On FPF #337, I discuss news in the relationship between the US and China. Taiwan has become a more source of more tension as the US has increased ties with Taiwan. The US is also putting more pressure on the Chinese company Huawei. Tump's nominee for Defense Secretary...
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After Moral Injury: Backing Through A Side Door Into Consciousness
by Steven Woskow | May 27, 2019 | Blog
On Memorial Day Bill R. Edmonds on war and moral injury : "Some do not get to come home. For those who do, however, some bring their wars home, within them. Too often, they go on to suffer alone, and in silence. Too often, their traumas last a lifetime. Healing,...
Bolton Assures Coast Guard Graduates
by Steven Woskow | May 23, 2019 | Blog
They won't be left out of his plans for world domination “Soon, with the help of the new Polar Security Cutter," he said, “the Coast Guard will lead the way in reasserting American leadership in the Arctic, which has been neglected for far too long.”
April tax Receipts Up 1.8% at $2 Trillion
by Steven Woskow | May 13, 2019 | Blog
Unfortunately, spending is up 7.6% to $2.57 trillion. The largest increase is debt service, up 13.6% from last year. This is in a low interest rate environment. The Fed is trapped in maintaining low interest rates. Danielle DiMartino: "Fed controlled rates...
Bipartisanship
by Scott Horton | Apr 22, 2019 | Blog
"Consider this: three of my soldiers were killed and one committed suicide under Bush II; three more were killed and two more took their own lives under Obama - now there’s a balanced scorecard!" -Danny Sjursen
Carter to Trump: USA Has Been Wasting Money on All the Wars He Started
by Scott Horton | Apr 16, 2019 | Blog
Politico: He told Sunday’s congregation that Trump said he felt China was “'getting ahead of us,'” adding that he agreed with the president. “And do you know why? I normalized diplomatic relations with China in 1979. Since 1979, do you know how many times China has...
This Morning on Antiwar Radio
by Scott Horton | Apr 14, 2019 | Blog
Philip Weiss on Netanyahu and the liberal crack-up over Israel. 8:30 Pacific, 90.7 FM in L.A. http://kpfk.org
AIPAC Targets Sanders
by Scott Horton | Apr 13, 2019 | Blog
The first Jewish president? Not if the Israel Lobby has anything to say about it. He's not Zionist enough. And as we all know, there's only one possible explanation for that: Bernie Sanders is evidently a vicious anti-Semite.
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The Carrier Cavalcade of Calamities Continues Part XVIII
Please note the highlights from the new report from CRS below on the Ford-class carrier fiasco speaks to "welding issues", call me Captain Obvious but in shipbuilding or the building of any exquisite platforms, the identification of welding issues infers a complete...
Trump & Hannity: Unveiling Foreign Policy Shifts – New Episode of the Kyle Anzalone Show
In this episode of the Kyle Anone Show, we dive deep into Trump's recent interview with Sean Hannity, where he reveals his bold and controversial views on foreign policy. We’ll unpack the rhetoric surrounding Trump’s stance on Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran...
The Icebreaker Follies Continue to Break the Bank and Not Deliver
Aiviq The US has 1.5 icebreakers because it has had to cannibalize one of its ancient and sclerotic icebreakers to make the remaining heavy work.But for all this, the same Coast Guard bought the Aiviq for $125 million late last year. And don't expect them to get this...
NGAD is DOA: The Air Force Continues to Fail
Sandboxx does a terrific overview of the problems inherent in this. While I have beaten the drum on the inherent challenges of emerging problems in Revolutions in Military Affairs throughout the 21st century, no one at the Pentagon is paying attention as they leap...
Anti-War Blog – They Are Not People
She looks up and pleads for mercy. Then the drone operator makes the decision to kill her. We get to see the life and death of war, the intimate terror as the mostly young are killed on the battlefield. Social media accounts share the misery with pornographic delight,...
New WarNotes Podcast Episode is Live Monday 27 January 2025
Ep 010 "Fixing Fight Club: Naval Warfare in the 21st Century" In the future near-peer and peer fight, salvo competition and missiles will be the preeminent means by which one country will kinetically overwhelm the other in a fight. I discuss the way the US Navy is...
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