This Thursday, the Senate will vote on Senator Rand Paul’s resolution blocking President Trump’s arms sales to Qatar — more on that here. The Senate will also vote on nominations. The House is in session Monday through Thursday. The vote that no doubt will get the...
Afghanistan
Two Tankers Attacked in Gulf of Oman
Two tankers traveling through the Gulf of Oman were attacked on Thursday, forcing the crews to abandon the ships, and which left one of the ships on fire. One of the sailors was reported “slightly injured” in the incidents. The ships were the Front Altair, a tanker...
News Roundup 6/11/19
Journalism Former intelligence officers now have jobs in the media, and their message is Assange is not a journalist. [Link] Australian police raided a media network that published information about war crimes committed in Afghanistan. [Link] Venezuela The UN reports...
Pentagon Ends Review of Deadly Niger Ambush, Again Blaming Junior Officers
The military is a bureaucracy and like every other bureaucracy they protect their own. On October 4, 2017 four special operations soldiers were ambushed in Niger. They were all killed along with their interpreter. The news set of a storm in D.C. with clueless...
News Roundup 6/6/19
US News Rep Lieu and Sen Markey warn against creating low-yield nuclear weapons. [Link] Trump blocks cruise ships from stopping in Cuba. [Link] The Trump administration approved the transfer of sensitive nuclear information to Saudi Arabia after the murder of Jamal...
Year Zero: Policing the World to Safety
In Episode 44 Tommy addresses a common position in modern America. Should Team America police the world? And if they do what is the result? "I believe in police the world... i do." ~ Dana Perino For decades the US has adhered to this policy of policing the world. In...
An Endless War? Getting Out of Afghanistan
I was recently featured in this documentary "An Endless War? Getting Out of Afghanistan," by Bob Coen along with Matthew Hoh, Phyllis Bennis, Gen. Krulak and others. They're screening it for Congress next week: 5pm Thursday June 6 - Room 2044, Rayburn House Office...
5/25/19 Daniel Davis on the Unwinnable War in Afghanistan
Daniel Davis joins the show to talk about his recent article, "McMaster Uses Worn Vietnam Trope to Accuse Americans of Defeatism," which discusses the similarities between the wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan. Afghanistan, says Davis, is just as unwinnable as Vietnam...
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