Daniel Davis, Matthew Hoh, and Danny Sjursen reflect on America's war in Afghanistan in light of the Washington Post's publishing of a trove of formerly confidential documents on the war. The report, which is being hailed as this generations Pentagon Papers, details...
Iraq
News Roundup 12/11/19
US News As Chicago and New York police officers cut back on proactive policing, the crime rate fell. [Link] The number of substantiated claims of sexual and personal misconduct in the Army increased over the past year. [Link] At a private fundraising dinner in...
Islamic Terrorists. In Their Own Words
“The outrage that Muslims feel over U.S. and British foreign policy is primarily the product of theological concerns” – Sam Harris The following list of quotations have been selectively edited to hammer home the dangerous buffoonery of Harris and every other...
‘First, you know, sort of just invade only one country at a time. I mean that seriously.’
“They take a lot of high-level time and attention and we’ll overload the system if we do more than one of these at a time," Says State's James Dobbins, blaming the invasion of Iraq for the failure of the war in Afghanistan. A likely story. James, I just sort of you...
Pensacola: Blowback Terrorism: The problem isn’t ‘radical Islam’
Florida Senator Rick Scott is lost in the dark. After Friday’s deadly Afghan war-style “green on blue” attack by a Saudi air force officer at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida, the senator issued a statement calling the shooting an act of terrorism, and...
News Roundup 12/9/19
US News The charges against journalist Max Blumenthal have been dropped. He was accused of simple assault while trying to deliver food to the Venezuelan embassy in DC. No evidence was produced of the assault, and what evidence that may have existed appears to have...
Blowback: Saudi Soldier Shoots Up Florida Airbase
On FPF #427, I explain how the shooting at the US base in Flordia was a part of the war the US is fighting in the Middle East. The shooter was a Saudi officer who was training at the base. Before the shooting, the Saudi posted about American crimes against Muslims...
Covering Bombs, Not Bombshells
Weeks of impeachment hearings have produced a few sound bites and hundreds of headlines claiming “bombshell” testimony has doomed Trump. As Ukrainegate follows the pattern of Russiagate, anyone who reads beyond the headline recognizes that every alleged bombshell is...
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