ince the 1990s, it has become increasingly popular for the United States and other Western nation-states to justify new wars on the basis of "humanitarianism." This was the case in Somalia in 1993, in the former Yugoslavia in the mid 1990s, and in Libya in 2011....
In recent weeks, Trump announced the “withdrawal” of U.S. forces from Syria, as well as the withdrawal of 7,000 troops from Afghanistan. Although Trump had in the past taken actions against the Syrian state, for instance launching Tomahawks at the Shayrat Airbase in...
US Foreign Policy The US has produced its first low yield nuclear weapons. The weapons have the power of about 5 kilotons of TNT. [Link] Senator Mitch McConnell introduced an amendment that pushes Trump to keep US forces in Afghanistan and Syria. [Link] The LA Times...
Venezuela Tulsi Gabbard calls on the US to stay out of Venezuela. [Link] The Bank of England refuses to give the Maduro government $1.2 billion in gold the bank holds for Venezuela. The US pressured the UK to prevent Maduro from receiving the gold. [Link] White House...
Gareth Porter talks Trump, Syria, and America's relationship with Israel. Porter says there are quite a few instances so far in Trump's presidency where he's made a public announcement about his plans, and then his aides work behind his back to thwart him. In many of...
2020 Kamala Harris announces she is running for president in 2020. [Link] How the Democrat 2020 candidates reacted to Trump’s Syria withdraw. [Link] Police Shootings The former Chicago police officer who killed Laquan McDonald was sentenced to six years and nine...
US Foreign Policy Trump says the US will add 20 missile defense positions in Alaska and invest in space-based missile defense. [Link] Senator Rand Paul says Trump will remove US troops from Syrian and some troops from Afghanistan. [Link] Daniel Larison explains...
On FPF #299, Will Porter returns to the show to discuss news on Syria, Russia, and Yemen. We breakdown the death of four US soldiers by an ISIS suicide bomber in Syria. The Washington foreign policy establishment is trying to use the death of the soldiers to prevent...
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