Scott interviews Miles Lagoze about his film, Combat Obscura, which he produced and directed. The film details the war in Afghanistan through the eyes of soldiers on the ground. Miles Lagoze is a filmmaker and marine veteran. Obsessed with the film Full Metal Jacket...
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News Roundup 3/26/19
New Zealand The New Zealand shooter had ties to the Ukrainian Neo-Nazi Azov Brigade. [Link] New Zealand makes possession of the mosque shooter’s manifesto illegal. [Link] Haiti The Intercept explains why heavily armed American mercenaries were arrested outside the...
It’s Time to Stop Fighting Osama bin Laden’s War
Osama bin Laden is long dead, but his plans live on through American foreign policy. In 2001, al Qaeda consisted of only 400 ideologues in the far corners of the world. After the recent regime change wars in Iraq, Yemen, Libya and Syria, typical estimates place their...
Insubordinate Gen. Votel Denounces Afghan Withdrawal Plans
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: U.S. General: Current Conditions 'Don't Merit' Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan U.S. Army General Joseph Votel, head of the U.S. Central Command, has said that the current political situation in Afghanistan and the status of...
There is No Humanitarian Reason for the Afghanistan War
There is no longer any relevant mission for the United States in Afghanistan. Western efforts to determine the future of that country have proven futile. Though officials with eyes on their legacies caution that an end to the occupation would unravel gains won on...
Peace Talks
On FPF #317, I discuss Trump's meeting with Kim Jong-un and US talks with the Taliban. The meeting with Kim ended early and without a peace agreement. Trump said the talks were positive. In Qatar, US officials are meeting with Taliban leadership. The talks will be...
5 More Years in Afghanistan
Dang. Thomas Gibbons-Neff says the Khalilzad deal will be to keep troops in Afghanistan for 5 more years, under the "Biden plan" for limited "counter-terrorism" and training missions while calling a truce with the Taliban and integrating them into the Kabul...
CIA, CENTCOM Insubordination on Afghanistan
Can't leave now. ISIS is going to hit the U.S. "from Afghanistan." Trump is going to have to start firing people wholesale, or just give the keys to the Oval Office over to the Joint Chiefs.
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