On COI #112, Kyle discusses the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. CENTCOM claims the withdrawal is 20% compete but does not provide the number of American soldiers and contractors that remain in the country. The US has removed equipment from the country, transferred...
On COI #97, Kyle breaks down Biden's announcement that he will not withdraw US troops from Afghanistan by May 1st. The new plan is for US troops to leave the country by 9/11. However, even if US troops leave, 6,000 American contractors remain. The US will also...
No surprise. I don't expect this to change under Biden (or any president). While he didn't make the worse pick for Secretary Of Defense, he did pick an ex-military four star general that took the all to common career path. Military - head of Centcom - retire - work...
Robert Wright and Connor Echels at nonzero.org "Background: Flournoy, a candidate for secretary of defense, was an undersecretary of defense in the Obama administration, where she played a big role in designing the Afghanistan “surge.” She is perhaps best known for...
https://youtu.be/5xtW4Uxx2EU War has always been the occasion of a great — and usually permanent — acceleration and intensification of State power over society. War is the great excuse for mobilizing all the energies and resources of the nation, in the name of...
On Conflicts of Interest #19, Kyle and Will discuss a new Pentagon contract with Elon Musk's SpaceX to develop a cargo transport system capable of dropping weapons from orbit to anywhere on Earth in an hour flat, part of the company's shift toward military projects...
On Conflicts of Interest #6, Kyle and Will outline the legacy of the September 11 attacks on their 19th anniversary, including years of war, torture, and mass surveillance carried out in their wake. The Pentagon has awarded a $13.3 billion contract to Northrop Grumman...
On FPF #528, I discuss reports that an American company had signed an agreement with the Syrian Kurds to produce oil in Syria. The story was pushed by Secretary of State Pompeo and Senator Graham. However, the Syrian Kurds now say no agreement has been made. The Kurds...
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