Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen reported on Monday that the US and Taliban have finalized the language of the Afghanistan peace deal. The US has not confirmed this yet, but had indicated in recent days that such a deal was imminent. Afghan CEO Abdullah Abdullah...
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Special Inspector General: Thousands Killed in Failed Afghan Reconstruction
by Jason Ditz | Feb 12, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Warns Congress was given incomplete picture of the cost While it is well documented how poorly the Afghan War has gone, and how little has actually been built during reconstruction, the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) warns Congress...
Is ISIS Exploiting Trump’s Iran Policy?
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 10, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #453, I discuss Trump's firing of impeachment witnesses, insider attacks in Afghanistan, and Iraq. Trump fired EU Ambassador Sondland and NSC Ukraine expert Vinland. Both men testified in the House impeachment hearing providing Democrats with great soundbites...
Green Berets Ambushed in Afghan Insider Attack
by Scott Horton | Feb 8, 2020 | Blog
Jack Murphy writes at ConnectingVets: A team from 7th Special Forces Group was ambushed today while conducting a Key Leader Engagement (KLE) in Sherzad, Afghanistan. A source familiar with the events spoke to Connecting Vets about the incident, requesting anonymity....
Limiting Presidential War Making guest Mike Maharrey
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 5, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
Michael Maharry returns to the show to discuss Afghanistan and his new book, Constitution Owner's Manual. Mike and Kyle describe how Trump has ramped up the war in Afghanistan. Mike answers questions about how the Constitution can be used to limit the president's...
Bad Things in the SOTU
by Scott Horton | Feb 4, 2020 | Blog
I'm blogging it here ... What now? Oh I see Nancy and all the Dems finally jump up to clap at the introduction of Juan Guiado. What a joke. Brags he's spent trillions on the military in conspiracy with the assembled. Brags about the new Space Force. There goes your...
News Roundup 1/30/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 30, 2020 | News Roundup
US News The House will vote on two bills today that attempt to restrict the president from starting a war with Iran. One bill says the president must get authorization from Congress before starting a war with Iran and the other bill repeals the 2002 AUMF. [Link] A...
The US Is Losing in Afghanistan
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 29, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #448, I discuss several news stories that are being ignored as the media obsessively covers impeachment. In Afghanistan, a US plane was downed and the UN announced it needs to provide basic aid to an additional three million Afghans this year. The US Embassy in...
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Vindication
Tom Woods interviews his old Harvard professor Vladimir Brovkin about US-Russia relations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRyRx8fA4yE
Thank You George Foreman
“Don’t do it son,” big George Foreman said as he shielded his commentary partners, Larry Merchant and Jim Lampley from violent rioters. The conclusion of the first Andrew Golota vs Riddick Bowe fight had ended in controversy which led to brawls and a ringside riot. It...
The Next Aircraft Debacle: The F47!
The Pentagon did not get the memo on the death of manned combat aircraft in the 21st century. Is the 47 designation the year the first aircraft may be aloft? Don't believe any promises on price or schedule much less efficacy. They will not deliver. China’s two...
Chasing Ghosts w/Bill Buppert
Bill Buppert of Chasing Ghosts joined me to discuss the modern warfare of politics. ALP
Propaganda and the State
Nicknamed “the father of public relations,” Edward Bernays (1891–1995) was a pioneer in the fields of propaganda and PR; this book is a great insight into the man behind the curtain. “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of...
Anti-War Blog – Journalist Leaked the Plans to Kill Fifty-Three People
It turns out that journalist Jeffrey Goldberg was ‘texted’ two-hours before the recent US attack on Yemen. Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of Defense texted him the war plan which included specific information about weapons to be used, targets and time of the strikes....
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