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.
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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...
Christian Cold-Warriors’ Faustian Bargain
by Zack Sorenson | Aug 19, 2018 | Blog
What motivated the legions of bureaucrats in the US Gov during the Cold War? As a child of the 90s, and former Boy Scout, I can tell you that the answer is incredibly clear in the minds of that generation: defeating evangelical atheism. I wouldn't discount the...
7/11/2018 Jason Ditz on Syrian Conflict
by Scott Horton | Jul 16, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Jason Ditz, news editor for Antiwar.com, discusses the Syrian conflict and what the current status of the fighting is between the Syrian Army and allied Russians, the rebels, and ISIS. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Zen Cash; The War...
FPF #208 – Stalin's Military Failures guest Marko Marjanovic
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 18, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #208, Marko Marjanovic joins the show to discuss the failures of Stalin's centrally planned military leading up to WWII. The failures amount to the USSR having the most losses on one side of a war. While the Red Army had the equipment and technology to defend...
Army National Guard General Investigated After Ties to Defense Contractor Exposed
by James Holbrooks | Mar 21, 2018 | Blog
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. A former general of the Army National Guard who rose to the role of advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon, is under criminal investigation over his close ties to a defense...
Top General Issues Warning Over US-China Collision Course in Africa
by James Holbrooks | Mar 8, 2018 | Blog
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. Djibouti — China is the rising world power. This much is clear, but nowhere is that reality felt more than behind closed doors in Washington, D.C. The global hegemony of the United States is being challenged, and...
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Protecting Vested Interests
"There were and there will always be people whose selfish ambitions demand protection for vested interests and who hope to derive advantage from measures restricting competition. Entrepreneurs grown old and tired and the decadent heirs of people who succeeded in the...
From Savagery to Civilization
"The market economy is a man-made mode of acting under the division of labor. But this does not imply that it is something accidental or artificial and could be replaced by another mode. The market economy is the product of a long evolutionary process. It is the...
Peace on Earth
Peace on Earth is the mantra that we hear, especially now but on and off over the coming year. Those who use violence, will smile it out. Those who profit from war may cheer those words from corporate offices. Those who hate will do so for entire collectives of...
Human Rights Watch: Yes, Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza
A growing body of legal experts and international humanitarian organizations have concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
What Corporatism Actually Is
"The fundamental idea both of guild socialism and of corporativism is that every branch of business forms a monopolistic body, the guild or corporazione. This entity enjoys full autonomy; it is free to settle all its internal affairs without interference of external...
The Pause That Refreshes
I will be spending the holidays with my children and grandchildren at an undisclosed bunker location in the inland Rocky Mountain west and off the 'net until the new year when I will resume blogging at the Institute... Since I paused Chasing Ghosts and started...
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