Milley: 'That mission is not yet complete' In an interview Sunday on ABC, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley predicted that US troops would stay in Afghanistan “for several more years,” the first such estimate offered since President Trump scrapped a...
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Trump Cancels Secret Meeting With Taliban and President of Afghanistan
by Steven Woskow | Sep 7, 2019 | Blog
President Trump tweeted that a secret meeting with Taliban negotiators and the President of Afghanistan that was supposed to occur at Camp David on Sunday has been cancelled because of the Taliban attacks in Kabul that killed an American soldier. In his tweet, he...
Trump Afghan ‘Withdrawal’ To Leave 8,600 Troops
by Jason Ditz | Aug 29, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
Says US will 'always' have a presence in Afghanistan Attempts by US negotiators to finalize a peace deal to get US troops out of Afghanistan continue to struggle in the face of President Trump’s comments, which continue to focus on all the troops he’s not going to get...
Episode 300: The True Story of ‘300’ and the Spartans w/ Prof. CJ Killmer
by Peter R. Quiñones | Aug 19, 2019 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
62 Minutes PG-13 Pete invited history professor CJ Killmer to come back on the show and give everyone a real history of the Spartans and the events of the movie 300. CJ destroys myths and gives us an account that we would never see come out of Hollywood. Dangerous...
Peace in Colombia and Afghanistan?
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 14, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #388, I talk about the peace process in Colombia and Afghanistan. In Colomba, the new president Ivan Duque has opposed the peace agreement with the FARC. Now he plans to end funding for a program key to keeping the peace in Colombia. If the program end, the...
Judge refuses to toss corruption case against Rep. Duncan Hunter
by Steven Woskow | Jul 8, 2019 | Blog
U.S. District Judge Thomas Whelan refused to dismiss federal corruption charges or move the trial out of San Diego. Rep Duncan Hunter is charged with using $250,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses. Prosecutors have also revealed salacious details about the...
Elijah J. Magnier: Iran And Trump On The Edge Of Abyss
by Steven Woskow | Jun 21, 2019 | Blog
Elijah J. Magnier reports that the Iranians have sent Trump a clear message. The first message is that Iran is ready for an all-out war, no matter what the consequences. The second message is that Iran is aware that the US President has cornered himself; the...
USA Almost Attacked Iran Tonight
by Scott Horton | Jun 20, 2019 | Blog
I had a tip at 8 eastern that they were going to attack in one hour. Then the Tucker show started. Then the attack was called off. I'm willing to bet it was Tucker and Macgregor who stopped a war tonight. The New York Times says Trump had authorized the strike and...
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Propaganda and the State
Nicknamed “the father of public relations,” Edward Bernays (1891–1995) was a pioneer in the fields of propaganda and PR; this book is a great insight into the man behind the curtain. “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of...
Anti-War Blog – Journalist Leaked the Plans to Kill Fifty-Three People
It turns out that journalist Jeffrey Goldberg was ‘texted’ two-hours before the recent US attack on Yemen. Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of Defense texted him the war plan which included specific information about weapons to be used, targets and time of the strikes....
New WarNotes Podcast episode is Live Monday 24 March 2025
Ep 016 "Fixing Fight Club: Just Say No to NATO: Part Two" A continued discussion of the NATO debacle. It is time for America to completely reassess alliances and partnership around the world starting with NATO and then working its way down the list of useless and...
Reinventing the Economy w/Mike Maharrey
Mike Maharrey is back, and we discuss the Trump Administration’s plans for economic stability. Alp
Finland Pokes the Bear
President Stubb in Finland wants to expand the armed forces in Finland. Take a look at Finland on a map. Largest contiguous border with Russia in Europe. A population of 5.6 million. 5.6 million in one of the largest countries in Europe. The international border...
Carrier Follies Continue Apace
The military press seems to be coming around to the conclusion that has been floated here at the Institute for quite some time. The aircraft carrier has seen its time and it is time to retire the tired and anachronistic technology. Poor concepts, design and planning;...
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