Scott interviews Danny Sjursen and gets his reaction to the Taliban victory in Afghanistan. Sjursen thinks the Taliban’s campaign to take control of the country may soon be studied in war colleges. He also thinks that Scott’s book Fool’s Errand should be studied at...
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The One Minute Indisputable Case for Libertarianism – Dave Smith
https://youtu.be/QNOhwIOIICk The well-known theme of “separation of Church and State” was but one of many interrelated motifs that could be summed up as “separation of the economy from the State,” “separation of speech and press from the State,” “separation of land...
News Roundup 9/6/21
US News Five first responders - three cops and two paramedics - were charged with negligent homicide and manslaughter in the death of Elijah McClain. [Link] A judge dismissed all non-vaccinated jurors. The trial involved medical fraud. [Link] The Biden administration...
COI #158: Afghan Kids Killed By US Bomb, Pentagon Claims “Success”
On COI #158, Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter update the aftermath of a US drone strike in Kabul that killed at least 10 Afghan civilians, most of them children. While the Pentagon claims it struck a car carrying Islamic State explosives, and that secondary blasts caused...
9/3/21 Gareth Porter on the Media’s Reaction to the Withdrawal From Afghanistan
Gareth Porter joins Scott on Antiwar Radio to discuss his latest piece about the media’s reaction to Afghanistan. Porter lays out how virtually the entire media ecosystem is arguing the withdrawal was done prematurely from both a counterterrorism standpoint and in...
Episode 626: A Marine’s On The Ground Perspective Of Afghanistan w/ Jared
62 Minutes Some Strong Language Jared, formerly of the Biting the Bullet podcast, joined Pete for a livestream to talk about the culture, terrain and his overall opinion of Afghanistan from his time as a Marine there. Today's Sponsor: Open an IRA w/ iTrustCapital to...
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9/3/21 Dan McKnight on Defend the Guard and the Withdrawal From Afghanistan
Scott talks with Dan McKnight about the effort to pass Defend the Guard legislation, which would block the use of National Guard troops in foreign combat operations without a declaration of war. McKnight gives background on what led him to become involved in political...
Why Anarchism is the ONLY Justifiable Position. Ashton Birdie & Keith Knight
https://youtu.be/CorAAQk6mUA ... I define anarchist society as one where there is no legal possibility for coercive aggression against the person or property of any individual. Anarchists oppose the State because it has its very being in such aggression, namely, the...
TGIF: Why Do We Question Motives?
I don't know if we're in the heyday of questioning the motives of people we disagree with rather than simply rebutting them--character assassination, that is--but it's got me wondering why this is such a popular pastime these days. Think about how often we hear...
