Sixty-five Ukrainian soldiers have completed their training on Patriot air defense systems in the United States, the Pentagon said, announcing that Washington would now send Patriot batteries and Abrams tanks to Kiev ahead of schedule.
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Ukraine Will Receive 200 German-Made Battle Tanks
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 7, 2023 | News
Several North Atlantic Treaty Organization members have pledged to send over 200 Leopard-series main battle tanks to Ukraine. However, many of the tanks will not see the warzone for years.
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...
News Roundup 12/27/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 27, 2021 | News Roundup
Covid Massachusetts halts all elective procedures. [Link] The USS Milwaukee will remain in Cuba after several sailors tested positive for Covid. [Link] USAID is running out of money to distribute covid vaccinations. [Link] The US donates 1.5 million vaccine doses to...
Yemen: Fighting Between Saudi Forces UAE Forces In Southern Yemen
by Steven Woskow | Aug 11, 2019 | Blog
Hard to believe the situation in Yemen could get any worse but now their are reports of Saudi and UAE forces fighting in Southern Yemen. From the BBC Yemeni separatists have taken effective control of the port city of Aden after days of fighting with troops loyal to...
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...
Foreign Policy Focus #163 – Trump’s Tariffs and Putin’s Missiles
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 5, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #163, I discuss several events occurring around the world. Trump has proposed new steal and aluminum tariffs. Putin announces that Russia has developed nuclear-armed cruise missiles. At the UN, the US is looking to punish North Korea and Assad. I also update...
Foreign Policy Focus #163 – Trump's Tariffs and Putin's Missiles
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 5, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #163, I discuss several events occurring around the world. Trump has proposed new steal and aluminum tariffs. Putin announces that Russia has developed nuclear-armed cruise missiles. At the UN, the US is looking to punish North Korea and Assad. I also update...
Foreign Policy Focus #145 – Tillerson’s Losing Policy with Will Porter
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 22, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #145, Will Porter returns to the to discuss Tillerson's speech on US policy in Syria. Will explains how the Trump Administration's narrative of the Syrian Civil War is biased and based on lies. Will and I layout the current battlefield in Syria. We update...
Foreign Policy Focus #145 – Tillerson's Losing Policy with Will Porter
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 22, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #145, Will Porter returns to the to discuss Tillerson's speech on US policy in Syria. Will explains how the Trump Administration's narrative of the Syrian Civil War is biased and based on lies. Will and I layout the current battlefield in Syria. We update...
The Antiwar Comic: Bribe Our Way to Peace
by Tony DiGerolamo | Nov 11, 2017 | Blog
So much money wasted. It boggles the mind. For more comics visit The Webcomic Factory.
Is the Battle for Mosul Doomed?
by Danny Davis | Dec 16, 2016 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Since the battle to retake Mosul began in mid-October, Iraqi and coalition spokesmen have touted the significant number of villages retaken around the periphery of Mosul by the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), and the fact that they reportedly recaptured Mosul’s al-Salam...
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Military Conscription is Slavery: Woodrow Wilson Edition
By the guidelines set down by the Selective Service Act, all males aged 21 to 30 were required to register to potentially be selected for military service. At the request of the War Department, Congress amended the law in August 1918 to expand the age range to include...
The Capitalist Competition Myth
Capitalism involves far more cooperation than competition—think of the number of mutually beneficial transactions you’ve had today compared to the number of competitions you’ve been in today - Chris Freiman, author of Why It's OK to Ignore Politics Democratic...
Blame Mexico? Blame Neocons! Blame Big Pharma! Blame the USA!
ABC News: If fentanyl is so deadly, why do drug dealers use it to lace illicit drugs? I have an alternative explanation. America has been fighting endless wars almost the entire century. Many have come home from these never-ending wars with injuries and pains. Doctors...
My Testimony Before the Maine State Senate
In support of Ld 1054, Defend the Guard legislation: Thank you all so much for the opportunity to testify before your committee today. Today is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq War II. The consensus now is that we should not have done it. Iraq was not...
These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress
On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...
Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition
In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...
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