Scott interviews Ron Enzweiler about President Trump trying to keep troops in Syria in order to seize their oil fields for American use. Enzweiler says that apart from this being illegal under international law, Syria's oil fields amount to about 0.2% of the global...
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11/7/19 Francis Boyle: In Defense of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7
Scott interviews Francis Boyle about his attempts to help Liz McAlister and the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 in their legal battle for what he views as justified civil resistance. McAlister helped break into the Kings Bay nuclear base in order to peacefully and symbolically...
11/7/19 Matthew Hoh on the Unwinnable War in Afghanistan
Matthew Hoh discusses the extraordinary difficulties in resolving the complex political and ethnic tensions in Afghanistan, something that the U.S. military has been trying to do for going on 20 years. Hoh says that during his time there he saw lots of practices by...
Most Veterans Believe the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan Weren’t Worth Fighting
The majority of U.S. military veterans say America's most recent wars were not worth fighting, according to the results of a recent Pew Research Center survey published ahead of Veterans Day. In addition to polling 1,087 former service members on their opinions of the...
11/7/19 Ali M. Latifi on Life in the Most Drone-Bombed Country in the World
Ali Latifi talks about his reporting on the drone war in Afghanistan, the most drone-bombed country in the world. He tells us one of the most troubling facts about America's drone campaigns: that almost everyone who is killed in a drone strike gets labeled an "enemy...
Lindholm Taking ‘Bring Our Troops Home’ Push to D.C.
Check out this great article about BringOurTroopsHome.us and the great event they're holding next week in D.C.. I beg any and all Iraq and Afghan war vets in the Institute audience who can possibly attend to do so. The opportunity we have to truly change the narrative...
War Is Not a Conservative Thing
Perpetual war and aggressive interventionism have become the hallmark of Republican foreign policy. But war is not a conservative thing. Last month, I saw somebody assert unironically and in complete seriousness that Californians need to reelect Rep. Maxine Waters...
Alt Media was Exposing Epstein Corruption as ABC was Covering it Up—Who’s the Real Fake News?
One of the largest stories in the news this week was the ABC anchor who was recorded on a hot microphone ranting about how the network suppressed her story on Jeffrey Epstein and his ties to the elite — three years ago. While this admission was certainly noteworthy,...
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