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How The War in Afghanistan Was Lost

by Scott Horton | May 27, 2019 | Blog

Check out this great podcast by former Navy SEAL and Afghan War veteran Kenny MacDonald. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4r2S0J80AE

Scott Horton on Assange, Yemen & Iran

by Kyle Anzalone | May 27, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest

Scott Horton returns to FPF to discuss Assange, weapon sales to Saudi Arabia, and the new deployment of troops to the Middle East. Scott 'Fisks' the Assange indictment and explains who Julian Assage is a journalist. Scott and Kyle talk about Trump declaring a national...

Veterans Groups and Gold Star Families send letters opposing war with Iran

by Steven Woskow | May 25, 2019 | Blog

This letter was coordinated by the American College of National Security and a consortium consisting of retired admirals, generals, ambassadors, and senior government executives committed to strengthening America’s national security by informing the debate,...

Afghan War to End Never

by Scott Horton | May 24, 2019 | Blog

See here where the new general in charge of the war claims that al Qaeda has free reign "across Afghanistan." Consider this obvious lie to be a full frontal assault by the U.S. Army against the president of the United States of America and his mandate to Zalmay...

News Roundup 5/21/19

by Kyle Anzalone | May 21, 2019 | News Roundup

US News New Orleans courts are violating the constitution by holding bail hearing without the defense. [Link] A key House panel rejects the Trump Administration proposal to create the space force. [Link] An armed F-16 crashes into a California building. [Link] A...

5/17/19 Muhammad Sahimi on Iran

by Scott Horton | May 17, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Muhammad Sahimi talks war with Iran, which he says the Ayatollah, and certainly the Iranian people, do not want. They understand that even though America would never outright win a war like that, it could practically destroy the entire country of Iran. The puzzling...

News Roundup 5/13/19

by Kyle Anzalone | May 13, 2019 | News Roundup

US News Trump nominates Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan to take over the position permanently. [Link] Body cam footage shows an Oklahoma police officer shot a 14-year-old boy without giving him time to comply with orders. The boy possibly had a toy gun....

News Roundup 5/9/19

by Kyle Anzalone | May 9, 2019 | News Roundup

Russiagate US and foreign intelligence worked to interfere in the Trump campaign. [Link] The Mueller Report allows readers to look past the no collusion finding and hold on to the Russiagate conspiracy theory. [Link] US Foreign Policy Danny Sjursen: the Left needs...

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They Know the Truth

Cut from the book. After catching Woodward faking that Lavrov quote, I had to cut all the citations from that book out of mine. But I'll leave this here at least because it's funny: Insider journalist Bob Woodward wrote in 2024 that the administration recognized...

Bob Woodward Badly Misquotes Russian FM Lavrov

I emailed Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward: Dear Bob, It appears that you have misquoted FM Lavrov on page 88 of your new book. Lavrov’s full quote was: “Those who mechanically repeat the points made in Bucharest and insist that ‘third countries’ have no right to...

NZ Ocean Floor Survey Naval Vessel Runs Aground Off Samoa

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The Carrier as Reef Complex: World’s Most Expensive Fish Apartments

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The Soul of a Socialist

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