NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is in the US this week to push for Congress to pass a massive $61 billion aid package for Ukraine proposed by the White House. The supplemental defense spending bill has been stalled in Congress for several months. In an effort...
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Debacles at Home and Abroad Propel ‘Defend the Guard’
by Jim Bovard | Jan 30, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The National Guard is back in the headlines thanks to a showdown at the Texas border and Joe Biden’s latest foreign policy debacle. The Biden administration has refused to enforce federal law to limit undocumented immigrants (many of whom “lost” their documents just...
Senate Looks to Fund Middle East Military Activity as CENTCOM Is ‘Running Out of Funds’
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 24, 2024 | News
The Senate is planning to add money to upcoming legislation to fund President Joe Biden’s military buildup in the Middle East and war in Yemen. Senator Susan Collins says the legation should be a priority as US Central Command is quickly depleting its funds. Senator...
New York Times Says Ukraine’s ‘Prospects Look Bleak’
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 14, 2024 | News
One of America’s top news outlets paints a horrific outlook for the Ukrainian war effort. Ukraine’s forces are struggling even to hold territory. Kiev is running out of men and weapons to throw into the fight. Russian forces are now advancing in several positions....
Zelensky Warns ‘Warehouses Are Empty’ as He Pleads for More Weapons
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 10, 2024 | News
Ukrainian President Zelensky is warning that Kiev’s weapons depots are now empty. On the front lines, Russian forces are on the offensive and better equipped than the Ukrainian soldiers struggling to hold territory. The Wall Street Journal reports that Moscow’s...
Israel Will Ignore US Requests on Gaza – Finance Minister
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 10, 2024 | News
After Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Israel for high-level meetings, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich rejected some of the top American diplomat's requests. Blinken asked Israel to scale down military operations in Gaza, allow Palestinians to...
TGIF: The Right to Move
by Sheldon Richman | Jan 5, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
If people individually own themselves and have a right to be free of aggressive force, then they have a right to change their location in ways consistent with other people's rights. Whether you call this moving around relocating, emigrating, or immigrating, doesn't...
Ukrainians Turn Against War But Are Afraid to Speak Out
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 2, 2024 | News
As the war in Ukraine nears the end of its second year, Ukrainians are turning against fighting and towards diplomacy. One former official said that Ukrainian soldiers are currently fighting and dying for nothing. The Times reports, “Many Ukrainians are growing tired...
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Bryan Caplan and Me
I sat down recently for a chat with my old friend Bryan Caplan.
Tucker Carlson Smeared with Unfounded Accusations of Taking Money from Qatar
Call it a Qatari Occupied Government? Tucker Carlson faces accusations of acting as a Qatari propagandist as he pushes against U.S. support for Israel’s war in Iran. Carlson vehemently denies the allegations, and his supporters have noted that there’s no proof to...
Trump Says to Shut-up
Trump doesn’t want you talking about Epstein anymore. ALP
New Episode of The Kyle Anzalone Show [GUEST] James W. Carden on Hawks in the White House
Donald Trump campaigned on ending America's "forever wars," but six months into his presidency, he finds himself deepening U.S. involvement in conflicts he promised to resolve. This riveting conversation with foreign policy expert James Carden pulls back the curtain...
Politics Turns the Vile Into Content- Savile to Epstein
In 1988 authorities began their investigations into the allegations that important people from business and government were involved in child sex trafficking. It turned into a scandal. The investigations ended in 1990 when it was concluded that the allegations were...
Boeing, Boeing: The Saga Continues
Boeing is now a verb synonym for worthless. The K46 also leaks fuel. It's a refueler bird. It leaks fuel. If you Boeing something, things are really fucked up. https://www.twz.com/air/kc-46-tankers-boom-just-broke-off-during-f-22-refueling-mission Did I...