Episode Notes I discuss the French experience in north Africa and the devastating consequences of the double blow of losing Indochina in the same time-frame in Algeria in north Africa. References: Martin Windrow Our Friends Beneath the Sands: The Foreign Legion in...
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News Roundup 2/6/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 6, 2023 | News Roundup
Russia President Joe Biden dispatched his CIA Director to Kiev with a proposal to end the war in Ukraine last month, according to the Swiss outlet Neue Zürcher Zeitung. The peace plan was offered at the same time the White House was preparing significant escalations...
Chinese Spy Balloon Bonanza Ep. 246 ft. Liam McCollum
by Patrick Macfarlane | Feb 4, 2023 | Foreign Policy, Vital Dissent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rIGPsr-Ugk&feature=youtu.be Patrick is joined by Liam McCollum to discuss the state of US-China tensions. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10...
COI #379: Israel Drone Strikes Iran With Impunity, After Drills with US
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 3, 2023 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #379, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover the Twitter files’ recent revelations regarding the neocons’ information war against the American people, increasing US/NATO expansionism in the Asia Pacific eyeing China, Washington’s plans to ramp up military...
1/27/23 James Bamford on the Many Failures of American Counterintelligence
by Scott Horton | Feb 2, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott interviews James Bamford about some of the stories he collected for his new book about the collapse of America’s counterintelligence apparatus. They start with Russiagate and talk about how, while the government and media were screeching...
News Roundup 2/2/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 2, 2023 | News Roundup
Russia British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said Wednesday that sending fighter jets to Ukraine isn’t the right approach “for now,” but stressed that nothing should be ruled out. AWC A former British MP that held a position in Britain’s Ministry of Defense said on...
US to Open Four New Sites in the Philippines, Accelerating ‘Pivot to Asia’
by Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman | Feb 1, 2023 | News
Washington and Manila are close to inking an agreement that would see four new American installations opened in the Philippines. The new sites are part of a US military buildup in the Indo-Pacific to prepare for war with China.
They Smile and Shrug Their Shoulders at the Murder of a Man
by Kym Robinson | Feb 1, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Recently, many of us digitally witnessed five armed police officers beat Tyre Nichols to death. Oftentimes it’s easy for us to be voyeurs to violence and then conjure up a context or make an excuse for what it is that we are seeing. It’s the privilege of distance and...
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ICJ Declares Israel’s Occupation Illegal
The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel’s prolonged occupation of Palestinian territory violates international law.
What a strange fetish it all is…
Is it a fetish? There are some fascinating memes and clips doing the rounds of Trump lately. The populist appeal has become silly. The trouble is that some supposedly serious people are unironically aroused by it all. Then again, maybe it’s just for the LOLs? Grown...
Tariffs Violate Freedom
Debate goes on over who suffers from U.S. tariffs. Biden and Trump, for example, think U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods hurt China, not Americans. This is nonsense. Even if they hurt Chinese producers (who can sell their goods elsewhere), the tariffs still hurt...
If Pigs Could Fly: The F35 Continues to Miss the Mark
The Pentagon will continue to pay Bugatti prices for Yugos until the morale improves. Software upgrades have haunted this flying circus since its "full operational status" was fabricated years ago. The combination of a severely Sovietized acquisition system married to...
The Empire Strikes Back: Soldiering and Brain Injury
Whatever empires do abroad eventually comes home. Yet another unintended consequences come home in a tidal wave. This is personal; I was diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury in 2019. I spent nearly a quarter century in the US military. I know there's a connection....
US Surface Navy is No Longer a Global Force
The US Navy may credibly dominate the Atlantic but the Pacific Ocean is no longer an exclusive US naval domination calculus. The Arctic is still dominated by the Russians and will remain so. The US Navy's ability to build functioning surface ships is compromised...
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