Israeli Defense Forces are on high alert after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah threatened retaliation after Israeli drone strikes in Southern Lebanon. “I say to the Israeli army on the border from tonight, stand guard (on high alert). Wait for us one, two, three,...
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Fighting For Our Freedom!
by Scott Horton | Aug 11, 2019 | Blog
U.S. Army veteran who served two tours in Afghanistan deported to Mexico He says he suffered PTSD when he got back and then turned to alcohol and drugs. Perez acknowledged his guilt in delivering cocaine to an undercover officer, but pointed out he took responsibility...
Bravest, Most Moral Army in the World Shoots 10-Year-Old Boy in the Head
by Scott Horton | Jul 16, 2019 | Blog
Don't worry. It says right there, thou shalt not kill children unless you happen to covet your neighbor's land and you need to be able to steal it so you can worship your false idols on it on Saturdays. So this is just fine.
USA Wipes Out Afghan Army Unit
by Scott Horton | Jun 13, 2019 | Blog
Oh well, close enough for government work, right boys?
Olli Heinonen is a Liar
by Scott Horton | Jun 5, 2019 | Blog
Here he tells Israeli Army Radio, "Iran is actually weaponizing uranium enrichment without making a weapon." Even the Times of Israel, a rightwing paper, characterized this as a "claim," since it's obvious on the face of it that Heinonen is lying. Iran is either...
What Julian Assange and Howlin Wolf have in common
by Steven Woskow | Jun 1, 2019 | Blog
They were both tortured by the state Howlin’ Wolf was locked up for two months in the Army psych ward. He was lashed to his bed, his body parts examined and measured: his head, his hands, his feet, his teeth, his penis. The shrinks wanted to know if he liked to have...

Yes, My Fellow Soldiers Died in Vain
by Danny Sjursen | May 28, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Sergeant Alex Fuller hailed from the depressed coastal town of New Bedford, Massachusetts. His brothers and sister did stints in prison; he sold drugs himself as a teen, and barely earned a GED. Then he found a home in the army. He excelled, he loved it, and even made...
US Army Asks Twitter How It Has Affected Them, All Hell Breaks Loose
by Scott Horton | May 24, 2019 | Blog
Click through and check out the responses to this. How has serving impacted you? — U.S. Army (@USArmy) May 23, 2019 h/t the Reddit room.
Afghan War to End Never
by Scott Horton | May 24, 2019 | Blog
See here where the new general in charge of the war claims that al Qaeda has free reign "across Afghanistan." Consider this obvious lie to be a full frontal assault by the U.S. Army against the president of the United States of America and his mandate to Zalmay...

Libya’s Strongman
by Kyle Anzalone | May 22, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #352, I discuss the military power of the Libyan Field Marshal Haftar. Haftar came to power in the vacuum left by Obama's war in Libya and now controls most of Libya. The strongman has acquired a fleet of fighter jets and 10,000s of troops. He has also built up...
Genocidal As a Democrat
by Scott Horton | Dec 22, 2018 | Blog
The year is 2018. Watch Tucker Carlson, on Fox News, attacking the Democratic War Party, with a little help from retired army Col. Douglas Macgregor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rjFaFaMJ_U&feature=youtu.be
Army Buries It’s Own Whitewash Study of Iraq War II
by Scott Horton | Nov 6, 2018 | Blog
Wall St. Journal. (Funny: the story is by Michael R. Gordon, who co-bylined every one of Judith Miller's worst claims in the New York Times, lying the American people into war, in 2002 and 2003.) Maj. Danny Sjursen comments.
Israeli Army Admits to Arming Syria Rebels, Then Censors Story
by Jason Ditz | Sep 6, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The Jerusalem Post, a major Israeli newspaper, published an article on Wednesday quoting Israeli military officials as saying that they had been providing seven different Syrian rebel groups with “large amounts of cash, weapons and ammunition.” Though the report did...
8/22/18 Danny Sjursen on Terror Wars and Becoming Antiwar
by Scott Horton | Aug 25, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Danny Sjursen is interviewed on his service in the Terror Wars, how he became antiwar, and how he wants his service and the service of others to be honored. Sjursen is a major in the U.S. army and former history instructor at West Point. He writes regularly for...
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Empower the Workers: Decriminalize Economic Activity Between Consenting Adults
The most reliable and effective protection for most workers is provided by the existence of many employers. As we have seen, a person who has only one possible employer has little or no protection. The employers who protect a worker are those who would like to hire...
Chris Rock’s New Special Exposes His Political Ignorance
A common claim among Democrats is that, "It's not that people don't want to be educated, they just haven't been given the opportunity, thus government spending on education needs to increase." If there were ever a group of people capable of "educating" themselves it...
War and Delusion: A Critical Examination
In this episode of the Protestant Libertarian Podcast, Alex Bernardo sits down once again with Laurie Calhoun. Laurie is a philosopher, a cultural critic and an author. She is a senior fellow at the Libertarian Institute, where she regularly writes articles analyzing...
Crime and Poverty
“The theory that crime is caused by poverty is not supported by the known facts. The very poor, in fact, tend to be just as law-abiding as the rich, and perhaps more so. To argue otherwise is to libel multitudes of people who keep to decency under severe difficulties,...
Don’t Be Silent
We should reject the fashionable idea that one should never write or post anything that possibly could be used by bad people for bad purposes. That admonition brings two things to mind. First, it fails its own test. If good people avoid a topic because even...
Can There Be Only One Race?
I'm old enough to remember this 1960s Lay's Potato Chips commercial. (Hell, I'm almost old enough to remember when plays were in black and white!) In the commercial a man (Bert Lahr, the cowardly lion in The Wizard of Oz) faces a challenge from the devil, who has a...