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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

How the Pentagon Enlisted Trump to Continue Its Perpetual "War on Terror"

by Gareth Porter | Jan 25, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

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...

Obama Administration Hoped Islamic State Would Bring Syrian Regime Change

by Sheldon Richman | Jan 12, 2017 | Blog, Foreign Policy, Sheldon Richman

According to a leaked taped conversation between Secretary of State John Kerry and Syrian opponents of President Bashar al-Assad, the Obama administration watched the Islamic State grow in the hope that its presence in Syria would force Assad to negotiate and,...

Is the Battle for Mosul Doomed?

by Danny Davis | Dec 16, 2016 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

Since the battle to retake Mosul began in mid-October, Iraqi and coalition spokesmen have touted the significant number of villages retaken around the periphery of Mosul by the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), and the fact that they reportedly recaptured Mosul’s al-Salam...

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Anti-War Blog – “Never Again”

“Never again.” Those words were spoken in the wake of the second world war, the revelation and realisation that a sophisticated, educated and civilsed nation of people could commit atrocities of such a scale. Not merely a genocide, a regime of torture, slavery and...

The F35 Follies: The Grift Keeps on Giving

I took months off to work on other projects and catch up on other business. I'm back. The F35 continues to be the gift that keeps on grifting. The F35B and C models are the Marine Corps Short Takeoff/Vertical Landing (STOVL) and US Navy aircraft respectively. Both the...

Trucking w/Gord

Gord is back to discuss the problems being exposed in the trucking industry.

Capitalism Civilizes

"Participation in capitalist markets and bourgeois virtues has civilized the world. It has 'civilized' the world in more than one of the word's root senses, that is, making it 'citified,' from the mere increase in a rich population. It has too, I claim, as many...

Hope for Gen Z w/J. Burden

J. Burden joined me to discuss the major problems conflicting Gen Z.

My Fabric, My Choice: On Trump’s EO Banning Flag Burning

On August 25, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at people who burn or desecrate the American flag. The order instructs the U.S. attorney general to “vigorously prosecute” offenders, imposes a mandatory one‑year jail sentence for anyone who...

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Israel Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War

by Gary Vogler

Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism

by Keith Knight

Imagine the Catholic Church (or any person or group of people) doing what the government does every day: Everyone who doesn’t give the Catholic Church 25% of his annual income every year will be put in jail. If he resists the Jesuit officer, the officer has the right...

Diary of a Psychosis: How Public Health Disgraced Itself During COVID Mania

by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.

FOREWORD BY JAY BHATTACHARYA, MD, PHD Diary of a Psychosis is different from all other books on Covid: it traces the development of the government response as it happened, bit by bit, and subjects it to relentless scrutiny: did any of it do any good? It thereby...

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5/31/19 Giorgio Cafiero on Iraq War III 1/2

The Myth of US 'Inaction' in Syria

How the Pentagon Enlisted Trump to Continue Its Perpetual “War on Terror”

How the Pentagon Enlisted Trump to Continue Its Perpetual "War on Terror"

How the Pentagon Enlisted Trump to Continue Its Perpetual "War on Terror"

House Leadership Pulls a Fast One for al Qaeda

Obama Administration Hoped Islamic State Would Bring Syrian Regime Change

Is the Battle for Mosul Doomed?

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Anti-War Blog – “Never Again”

The F35 Follies: The Grift Keeps on Giving

Trucking w/Gord

Capitalism Civilizes

Hope for Gen Z w/J. Burden

My Fabric, My Choice: On Trump’s EO Banning Flag Burning

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Israel Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War

Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism

Diary of a Psychosis: How Public Health Disgraced Itself During COVID Mania

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