One of the saddest quotes from the Vietnam War came from journalist Peter Arnett, who wrote in a dispatch in 1968 about an American attack on a Vietcong-held village: “It became necessary to destroy the town to save it.” As often happens with such quotes, they take on...
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Blinken Announces New $100 Million Security Package to Ukraine
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 27, 2022 | News Roundup
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced a new $100 million military aid package to Ukraine on Sunday while visiting Israel. The latest security assistance will include armored vehicles for Ukrainian police and border guards. The US labeled the donation - which...
News Roundup 3/25/2022
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 24, 2022 | News Roundup
US News Rep. Fortenberry was found guilty on three counts of lying to the FBI. [Link] The US is seeking the extradition of John Joël Joseph from Jamacia. Joseph is accused by the US of having a role in the assassination of Haiti’s president last summer. [Link] Russia...
COI #247: Zelensky Dreams of a NATO No Fly Zone in Ukraine
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 16, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #247, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover the latest Ukraine news, a potential deal to end the war, this weekend’s Iranian missile attack in northern Iraq, as well as recent Israeli drone strikes inside Iran. Kyle updates the war and the situation on the...
Pentagon Report Blames Poor Leadership, ‘Culture of Complacency’ for Deadly 2020 Attack in Kenya
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Mar 10, 2022 | News Roundup
The Department of Defense has issued two reviews of the 2020 al-Shabaab attack on the Camp Simba military base in Kenya that killed three Americans. The reports name poor leadership, inadequate training and a “culture of complacency” as the leading causes that allowed...
DC ‘Experts’ Could Kill Us All
by Jim Bovard | Mar 10, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The Biden administration appears to be blundering ever close to a war with Russia. People can condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the killing of civilians without fantasizing that the U.S. military has a magic wand to stop that war. Unfortunately, the American...
News Roundup 3/9/2022
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 8, 2022 | News Roundup
US News The Pentagon announces it will close its massive jet fuel tanks at Red Hill, Hawaii. [Link] Russia The Pentagon downplays the chances of Polish warplanes being transferred to Ukraine. [Link] The US is concerned about Russia gaining control over Ukrainian...
Biden Levies New Sanctions on Yemen, Stops Short of Catastrophic ‘Terrorism’ Designation
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Feb 24, 2022 | Blog
The US Treasury Department has announced new sanctions targeting a “key” financial network for Yemen’s Houthis, claiming it has supported the group in its years-long war against the US-backed Saudi coalition. The department said Sa’id al-Jamal, allegedly an...
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I Met a Man
Located nearly three hours drive from Adelaide, the property rested in the South-East. The nearest township a good thirty minutes if you pushed your vehicle over dirty unselaed road. It was a job that a mate threw my way, help out some old timers that he knew through...
UN Review: No Evidence UNRWA Staff Are Terrorists
The UN’s review on UNRWA’s neutrality notes that Israel provided no evidence for its claim that staff members belong to terrorist organizations.
Joe Biden is Such a Liar
He lies about everything. This time it's his uncle Ambrose who was lost at sea during WWII. Genocide Joe lies that he was eaten by cannibals, smearing the people of Papua New Guinea, who fought as America's allies in that war.
John Boyd: Persona Non Grata at the Pentagon
COL John Boyd was quite the maverick in the military ranks and rocked the boat all the time. You will not though incredibly capable, he was never promoted to flag rank. One of the best insights he ever gave was that when one distills strategy simply, it is:...
Class versus Identity Politics?
Parts of the "left" and "right" often lament that class politics has given way to identity politics. I don't get that. Class was the original modern political identity, and state privilege was part of the cause. Libertarians and classical liberals long warned that...
Trita Parsi Interview on Israel and Iran
A good one, by Michael Holmes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSuUSf2P5RU
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