“If it is possible to recruit the most powerful country in the world onto our side, why should we fight alone?” PM Netanyahu asked. “If I can harness a world power against Iran — which aims to annihilate us — why not?”
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Senate Passes Iran War Powers Resolution
by Jason Ditz | Feb 13, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In a vote of 55-45, the Senate passed the Iran War Powers Resolution on Thursday afternoon, setting out opposition to any unauthorized war with Iran, and instructing the president not to deploy troops for such a war. Voting was heavily along party lines, with...
Is ISIS Exploiting Trump’s Iran Policy?
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 10, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #453, I discuss Trump's firing of impeachment witnesses, insider attacks in Afghanistan, and Iraq. Trump fired EU Ambassador Sondland and NSC Ukraine expert Vinland. Both men testified in the House impeachment hearing providing Democrats with great soundbites...
2/7/20 Suadad al-Salhy on the Insane Plan to Divide Iraq in Two
by Scott Horton | Feb 9, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Suadad al-Salhy about her recent piece on the proposed U.S. plan to create an autonomous Sunni state in western Iraq. This would theoretically allow the U.S. to continue to exert control in the country, preventing the dreaded "land bridge" connecting...
Bad Things in the SOTU
by Scott Horton | Feb 4, 2020 | Blog
I'm blogging it here ... What now? Oh I see Nancy and all the Dems finally jump up to clap at the introduction of Juan Guiado. What a joke. Brags he's spent trillions on the military in conspiracy with the assembled. Brags about the new Space Force. There goes your...
Israel Has Played a Key Role in US Aggression Towards Iran
by Scott Horton | Feb 1, 2020 | Blog
Aaron Mate interviews Gareth the Great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg5D6sqvfpA
News Roundup 1/30/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 30, 2020 | News Roundup
US News The House will vote on two bills today that attempt to restrict the president from starting a war with Iran. One bill says the president must get authorization from Congress before starting a war with Iran and the other bill repeals the 2002 AUMF. [Link] A...
News Roundup 1/29/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 29, 2020 | News Roundup
US News A police officer killed a man while trying to enforce a ‘Red Flag’ law. [Link] The House may pass two bills in the coming week that assert Congress has not approved Trump to go to war with Iran. Trump is threatening to veto the bill. [Link] Poland will sign a...
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Analysis of the ICJ’s Ruling that Israel’s Occupation Is Illegal
Scott Horton and I discuss the significance of the International Court of Justice’s recent ruling that Israel’s occupation is illegal.
Doubling Down on Failure: Ford Fiasco Follies
A new updated CRS report dated 5 August 2024 is out on the USS Ford debacle. I read these reports so you don't have to. For plenty of reasons, the carrier is the crossbow and chariot of the 21st century. Yet the US insists on spending tens of billions of dollars on...
The Case for Not Voting
Bretigne Shaffer and I explain why, if you want to effect real change, the most sensible thing you can do is to not vote.
The Royal Navy Submarine Force Remains Surfaced
The Royal Navy is experiencing readiness and maintenance shortfalls in its submarine force that is similar to the throughput problems for the US nuclear submarine forces. The logistical tail for exquisite platforms like nuclear submarines is enormous and a first world...
The F35 Follies: Britannia Rules a Little
My recommendation to the British MoD: don't buy anymore of these flying failure factories. U.K. planned to buy138 F-35s, bought 48, delivered 35, aims at 75 by 2025. Judging from the delays and failures universally in the program, achieving a delivery of all...
Anti-War Blog – Not Enough Paper Cranes
When I was in primary school we were taught about a little Japanese girl named Sadako Sasaki and her paper cranes. She was one of the many victims of the Hiroshima atomic bomb blast, dying after the initial detonation from radiation sickness. One of many thousands who...
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