On FPF #319, I discuss the endless US War on Terror. The US has issued a $1 million reward for information on the son of Osama bin Laden. The younger bin Laden is rising through the ranks of al-Qaeda. Americans are born before 9/11 are starting to enlist in the...
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Ron and Dan: Iraq Lies Redux: Trump Admin Claims Iran/al-Qaeda Alliance
by Scott Horton | Feb 20, 2019 | Blog
In an astonishing Washington Times article this week, unnamed Trump Administration officials (who may or may not be called “John Bolton”) are claiming that Iran, which has been battling al-Qaeda in Syria for nearly four years, is actually secretly allied with al-Qaeda...
The Antiwar Comic: Torture Still Doesn’t Work
by Tony DiGerolamo | Nov 10, 2018 | Blog
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10/17/18 Joseph Margulies on the Innocence of Abu Zubaydah
by Scott Horton | Oct 19, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Attorney Joseph Margulies comes on the show to discuss his recent article about his client, Abu Zubaydah, who is currently being held by the CIA without charges. Zubaydah was one of the first men caught up in the chaos after 9/11, in this case mistakenly identified as...
News Roundup 9/11/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 11, 2018 | News Roundup
17 years after 9/11 al-Qaeda may be stronger than ever. [Link] John Bolton says the US may sanction the International Criminal Court if it prosecutes the US. [Link] The Taliban killed 29 Afghan troops in attacks on Saturday. [Link] On Sunday the Taliban began...
Why Are We Siding With al-Qaeda?
by Ron Paul | Sep 10, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Last week, I urged the Secretary of State and National Security Advisor to stop protecting al-Qaeda in Syria by demanding that the Syrian government leave Idlib under al-Qaeda control. While it may seem hard to believe that the US government is helping al-Qaeda in...
Can’t We Just Leave Syria Alone?
by Ron Paul | Sep 5, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Assad was supposed to be gone already. President Obama thought it would be just another “regime change” operation and perhaps Assad would end up like Saddam Hussein or Yanukovych. Or maybe even Gaddafi. But he was supposed to be gone. The US spent billions to get rid...
Are al-Qaeda Affiliates Fighting Alongside U.S. Rebels in Syria’s South?
by A. Trevor Thrall and Erik Goepner | Jul 8, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
DARAA, Syria – At first glance, all appears calm in this southern Syrian city where protests first broke out seven years ago. Residents mill around shops in preparation for the evening Iftar meal when they break their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan. But...
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Hey Moe! Hey Larry! Look, It’s the Army Watercraft Circus!
Not only can they not float a portable pier [Gaza] (at a cool burn rate of 335 million debt-bucks) but they can't maintain an aging fleet of maritime connectors. The Army continues to trip over itself in most missions. Maybe they could reach zero by 2028 in the...
The US Doesn’t Have a Monopoly on Contemporary Military Incompetence
The six-thousand-ton INS Arihant sank in 2017 and remained out of service at the docks while the water was pumped out, and the pipes replaced. The entire process took ten months. Imagine not only not having the sea sense to seal your boat before diving but having no...
Israeli War Crimes Documented by the Israeli Defense Forces
There’s no sense denying Israel’s indiscriminate attacks and wanton destruction when its war crimes are documented by its own armed forces.
Government Subsidy of K-PhD: The Suicide Pact of Western Civilization
The German Empire arranged passage for Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Lenin in 1917, joined by 29 other Russian exiles, a Pole and a Swiss, to Russia to try to seize power from the government. They traveled on an armored train through Germany then took a ship to Sweden where...
Money to Burn: Pentagon Blues
I often quip to the TSA slack-jawed shamblers at the airport when I fly that I am happy the TSA exists because think of how much more homelessness there would in the USA if the unemployable weren't in shitty government jobs hassling peaceful travelers. The DoD has...
Little Crappy Ships Continue to Waste Money, Again
The next to last floating dumpster of the Little Crappy Ship (LCS), USS Beloit, was launched, yet another future fish apartment complex; the USS Cleveland, the final ship of the Freedom class, is under construction and will be delivered in 2025 (don't hold your...