On June 5, 2014, hundreds of ISIS militants launched a lightning assault on Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city. As a result of the mass surrender and desertion of the Iraqi forces, ISIS took full control of the city on June 10, just 5 days later. The group looted...
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For 18 Months, as ISIS Advanced, the U.S. Did Nothing to Stop Them
by William Van Wagenen | Sep 2, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In 2017, U.S. and allied Kurdish forces bombarded the city of Raqqa, the bastion of ISIS in Syria and the de-facto capital of the terror group’s self-proclaimed caliphate. Concurrent to this, U.S. forces conducted massive air strikes on the Iraqi city of Mosul, to...
Turkish-Held Areas in Syria Become Asylum for ISIS
by Armen Tigranakert | Mar 1, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The news of an ISIS leader elimination, Abu Ibrahim al-Quraishi, by the U.S. forces in Syria’s Idlib went around the whole world last month. On the night between Wednesday February 9 to Thursday February 10, American commandos had airdropped from helicopters in the...
COI #222: Cold War Served Hot, Hawks Cry For Russian Blood
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 26, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #222, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover the hawks advocating the killing of Russians, the ongoing Cold War with China, and recent violence in Syria. Connor reviews his latest column discussing the Washington imperial elite’s calls for Russian blood during...
U.S. Foreign-Policy Perpetual Perfidy
by Jim Bovard | Feb 25, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The Washington establishment was aghast in October when Donald Trump appeared to approve a Turkish invasion of northern Syria. The United States was seen as abandoning the Kurds, some of whom had assisted the United States in the fight against ISIS and other terrorist...
U.S. Foreign-Policy Perpetual Perfidy
by Jim Bovard | Feb 24, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The Washington establishment was aghast in October when Donald Trump appeared to approve a Turkish invasion of northern Syria. The United States was seen as abandoning the Kurds, some of whom had assisted the United States in the fight against ISIS and other terrorist...
Bin Ladenites Jerking Trump’s Chain
by Scott Horton | Feb 7, 2020 | Blog
Just like when he fell for the Khan Sheikhoun and Douma chemical attack hoaxes in Syria in 2017 and 2018, President Trump let the bin Ladenites (by way of his Zionists) tell him what to think and who to bomb after the attack on the U.S. base in Iraq on December 27,...
Kurdish NGO Report Details Turkish Support For ISIS
by Robert Inlakesh | Aug 31, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
There has long been talk of the role that Turkey had to play in the facilitation and even covert support for elements of Daesh (IS, ISIS, Islamic State). Many state actors have leveled accusations against Turkey, for which no-one seems to have - at least to public...
5/31/19 Giorgio Cafiero on Iraq War III 1/2
by Scott Horton | Jun 2, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Giorgio Cafiero of Gulf State Analytics discusses the mess that U.S. foreign policy has made of the Middle East in light of the news that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is in fact alive after many claims and rumors to the contrary. President Trump, Scott and Cafiero...
The Myth of US 'Inaction' in Syria
by William Van Wagenen | Jul 8, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Introduction When the Russian military intervened in the Syrian war in October 2015, many in the Western press complained bitterly, demanding that US planners intervene directly in Syria on behalf of the anti-government rebels in response. Reuters alleged that “The...
How the Pentagon Enlisted Trump to Continue Its Perpetual “War on Terror”
by Gareth Porter | Jan 25, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The speech by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on January 17 laying out a series of conditions that would make it possible to withdraw US troops from Syria confirmed what had already been revealed by the Pentagon itself: The Trump administration is planning to keep US...
How the Pentagon Enlisted Trump to Continue Its Perpetual "War on Terror"
by Gareth Porter | Jan 25, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The speech by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on January 17 laying out a series of conditions that would make it possible to withdraw US troops from Syria confirmed what had already been revealed by the Pentagon itself: The Trump administration is planning to keep US...
How the Pentagon Enlisted Trump to Continue Its Perpetual "War on Terror"
by Gareth Porter | Jan 25, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The speech by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on January 17 laying out a series of conditions that would make it possible to withdraw US troops from Syria confirmed what had already been revealed by the Pentagon itself: The Trump administration is planning to keep US...
House Leadership Pulls a Fast One for al Qaeda
by Connor Freeman | Nov 7, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
House Concurrent Resolution 81 (H.Con.Res.81) is sponsored by Representatives, Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Walter Jones (R-NC), Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.), Thomas Massie (R-KY), and 39 other lawmakers. The resolution commands an end to U.S. participation in the Saudi-led war in...
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The Non-Existent Difference Between National Socialism and Democratic Socialism
Summary: National Socialism and Democratic Socialism both advocate institutionalized violence by the state against peaceful people only differing in rhetoric. The most popular self described Democratic Socialists in America today are Senator Bernie Sanders and...
A Response to My Memorial Day Critics
My article against Memorial Day drew a lot of ire and attention. This should not have been surprising; I was making a controversial statement. What did surprise me, however, was that many critics were self-described libertarians or former libertarians. There were many...
Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle
https://youtu.be/ZwWHjYVY4tg In the private sector, firms must attract voluntary customers or they fail; and if they fail, investors lose their money, and managers and employees lose their jobs. The possibility of failure, therefore, is a powerful incentive to find...
The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”
Myth #1: Libertarians believe that each individual is an isolated, hermetically sealed atom, acting in a vacuum without influencing each other. This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal...
The Lesson From Germany and Korea
Institutions are, of course, in some sense the products of culture. But, because they formalize a set of norms, institutions are often the things that keep a culture honest, determining how far it is conducive to good behaviour rather than bad. To illustrate the...
Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options
When you shop online, vendors usually give you a bunch of different ways to sort your options. Take Amazon: One popular sorting option – especially for customers with low income – is “Price: Low to High.” You’ve probably used it yourself many times. This...
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