Year Zero: When Is War Appropriate?

by Tommy Salmons | Jun 27, 2019 | Blog, Year Zero

In Episode 50 Tommy takes a look at the latest tensions with Iran, and the possibility of a hot war.

10 minutes before bombing strategic targets in Iran Trump called off the attack. He said he didn’t want to kill people over the loss of a drone. Tuesday, he began with hawkish rhetoric against Iran; supposedly to get Iranian leaders to the table in order to hammer out another “better” deal. 4 years into his presidency a pattern has emerged. Will Iran give in to his demands? Is there a potential for a “better” deal? And if not, is war appropriate?

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Tulsi Gabbard’s Foreign Policy Answers From the First Debate

by Scott Horton | Jun 27, 2019 | Blog

This Institute does not endorse political candidates. But we are interested in what candidate Gabbard has to say about the wars, and the rest of the Dems’ reaction to her.

Watch the 5 minutes that have people talking Tulsi!
A soldier’s truth about the establishment war machine driving US foreign policy https://t.co/JC0MqYSEmT #DemDebate – #TULSI2020 pic.twitter.com/kJnp3gRfKq

— Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) June 27, 2019

Soldier convicted of massacring 16 Afghans seeks new civilian trial, citing a psychosis inducing anti-malarial drug

by Steven Woskow | Jun 26, 2019 | Blog

I have no idea if this drug caused him to do this, but whatever happened to him the people of Afghanistan suffered the consequences.

Now, Bales’ lawyers are using a federal statute that allows convicted service members to challenge their court martial findings in civilian court, according to John N. Maher, one of Bales’ attorneys and a former Army judge advocate general.

During Bales’ military career — which included four combat tours between 2003 and 2012 — he was given the anti-malarial drug mefloquine, which is known to have caused mental health problems in some patients, his attorneys wrote in a petition filed earlier this week in U.S. federal court.

In the case of Bales, the drug had “long-lasting adverse psychiatric effects,” including “symptoms of psychosis and tendencies to engage in violence,” the petition reads.

The atrocity was one of the worst in the war.

Leaving Afghanistan

by Scott Horton | Jun 26, 2019 | Blog

I’ll believe it when I see it, but it is certainly clear that Trump has given Khalilzad explicit marching orders to get this done in real life or the talks would have fallen apart a long time ago.

Just come home.

Not All Police Officers Are Dog Murderers

by Scott Horton | Jun 26, 2019 | Blog

There sure are a lot of them who are though.

Can you believe it? One was actually charged with a crime for trying to kill one.

I guess the pig must have forgotten to mumble something about the dog’s “waistband,” which we all know is the U.S. equivalent of a License to Kill from the queen of England.

(Is it just me — is there a study about this? — but it sure seems like the only cops who ever get in trouble for murdering innocents are black ones.)