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Responding to WaPo Spin on Syria

by Will Porter | Jul 28, 2017 | Blog

What follows is a response to a July 26 article published at the Washington Post entitled “Why is the Trump Administration Empowering al-Qaeda in Syria?” penned by columnist Marc Thiessen. The article—while its headline sounds like something many non-interventionists...

3/10/17 Joost Hiltermann on Trump’s deluded reasoning for ramping up the fight in Yemen

by Scott Horton | Mar 10, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Joost Hiltermann, program director for the Middle East and North Africa at the International Crisis Group, discusses the Trump administration's mistaken view that the Houthis in Yemen are an Iranian proxy-militia like Hezbollah in Lebanon. Hiltermann also debunks...

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Pentagon Follies: Accounting for DEI Expenditures

Inclusion, Equity and Diversity (IED) is communism in blackface. This viral contagion has raced to the top of government bureaucracies and, of course, facilitates a race to the bottom in quality and competence. The wizards at the Pentagon who have yet to account for...

A Soho Forum discussion of COVID with Tom Woods

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKzl5CngE5Q Check out Tom's great book, Diary of a Psychosis.

US Abrams Tanks Withdrawn from Fighting in Ukraine

Five four million dollar tanks up in smoke. They'll make every excuse they wish but the days of manned tanks are over. Ukraine has lost five Abrams tanks in recent months, The New York Times reported this month, citing an unnamed senior US official. At least three...

The Aircraft Carrier is the Crossbow and Chariot of the Modern Age

The US Navy, of course, is desperately trying to get authorization to build more Ford-class carriers. Ironic that they name the carrier after a violence broker famous for being rather clumsy and unable to navigate around. The first of class doesn't work properly: it...