On COI #130, Dave DeCamp – news editor at Antiwar.com – returns to the show to discuss Biden's disorganized Russia and Afghanistan policies. After a somewhat successful summit with Putin, the Biden administration followed up by threatening sanctions and violating...
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News Roundup 6/25/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 25, 2021 | News Roundup
China Pentagon whistleblower Franz Gayl penned an open letter to Biden warning of war with China. [Link] The State Department approves the sale of F-16s and missiles to the Philippines. [Link] The US and China may hold talks on the sidelines of the G20 meeting next...
COI #127: Hawks Use Failure of Afghan War as Reason to Keep Fighting
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 25, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #127, Connor Freeman – writer at the Libertarian Institute – returns to the show to discuss recent events in Afghanistan. The Taliban have recently captured dozens of districts and a border crossing with Tajikistan. The Afghan Army is struggling to provide...
COI #124: An Afghan War Vet Weighs in on the Withdrawal
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 18, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
Scott Spaulding, host of ‘Why I am Antiwar’ and an Afghan War vet, returns to the show to discuss the withdrawal from Afghanistan. As thousands of troops and contractors make their exit, Scott gives his unique perspective on what the pullout will mean for the Afghan...
Young Americans for Liberty Interview
by Scott Horton | Jun 17, 2021 | Blog
Eric Brakey from Young Americans for Liberty interviewed me about Afghanistan.
News Roundup 6/11/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 11, 2021 | News Roundup
US News The Pentagon is looking to expand the amount of non-classified information it can withhold from the public. [Link] The Biden Administration's effort to fight corruption in Latin American will involve the US intelligence agencies funding NGOs. [Link] Great...
COI #120: The Pentagon Is Invading Public Schools
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 9, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #120, Kyle Anzalone discusses the use of JROTC instructors to teach courses at Chicago’s public schools. Hundreds of students – primarily from lower-income black or Hispanic communities – are being funneled into the classes without the consent of parents....
Despite Withdrawal, U.S. Commits Billions to Fund Afghan Military
by Jason Ditz | Jun 7, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
U.S. troops leaving Afghanistan was meant to mark the end of the war in Afghanistan. As it stands, however, it seems that the administration is going through any hoops possible that might keep the war going and the US deeply invested in it. The latest sign of the...
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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...
Anti-War Blog – Osama Bin Laden won
Bin Laden Won He won and the US warmasters are celebrating. Imagine rejoicing after a government falls to the descendants of Al-Qaeda. We don’t have to because the Washington gang are doing just that. The Islamo-Fascist Jihadis who terrorised the minds of the West for...
We Can’t Consume Our Way to Prosperity
Once upon a time, John Stuart Mill could write these words truthfully ("Of the Influence of Consumption on Production," 1844): It is no longer supposed that you benefit the producer by taking his money, provided you give it to him again in exchange for his goods. He...
Pearl Harbor: Not What You May Think it Was
I have always had my doubts but Jane Shaw brings the receipts. RedDR needed the war because his communist takeover of America was failing bigly and a war empowered government like nothing else. A decade ago I began to research the history of the Pearl Harbor attack....
Anyone Can Be a Capitalist, part 2
"It might be argued that only the 'rich' can afford to be capitalists, i.e., those who have a greater amount of money stock. This argument has superficial plausibility, since ... for any given individual and a given time-preference schedule, a greater money stock will...
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