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Former CIA Officer Robert Baer: Whistleblower Represents ‘Palace Coup’

by Scott Horton | Oct 7, 2019 | Blog

Via Matt Taibbi: From CNN: BAER: That's what I find remarkable, is that this whistleblower knew about [the placing of the record of the call in the classified system], this attempt to cover up. This is a couple people. It just isn't one. BALDWIN: And on the couple...

The Impeachment Dumpster Fire

by Jennifer Monroe | Oct 5, 2019 | Jen the Libertarian

So many things are happening on the potential impeachment front. So. Many. Things. I try to explain them to you. Also - I have a Patreon page now! You can go sign up for early access to my episodes! Or just give me money! Whatever you like!...

Trump Increases Strikes Against Afghanistan

by Scott Horton | Oct 4, 2019 | Blog

The war he wanted out of the most. At least they're talking again.

Cops Kill Man

by Scott Horton | Oct 4, 2019 | Blog

The wrong man. A completely innocent 21 year old man. Then they lied and claimed he shot at them. Because they are liars as well as murderers.

War By Other Means

by Steven Woskow | Oct 3, 2019 | Blog

Syria's economic struggle. Syria’s hopes for recovery remain frustrated by the country’s shift from armed conflict to economic struggle. Secure in its military victory, Damascus now faces an uphill battle for economic survival. A hollowed-out state increasingly...

The Houthi Victories Over Saudi

by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 2, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest

On FPF #403, I discuss some of the recent Houthi victories over Saudi Arabia. Saudi has been waging a brutal air and starvation war against Yemen for four years. The Houthi, likely, retaliated by major strikes against Saudi oil facilities. Recently, the Houthis...

Blowback: CSIS Study Says 4 Times As Many Militants Since 9/11/2001

by Steven Woskow | Oct 1, 2019 | Blog

Blowback from the US war on terror is actually creating more terrorist. Zerohedge is reporting the results from a study published by Center for Strategic and International Studies including a map showing where the expansion of terrorism has occurred. "Despite nearly...

Without the East, the West Would Be Lost

by Luke Henderson | Sep 30, 2019 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism

Recently on the Foundation for Economic Education’s podcast, Words & Numbers, the hosts had a conversation with Robert Anthony Peters, an actor and director, about his new documentary titled Tank Man. The film focuses on the man in the famous photo of him standing...

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The Paradox of Authority

Every government in human history has eventually collapsed. Even Plato recognized this inevitability and theorized the average State lifespan was around 300 years. Must it be this way? Is it avoidable? Sadly, I don’t believe so. There is no resolution for the Paradox...

Syrian Christians were Quietly Warned Before the War

Years ago I wrote about my first encounter with Syria as a young twenty-something year old fresh out of active duty service in the Marines: "My first visit to the region while desiring to study Arabic in 2004, just after completion of active duty service, and while...

“No One Saw It Coming”

https://twitter.com/primalpoly/status/1461687686629150727

More Civilian Death In Yemen

https://twitter.com/AlhouthiAhmed/status/1460036415736233986

Alex Gladstein: The End Of Super Imperialism

"How did, as Hudson puts it, “America’s ideal of implementing laissez-faire economic institutions, political democracy, and a dismantling of formal empires and colonial systems” turn into a system where the U.S. forced other nations to pay for its wars, defaulted on...

N.Y. Times: How The U.S. Military Hid An Airstrike That Killed Dozens Of Civilians In Syria

"The Baghuz strike was one of the largest civilian casualty incidents of the war against the Islamic State, but it has never been publicly acknowledged by the U.S. military. The details, reported here for the first time, show that the death toll was almost immediately...