As an outsider, I had found the ritual of US presidential elections to be fascinating, a helpless voyeur watching how the ebb and flow of war and peace may unfold for the coming years. By that time, I had lost interest in voting, I had become cynical and jaded wary...
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Book Review of Scott Horton’s Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan
I must confess, the absurdity of me writing a review of Scott Horton’s book is akin to the absurdity of the war in Afghanistan, albeit without the hundreds of thousands of dead bodies and billions of government no-bid military contracts and after eighteen years,...
At Least When Democrats Falsely Accuse Trump of Treason, They Know What It Means
They're just liars. But Trump really seems to think "treason" means disloyalty to him. Imagine Bill Clinton, W. Bush or Obama accusing even the lowest piece of shit in the House -- like Adam Schiff -- of "treason" for daring to investigate him (or for deliberately...
It’s Not About Osama bin Laden
On FPF #401, I argue that the war on terror is not about stopping and killing terrorists. From Afghanistan to the TSA at your local airport, what the government is doing to "prevent terrorism" is not about stopping the next 9/11. Most Americans still believe the...
9/23/19 David Stockman on the Demonization of Iran
David Stockman talks about the recent drone strike on a Saudi Arabian oil facility and America's sanctions war in Iran. For some reason, everything in the Middle East seems to be about Iran, as far as American neocons are concerned. They will do anything to turn a...
Americans’ Estrangement Threatens the Empire
Introduction When aiming to answer the question of “what is going on with America?” one must look first at what the underlying feelings currently held by Americans, by asking the first question: “what do Americans agree on?” The contemporary feeling is overwhelmingly...
The Irony of Iran/Israel Tensions
There’s a huge irony that during the 1980s, when Iran talked the most shit, Israel armed them. However, later in the 1990s, when Iran’s rhetoric moderated, Israel pressured America to increase sanctions. How & why did this irony come about? Some say this...
The Attack on Saudi Oil guest Will Porter
On FPF #400, Will Porter returns to the show to breakdown the attack on Saudi oil infrastructure that took half of the Saudi's oil production offline. Will describes the attack and evidence produced by Saudi Arabia. The Houthis have claimed they carried out the...
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