Israel launched major military drills preparing for war with Hezbollah, Syria and Iran on Monday. The exercises, Israel’s largest since “Chariots of Fire” in May 2022, aim to simulate a conflict which begins with fighting in the north and then spreads to other fronts, namely Iran.
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Denmark Building Coalition to Send Western-Made Warplanes to Ukraine
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 11, 2023 | News
Copenhagen is in talks with its NATO allies about sending American-made combat aircraft to Ukraine. Denmark’s defense minister says a decision is expected by the summer. Meanwhile, Copenhagen pledged to send 100 tanks to Kiev.
‘A phenomenal, phenomenal military’ — US ambassador praises Israeli army in wake of Abu Akleh killing
by Scott Horton | Sep 30, 2022 | Blog
US ambassador Tom Nides justifies Israel's killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by saying Abu Akleh had gone into a "dangerous place." By Philip Weiss
The Psychology Behind Turning Soldiers Into Killers
by Keith Knight | Mar 24, 2022 | Blog
https://youtu.be/1cV--8aT074 From Patrick McFarlane's Liberty Weekly Show Notes: In this first video/documentary style podcast, I review Lt. Col. Dave Grossman’s seminal work On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society. In doing so, I...
The Human Under the Numbers
by Kym Robinson | Dec 30, 2021 | Featured Articles
The story of Anne Frank is tragic. If not for the words that she wrote in her diary, she would be a digit of history. Her diary is relatable, and the thoughts that collected inside her being during a horrible time in history gives the reader an idea of who she was....
News Roundup 12/29/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 29, 2021 | News Roundup
US News Biden says he will implement a ban on unvaccinated Americans from accessing domestic air travel if medical experts approve the plan. [Link] The LAPD releases the footage of the killing of 14-year-old Valentina Orellana-Peralta. Orellana-Peralta was killed when...
Salafis Throwing Bombs: How American and British Planners Partnered With Al-Qaeda Affiliated Groups At the Start of the Syrian Civil War
by William Van Wagenen | Dec 28, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Introduction In the mainstream view, al-Qaeda did not play a role in the Syria conflict until Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dispatched his deputy, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to Syria in August 2011 to establish a wing of the group there, called...
Episode 615: A Review of This Clown World w/ Lee Enfield of En Bloc Press
by Peter R. Quiñones | Aug 10, 2021 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
63 Minutes Some Strong Language Lee Enfield is the proprietor of EnBlocPress.com and an Army Infantry veteran. Lee joins Pete to discuss a variety of topics including vaccine and vaccine passport mandates, flat out election fraud in Arizona and what a clown show the...
The Antiwar Comic: The Theory War
by Tony DiGerolamo | Jun 26, 2021 | Blog
Just when I thought generals couldn't get any crazier... For more comics, visit The Webcomic Factory. Also, check out my books! Wokeistan: A Novel, Hollywoke: Another Novel and The Pineys!
Episode 536: The Left Doesn’t Want The Enemy They’re Creating w/ Army Vet Lee Enfield
by Peter R. Quiñones | Feb 10, 2021 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
60 Minutes PG-13 Lee Enfield is the proprietor of EnBlocPress.com and an Army Infantry veteran. Pete asked Lee to come on to answer questions that reference his experience of being in the military. Especially what a soldier would think if a country they just entered...
Matt Taibbi: The Youtube Ban Is Un-American, Wrong And Will Backfire
by Steven Woskow | Dec 12, 2020 | Blog
"There’s no such thing as a technocratic approach to truth. There are official truths, but those are political rather than scientific determinations, and therefore almost always wrong on some level. The people who created the American free press understood this, even...
The Worlds Largest Arms-Producing Companies
by Steven Woskow | Dec 8, 2020 | Blog
No surprise. I don't expect this to change under Biden (or any president). While he didn't make the worse pick for Secretary Of Defense, he did pick an ex-military four star general that took the all to common career path. Military - head of Centcom - retire - work...
Public Service Announcement: Sign Your Son Up For the US Army Today!
by Scott Horton | Aug 29, 2020 | Blog
So he can be proudly raped by his sergeant and hang himself to death over it.
Trump Gives CIA Approval for Cyber Wars guest Will Porter
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 17, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
Will Porter returns to Foreign Policy Focus to discuss the new report that Trump gave the CIA approval to wage cyberwar. The approval was granted in 2018, after being denied by both Bush and Obama. The order allows for the targeting of countries including Russia,...
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The Non-Existent Difference Between National Socialism and Democratic Socialism
Summary: National Socialism and Democratic Socialism both advocate institutionalized violence by the state against peaceful people only differing in rhetoric. The most popular self described Democratic Socialists in America today are Senator Bernie Sanders and...
A Response to My Memorial Day Critics
My article against Memorial Day drew a lot of ire and attention. This should not have been surprising; I was making a controversial statement. What did surprise me, however, was that many critics were self-described libertarians or former libertarians. There were many...
Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle
https://youtu.be/ZwWHjYVY4tg In the private sector, firms must attract voluntary customers or they fail; and if they fail, investors lose their money, and managers and employees lose their jobs. The possibility of failure, therefore, is a powerful incentive to find...
The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”
Myth #1: Libertarians believe that each individual is an isolated, hermetically sealed atom, acting in a vacuum without influencing each other. This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal...
The Lesson From Germany and Korea
Institutions are, of course, in some sense the products of culture. But, because they formalize a set of norms, institutions are often the things that keep a culture honest, determining how far it is conducive to good behaviour rather than bad. To illustrate the...
Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options
When you shop online, vendors usually give you a bunch of different ways to sort your options. Take Amazon: One popular sorting option – especially for customers with low income – is “Price: Low to High.” You’ve probably used it yourself many times. This...
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