Download Audio. Tom Eddlem returns to the show to talk about Trump’s intervention in Venezuela. He and Scott discuss the actual problems with Maduro and the big-government “Chavismo” establishment in Venezuela as well as how every attempt by the US to intervene...
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1/9/26 Andy Worthington on Twenty Four Years of Guantanamo
Download Audio. As we hit the twenty-fourth anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay “detention center,” Scott brings Andy Worthington on the show to discuss the history of this illegal prison and the status of the men still being held there. Discussed on...
Report: Kurdish Fighters Have Been Entering Iran From Iraq and Clashing With the IRGC
Turkish intelligence has warned Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that Kurdish fighters have been entering Iran from Iraq amid protests inside Iran, Reuters reported on Wednesday. An unnamed senior Iranian official speaking to the outlet said that the...
Trump’s Options in Iran Limited By Military Buildup in Latin America
Listen to the article with analysis from the author: President Donald Trump has a more limited range of options for attacking Iran now than he did in June. The US has moved military assets out of the Middle East in recent months, including moving an aircraft...
War and the Making of the American State in the 20th Century
Introduction: From the trenches of the Western Front to the jungles of Vietnam and the geopolitical standoff of the Cold War, the 20th century transformed the United States through a succession of conflicts whose effects reshaped nearly every dimension of American...
Western Military Official: All the Signals Are a US Attack on Iran Is Imminent
Listen to the article with analysis from the author: There are multiple indicators that the US will soon launch an attack on Iran. Iran and the US appear to be positioning their military for war, and a Western military official warned that an attack could be...
Washington Post Champions $500 Billion Pentagon Budget Boost
No conflict of interest for the Washington Post owner, right?
Washington Post Whoops Up $500 Billion Boost in Defense Spending
Does the Washington Post editorial page believe in Modern Monetary Theory? Is there anybody connected to the Post who might benefit from this half-trillion spending bonanza?
War 101: A Cautionary Tale
Dear NATO and EU/SSR, Keep this in the back of your mind in your salons and conference rooms in Brussels: “Diplomacy without military might is like music without instruments.” Frederick the Great
Trump Says He Sets His Own Limits; Founding Fathers Disagree
During a January 2026 interview with The New York Times, President Donald Trump was asked whether anything could limit his ability to use the vast military and economic power of the United States as he saw fit. His answer was breathtakingly candid. Trump replied,...
