Adam Wunische joins the show to discuss his work in assessing the true costs of the war in Afghanistan and the future of the American military there. He and Scott remind us that most metrics used to describe the costs of war assume that you can put a value on the loss...
Afghanistan
Trump Increases Strikes Against Afghanistan
The war he wanted out of the most. At least they're talking again.
News Roundup 10/3/19
US News Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger gets ten years for murdering an unarmed man. Guyger entered the wrong apartment and then shot the unarmed man she claimed she believed was breaking into her apartment. [Link] Customs and Border Patrol is spending $1.2...
News Roundup 10/2/19
US News A Twitter executive is also a member of a Brittish Army propaganda unit. Caitlin Johnstone explains Twitter’s hypocrisy. [Link] Trump talked with foreign leaders to set up contacts with his Justice Department's investigation of Russiagate. [Link] The Trump...
It’s Not About Osama bin Laden
On FPF #401, I argue that the war on terror is not about stopping and killing terrorists. From Afghanistan to the TSA at your local airport, what the government is doing to "prevent terrorism" is not about stopping the next 9/11. Most Americans still believe the...
Impotent Rage
It is with a sense of justice that most of us cling to the idea that all wrongs will in some way be righted. It is the romantic belief in law and order, that somehow an impartial system of arbitration can and will find the solution to millions of moments of intimate...
Joint US-Afghan Strike Kills 40 Civilians at Wedding
For the second time in a week, a US military operation in Afghanistan has ended with a large number of civilians dead, and US officials offering very dubious arguments as to why it wasn’t their fault. The Sunday night attack saw US and Afghan commandos raid a house in...
US Claims to Kill ‘Al Qaeda’ Fighters in Afghanistan
Yeah right. USA needs an excuse for killing 40 civilians at a wedding the day after killing 30 civilian pine nut-pickers. So: Al Qaeda! In this Fox News piece they don't even pretend the "al Qaeda" guys they killed were Arab friends of Osama at all. One was Pakistani....
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