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1/31/20 Joe Lauria on Canada’s Establishment Cold Warriors

by Scott Horton | Feb 1, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Joe Lauria discusses the allegations that his website, Consortium News, is a puppet of the Russian government, recently leveled against them by both Canadian television network Global News, and Canada's Communications Security Establishment. It seems that this is the...

1/24/20 Dan Caldwell on America’s Conservative Antiwar Veterans

by Scott Horton | Jan 25, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Dan Caldwell of Concerned Veterans for America talks to Scott about his organization's latest efforts to change the conversation about support for America's wars in the Middle East. Their new ad campaign emphasizes the fact that even most veterans simply want to end...

1/17/20 Trita Parsi on Peace in the Middle East Without US Involvement

by Scott Horton | Jan 20, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Trita Parsi explains why he thinks that President Trump's clear signal that he doesn't want to go to war with Iran has sent a message to American allies like Saudi Arabia that they should now pursue diplomacy instead of war. Some assume that without a strong U.S....

Guaido’s Last Ride

by Dan McAdams | Jan 20, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

Remember Juan Guaido? Just a year ago the Venezuelan politician, unknown even in his own country, was tapped by the US government to lead a coup against the elected government of Nicolas Maduro. In a phone call with no less than Vice President Mike Pence himself,...

1/17/20 Ryan McMaken on America’s Petrodollar Addiction

by Scott Horton | Jan 20, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Ryan McMaken discusses his recent articles for the Mises Institute about the future of U.S. dollar hegemony. He walks us through the dollar's history as global reserve currency, which began in the mid 20th century as an alternative to a direct gold standard. Still,...

Sexy Abby Martin vs American Empire

by HypocriteTwins | Jan 18, 2020 | Blog

What is this banging hot white chick doing in the Gaza Strip or Venezuela? In this offensive political comedy episode, we follow the sexy journalist Abby Martin, to dive into how the Secret CIA Empire actually works. From Coups in Venezuela and Ukraine, to propaganda...

Maximum Pressure, Maximum Failure guest Will Porter

by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 13, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest

Will Porter returns to Foreign Policy Focus to talk about Trump's 'maximum pressure' strategy. Will covers the recent news that Iran shot down the Ukrainiahttp://traffic.libsyn.com/foreignpolicyfocus/FPF442.mp3n civilian flight, killing 176 people. Will and Kyle...

The Unprofession of Arms in the US Military

by Zack Sorenson | Jan 13, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

Over the last few days, the United States and Iran came dangerously close to going to war. Thankfully, both sides backed down. The event which precipitated this latest crisis was the decision by the Trump Administration to unilaterally and illegally assassinate...

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They Know the Truth

Cut from the book. After catching Woodward faking that Lavrov quote, I had to cut all the citations from that book out of mine. But I'll leave this here at least because it's funny: Insider journalist Bob Woodward wrote in 2024 that the administration recognized...

Bob Woodward Badly Misquotes Russian FM Lavrov

I emailed Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward: Dear Bob, It appears that you have misquoted FM Lavrov on page 88 of your new book. Lavrov’s full quote was: “Those who mechanically repeat the points made in Bucharest and insist that ‘third countries’ have no right to...

NZ Ocean Floor Survey Naval Vessel Runs Aground Off Samoa

That New Zealand naval ship that ran aground, foundered, caught fire and capsized with the DEI Captain commanding was an ocean survey and mapping ship. HMNZS Manawanui was a dive and hydrographic vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). It was one of five vessels...

The Carrier as Reef Complex: World’s Most Expensive Fish Apartments

*** I have returned from a long sojourn with my wife to Croatia and will be writing more regularly and trying to address issues arising more contemporaneously than the previous month. We were delayed in returning by Hurricane Milton but finally managed to get home:...

The Soul of a Socialist

From the pen of H. G. Wells (1908), socialist: War is a collective concern; to turn one’s back upon it, to refuse to consider it as a possibility, is to leave it entirely to those who are least prepared to deal with it in a broad spirit. In many ways war is the most...