The Joe Biden Administration has urged Israel’s military to re-examine its rules of engagement, Axios reported, months after a soldier killed Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was fatally shot in the head during a raid despite clearly identifying herself as a reporter.
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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...
Interview: Danny Sjursen Explains War in the Age of Biden
by David Gornoski | Jan 25, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
David Gornoski starts the show by commenting on ridiculous establishment-friendly media coverage given to the Biden inauguration. Also in the show, David brings to our attention the recent nonsensical censorship taken against him by YouTube. Plus, Ret. Major Danny...
Live Stream Tonight
by Scott Horton | Nov 3, 2020 | Blog
Join me, Zooey, Diego Rivera and some friends for our election night coverage tonight at my youtube channel at somewhere around 7 PM Texas time: YouTube.com/scotthortonshow part one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nODQSAnAL64 part two...
Kevin Gosztola’s Great Coverage of Assange Hearings
by Scott Horton | Sep 8, 2020 | Blog
His Day 1 thread here: https://twitter.com/kgosztola/status/1303251577344413696 Day 2 here: https://twitter.com/kgosztola/status/1303251577344413696
Reason’s Coverage of Portland
by Scott Horton | Jul 22, 2020 | Blog
They've got some great stuff: Trump Deploys Lawlessness Against Lawlessness Dispatch From Portland: A Distinct Lack of Crowbars and Cops Feds Send Outside Agitators To Escalate Conflict in Portland ACLU Sues Federal Agents Deployed in Portland Department of Homeland...
Influential China Hawks Push Trump Towards War guest Dave DeCamp
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 19, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
Dave DeCamp joins Foreign Policy Focus to discuss his recent coverage of Steve Bannon and Frank Gaffney's latest efforts to increase tensions with China. Bannon and Gaffney have stated the group Committee for Present Danger: China to further this goal. The Trump...
5 Years of US/Saudi War Made Yemen Susceptible to Coronavirus Crisis guest Joanne Leon
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 27, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
Joanne Leon returns to FPF to discuss the five year anniversary of the US/Saudi war on Yemen. The anniversary has received almost no media coverage in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. Ironically, the five years of war in Yemen has created the world's worst...
‘C’mon Man, I Thought You Liked Me’
by Scott Horton | Mar 25, 2020 | Blog
Biden's former intern describes being sexually assaulted by the now-Democratic Party frontrunner in 1993. Sounds credible except for the fact that she wasn't pre-pubescent at the time, which seems to be his primary pathology....
Spy Culture on Top Gun and Military Censorship
by Steven Woskow | Jul 29, 2019 | Blog
The new Top Gun movie is coming out and you can be sure the military is all over it. According to Spy Culture, the military believed the original movie inspired the famous Tailhook scandal. Because of this, the Navy withdrew support for Top Gun 2 and thus the 20 year...
War with China, Iran or Venezuela?
by Kyle Anzalone | May 10, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #347, I discuss the reckless actions the US is taking against China, Iran, and Venezuela. Trump new tariffs could restart the trade war with China. He is also increasing challenges to Chinese territorial claims in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea....
Saudi Airstrike Kills Seven at Northern Yemen Hospital
by Jason Ditz | Mar 27, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
An unusually busy morning at a rural hospital in Yemen’s Saada Province, run by Save the Children, turned into a catastrophe on Tuesday when Saudi warplanes attacked the area, hitting just outside the hospital itself, striking a gas station and killing at least seven...
Trump-Kim Meeting Begins
by Scott Horton | Jun 11, 2018 | Blog
Liberal and conservative twitter are pissed. Good. The great Tim Shorrock has coverage for us here.
50th Anniversary of the My Lai Massacre
by Scott Horton | Mar 16, 2018 | Blog
We've got full coverage of it today for you over at Antiwar.com.
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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...
Empower the Workers: Decriminalize Economic Activity Between Consenting Adults
The most reliable and effective protection for most workers is provided by the existence of many employers. As we have seen, a person who has only one possible employer has little or no protection. The employers who protect a worker are those who would like to hire...
Chris Rock’s New Special Exposes His Political Ignorance
A common claim among Democrats is that, "It's not that people don't want to be educated, they just haven't been given the opportunity, thus government spending on education needs to increase." If there were ever a group of people capable of "educating" themselves it...
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