https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeXKRdws8cY I imagine that many of you, like me are feeling angry and demoralized about Biden's vaccination mandates last week. Many people I know are worried and their number one question is: What can I do? In this episode, I highlight...
Vital Dissent
Eight US Atrocities in Afghanistan Ep. 181
by Patrick Macfarlane | Aug 29, 2021 | Foreign Policy, Vital Dissent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb9zdrgZ6hE&t= As the corporate press decries the US evacuation of Afghanistan because of its humanitarian cost and for fear of deteriorating human rights under Taliban rule, I remind the world that those prosecuting the War in...

Haiti Earthquake Relief Comes with US Marines and COVID-19 Vaccines Ep. 180
by Patrick Macfarlane | Aug 22, 2021 | Foreign Policy, Politics, Vital Dissent
https://youtu.be/RSA4-DOaXIk Despite Washington’s decision not to deploy Marines to Haiti after the July assassination of Haitian president Jovenelle Moise, the devastation of last Saturday’s 7.2 earthquake has provided US leaders the cloak of humanitarian aid for...

The Graveyard of Empires ft. Conflicts of Interest Ep. 179
by Patrick Macfarlane | Aug 16, 2021 | Foreign Policy, Vital Dissent
https://youtu.be/A5kCC6xTIYU The hosts of Conflicts of Interest, Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter join me to discuss the unfolding events in Afghanistan. We discuss myriad topics, including what a Taliban government might look like, why Afghanistan fell so quickly, what...

Why Can’t Johnny Kill? 11th Hour Conscientious Objection and Moral Injury Ep. 178
by Patrick Macfarlane | Aug 8, 2021 | Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Vital Dissent
https://youtu.be/gBbzLRHTmwg The subject of killing in war has largely been unexplored by the libertarian community, at the very least in its relation to the morality of war. Most who have studied the topic in depth are military or working with the military. This...
Fallujah Veteran Shares His War Experience Ep. 177 (Scott’s Story Part I)
by Patrick Macfarlane | Aug 3, 2021 | Foreign Policy, Vital Dissent
https://youtu.be/arKN0-K05BU Returning guest Scott Spaulding joins us the first episode in a planned four-part series to discuss his deployment experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan. In this episode, Scott recounts his entire first deployment as a Civil Affairs Marine,...
Why Can’t Johnny Kill? 11th Hour Conscientious Objection and Moral Injury
by Patrick Macfarlane | Aug 1, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Vital Dissent
In 1996 Lt. Col. Dave Grossman authored “On Killing,” a seminal study on “the psychological cost of learning to killing in war and society.” In it, Grossman documents the unheralded history of man’s inherent resistance to taking fellow human life. This history is so...
“Independent” Media Sells America’s New Cold War Ep. 176 ft. Connor Freeman
by Patrick Macfarlane | Jul 26, 2021 | Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Politics, Vital Dissent
https://youtu.be/kFwjOrInBYU Connor Freeman is a writer at the Libertarian Institute, where he covers issues in noninterventionist foreign policy, focusing on the middle east and America's new cold war footing against Russia and China. His writing has also appeared at...