"The next time you watch a former U.S. commander or senior defense official on television wax about some magic solution to Afghanistan's problems, save yourself the trouble and change the channel. The sustainable stalemate is a myth, nothing more and nothing less." ...
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Recent Interviews of Me
by Scott Horton | Aug 19, 2021 | Blog
Scott Horton on withdrawal from the Afghan war - Kennedy Scott Horton on the End of the War in Afghanistan - Pete Quinones Scott Horton on the End of a Fool's Errand - Kyle Anzalone Scott Horton on What Just Happened in Afghanistan - Tom Woods Scott Horton: U.S....
News Roundup 8/19/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 19, 2021 | News Roundup
US News Biden says nursing homes that have Medicare and Medicaid residents have to mandate their staff are vaccinated. [Link] The FDA approved a third booster shot of the 2-shot covid vaccinations for most adults. [Link] The federal government will reimburse states...
Episode 619: Scott Horton on the End of the War in Afghanistan
by Peter R. Quiñones | Aug 17, 2021 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
72 Minutes PG-13 Scott Horton is director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of Antiwar Radio on Pacifica, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles, California and podcasts the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He’s the author of the 2021...
COI #149: Taliban Overruns Kabul, Dealing Fatal Blow to the US-Built Government
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 16, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
Major territorial gains that began in provincial centers earlier this month came to a head on August 15, with the militant group waltzing into the national capital and seizing the city, encountering virtually no resistance from government forces in the process. With...
News Roundup 8/13/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 13, 2021 | News Roundup
Afghanistan Afghanistan’s second-largest city, Kandahar is under Taliban control. [Link] The Taliban captured the capital of the Uruzgan province. [Link] The US is carrying several airstrikes a day. Many of the strikes are targeting US equipment captured by the...
U.S. Embassy In Afghanistan Issues Security Alert – U.S. Citizens Should Leave Afghanistan Immediately
by Steven Woskow | Aug 12, 2021 | Blog
More here Will anyone be held accountable? All the generals responsible will go on to have successful careers at Raytheon, Boeing, Lockheed Martin .....
Biden’s Syria Policy: We’re Staying
by Dave DeCamp | Jul 28, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
As the U.S. is pulling troops out of Afghanistan and changing its mission in Iraq, a Biden administration official made it clear in comments to Politico that there are no plans to pull troops out of Syria. “I don’t anticipate any changes right now to the mission or...
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Lawrence Premieres in London
On this day, 62 years ago, David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) premiered in London, UK. My favorite movie of all time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULsFcSpaVO0
The Health-Care Nirvana Fallacy
Someone explain how coercive centralized bureaucratic control of medical decision-making and the purse can beat the decentralized free market with its undistorted price system. The government has many things besides medical care it wants to spend tax money on, and...
DEI Kills: Boeing Bumbling on Parade Part CXXVII
Editor's Note: Just returned from business travel so my blogging frequency should bump up again. Boeing continues o provide legions of future business historians the fodder for hundreds of books and cautionary tales on how engineering can fall of a cliff once...
What’s Behind HTS Rebranding and the Rise of Geopolitical Tensions? New Episode of the Kyle Anzalone Show
Al-Qaeda's Takeover in Syria: Truth Behind the Headlines! Al-Qaeda's recent control over Syria marks a significant shift in the region, and we need to unpack its implications. While mainstream media may portray this as a victory for freedom and justice, the reality is...
Time to Separate Medicine and State
The "progressive" coverage of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson's murder has an unspoken premise: namely, that we could have had a system in which medical care was instantly superabundant and free for everyone. There is no such system. We live in a world of...
No Need for DOGE
We don't need a Department (sic) of Government Efficiency. (It's a nongovernment thing.) We need a "Department" of What the Hell Should the Government Be Doing in the First Place? Efficiency implies that you know the objective of a course of action and want to avoid...
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