. But MacFarlane shows that most of the “evidence” of genocide can be traced back to a German anthropologist named Adrian Zenz. Scott and MacFarlane dig into some of the obvious problems with Zenz’s work and put the U.S. Government’s connection to the Uyghurs in context.  Discussed on the show:...

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