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FPF #248 – Russian Plane Downed in Syria

by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 19, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest

On FPF #248, I discuss recent developments in the Syrian Civil War. An attack by Israel led to the Syrian government accidentally downing a Russian surveillance plane. Turkey and Russia reached an agreement to put the Syrian government offensive in Idlib is on pause....

News Roundup 7/5/18

by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 5, 2018 | News Roundup

Trump has repeatedly pushed for the US to invade Venezuela. [Link] North and South Korea play a basketball friendly. [Link] War hawks continue to push Iranian regime change by using the terrorist group MEK. [Link] Syrian rebels continue to lose towns in southwest...

FPF #203 – Endless Defeat in Afghanistan

by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 6, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest

On FPF #203, I discuss recent news showing the Afghanistan War is lost. The Trump policy has been in place since August, but the militant groups continue to control a significant portion of the country. After 17 years of US intervention, only 44% of Afghani children...

5/18/18 Elijah Magnier on the Iraqi Parliamentary Election in the Aftermath of Sectarian War

by Scott Horton | May 18, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Elijah Magnier returns to the show to discuss the results of the recent Iraqi parliamentary election and the possible coalitions that could form in order to determine who will be the next Iraqi prime minister. Magnier discusses how the Iraqi civil war has affected...

FPF #178 – Trump Takes the Bait

by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 9, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest

On FPF #178, I discuss recent allegations that Assad used chemical weapons. The al-Qaeda linked White Helmets claims that over 40 people were killed in the attack. In response, Trump took to Twitter to call Assad an animal and blame the situation in Syria on Obama. I...

FPF #174 – The Syrian War Goes On

by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 30, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest

On FPF #174, I update the Syrian Civil War. The Syrian Civil War recently passed its 7th year but remains exceptionally complex. Assad has liberated Damascus from most al-Qaeda linked factions. Turkey has conquered the Afrin District from the Syrian Kurds and now...

Iran is Losing Influence in Iraq: Is Qassem Soleimani the Right Person?

by Scott Horton | Feb 5, 2018 | Blog

Via the War Nerd, Elijah Magnier has an interesting article about tensions between the Iranians and the Abadi regime in Baghdad in the aftermath of Iraq War III. Interviewing him about it tomorrow.

Syria Cheat Sheet: Why the US wants to bomb the Syrian Army

by Brad Hoff | Jun 28, 2017 | Blog

If you're not yet a Twitter follower of Elijah Magnier @EjmAlrai I suggest you start following him and pay attention to his work right away. He's one of the few truly "on the ground" war correspondents who regularly treks all over Syria and the region, and has been...

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The Navy Woke Wake: Haze Gray and Raw Sewage Underway

No urinals on the USS Ford. This is a feature and not a bug. The main issue is breakdowns with the ship’s Vacuum Collection, Holding and Transfer (VCHT) system, which controls its toilets and sewage collection. The system is split across ten independent zones and...

The Kyle Anzalone Show [GUEST] PROF. Mohammad Marandi : Brink of War! – Inside Iran’s Dealmaking, Deterrence, And Doubt

PROF. Mohammad Marandi joins Kyle live from Moscow. His Internet connection is a little sketchy but the audio is fine. Be sure to comment to help us with the YT algorithm. What if the real battlefield isn’t a border but a bottleneck? We sit down with Professor...

Rules for Radicals, Prologue w/John Weeks

John joins me to read and comment on the book Rules for Radicals. In this episode we read The Prologue in preparation for diving into Alinsky’s work.

The Kyle Anzalone Show: [GUEST] LtCOL. Karen Kwiatkowski : Netanyahu Arrives in Washington to Plot Iran War

Headlines keep colliding: sudden airspace closures, a foreign leader urging new wars, and a deluge of Epstein revelations that raise more questions than answers. We cut through the noise to map the pattern—who benefits from distraction, why certain names stay hidden,...

Update February 2025: The Pause That Refreshes

I have not published an episode for a month which is unusual to those of you used to my fortnightly cadence. Well, I am moving and that has caused some difficulties in time management. We have relocated and now we are looking for a house while in temporary...

“Few and Defined,” Really?

The takings clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution places a limit (just compensation) on an implied power (eminent domain) that is not listed in Article I, Section 8. Thus, James Madison was less than candid when he said the national government’s powers...

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