A little bit of appreciation for the Russiagate kooks: Thanks for bringing Afghanistan back to the attention of the American people. That's right everyone, we're still at war in Afghanistan even though we lost it 15 years ago. 2,449 Americans have been killed so far,...
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News Roundup 7/3/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 3, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Jeffery Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell has been arrested in New Hampshire by the FBI on charges related to the dead sex trafficker. [Link] Large US corporations are threatening to pull ads from Facebook in an effort to get the social network to censor...
Congress Wants Forever Wars
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 3, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #513, I discuss the efforts in Congress to prevent Trump from bringing US troops home. After 19 years, there is a chance the US could end our longest war and bring troops home. However, members of Congress are working to pass provisions to the 2021 National...
House Democrats Conspire With Liz Cheney To Limit Trump’s Ability to Withdraw From Afghanistan
by Scott Horton | Jul 2, 2020 | Blog
I told you Mr. President, you should have dropped a 20 megaton H-bomb on Langley, Virginia this time last year. Now look at you.
News Roundup 7/2/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 2, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Seattle’s mayor ordered the police to clear the CHAZ. [Link] Minneapolis’ city council has spent $63,000 of taxpayer money to hire private security for themselves. [Link] A family had to demolish their home after a SWAT team destroyed it trying to remove a...
Interview on the NY Times Story on Afghanistan Russian Bounties
by Scott Horton | Jun 30, 2020 | Blog
I was interviewed on David Gornoski's show about the latest scandal. https://youtu.be/chuUJCCdBLk
WSJ: NSA Says Russian Bounties Story is False
by Scott Horton | Jun 30, 2020 | Blog
Journal: "The National Security Agency strongly dissented from other intelligence agencies’ assessment that Russia paid bounties for the killing of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, according to people familiar with the matter. "The disclosure of the dissent by the NSA,...
News Roundup 6/30/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 30, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Reddit purged several subreddits, including a pro-Trump forum. [Link] Twitch suspends Trump’s account. [Link] Secretary of State Pompeo announces the US will stop exporting some “dual-use” items to Hong Kong because of his view that Hong Kong is not...
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The F35 Follies: Britannia Rules a Little
My recommendation to the British MoD: don't buy anymore of these flying failure factories. U.K. planned to buy138 F-35s, bought 48, delivered 35, aims at 75 by 2025. Judging from the delays and failures universally in the program, achieving a delivery of all...
Anti-War Blog – Not Enough Paper Cranes
When I was in primary school we were taught about a little Japanese girl named Sadako Sasaki and her paper cranes. She was one of the many victims of the Hiroshima atomic bomb blast, dying after the initial detonation from radiation sickness. One of many thousands who...
Speaking of democracy…
Democracy has been a much discussed topic of late, what with the separation of President Joe Biden from his delegates only weeks before the upcoming Democratic party convention, to be held in Chicago from August 19 to 22, 2024. There have been brokered conventions in...
Corruption-A-Go-Go: Taliban Continues to Receive US Funding
The US State Department needs to be disbanded and all overseas embassies should be converted to ATM-style kiosks. The Taliban has just received 239 million debt-bucks in US State Department aid. 239 millions dollars. The disaster in Afghanistan continues to cascade...
Further China Reading
From a reader: “Hello Joseph. I just ordered your book, and I noticed it was short. I would like to know if there is an up to date book on American foreign policy towards China that you could recommend that is well-researched and truthful with good policy suggestions....
Raptor Woes Continue to Plague the Air Force
More mismanagement and strategic deficit disorder at the Pentagon. The F22 Raptor is a very capable late 20th century aircraft and arguably superior to the much more expensive and increasingly anachronistic F35; it is being put out to pasture early because of...
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