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Released Documents Show Nixon’s Intel Briefings Related to US-Backed Chilean Coup
by Connor Freeman | Aug 29, 2023 | News
Two fifty-year old documents related to the coup in Chile were released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the State Department last week. The democratically elected, left wing government of President Salvador Allende was overthrown in 1973 by the Chilean...
Nikki Haley, the Most Reckless Candidate for President
by Ted Galen Carpenter | Aug 28, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
After the initial debate among GOP presidential aspirants, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is clearly the darling of the hawks who have given us debacles in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Ukraine. Indeed, the laudatory assessments of her debate...
News Roundup 8/28/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 28, 2023 | News Roundup
US News Florida Governor Ron Desantis said on Wednesday night that he would send the military into Mexico to fight drug cartels on “day one” of his presidency if he wins the 2024 presidential election. AWC Russia The Pentagon will begin training Ukrainian pilots on...
Gen. Milley: US Forces Will Remain in the Middle East for Years to Come
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 27, 2023 | News
America’s top general said that Washington plans to maintain its force posture in the Middle East. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley stressed the region's “significant” importance to America’s foreign policy. In an interview with Jordan’s Al-Mamlaka TV on...
Biden Admin Approves Massive Helicopter Sale to Poland
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 22, 2023 | News
Warsaw plans to buy nearly 100 Apache attack helicopters manufactured by Boeing for $12 billion. Until Poland receives the helicopters, the US will provide Apaches to its NATO ally. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced the State Department...
Desperate U.S. Hawks Face Tough Choice in Ukraine
by Ted Galen Carpenter | Aug 22, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Even during the period of wild optimism in the United States during 2022 and early 2023 about Ukraine’s chances of defeating Russian forces, there was a small, dark cloud of doubt about what the Joe Biden administration would do if the prospects of victory unraveled....
HRW: It’s Saudi Policy to ‘Murder Migrants’
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 21, 2023 | News
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reports that Saudi border forces are systematically murdering migrants attempting to cross into the Kingdom from Yemen. The monitoring group said killing refugees had become an official policy of Riyadh. “Saudi border guards have killed at...
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The Abduction of Mahmoud Khalil
The Trump administration's abduction and threatened deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, a 30-year-old green-card holder and permanent legal resident of the United States, is horrifying not just for him and his pregnant wife, a U.S. citizen, but as a sign of things to come....
Roast in Hell Karl Marx
On this day when Karl Marx became a good communist.
Parenting w/Kyle Matovcik
Kyle joined me to discuss what to expect when becoming a parent. Alp
Chinese Chess Moves: A Tectonic Shift in Exquisite Platforms
If the Saab 37 Viggen and the F16 had a love child, it is the Chinese J-10C. The realignment begins, you are witnessing a tectonic shift away from US influence in all the conflict hot-spots on Earth. Meanwhile, the J-10C is equipped to fight against modern threats in...
All Flesh is Forfeit
Be afraid. Be very afraid. Aerial robotics dominate the battlefield. For the remainder of this century, ALL flesh is forfeit in the combat theater. The Kursk Thunder Run
Why Economic Growth Comes from Saving, Not Spending
Keith Knight and I debunk Paul Krugman’s argument that government spending is the cure for economic slumps.
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