As US relations with Iran plumb new depths in the wake of Washington’s unilateral withdrawal from the JCPOA, it’s easy to lose track of the seemingly endless series of new sanctions, troop deployments and explosions in and around the Persian Gulf in recent months. In...
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10/14/19 Ramzy Baroud on Israel’s Torture and Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians
Ramzy Baroud joins the show for an update on Israel and Palestine. He wants to dispel some common misconceptions about Israel, starting with the fact that the country didn't even exist before 1948, while Palestine has a history that goes back thousands of years....
Empire of Islands: Geopolitics of the Philippines
Empire refers to a grouping of territories under one common authority. Although nowadays it’s more applicable than ever, the term has peculiarly disappeared from the political lexicon. The term connotes romantic images of Rome and Britain at their heights. As the...
Stop Pushing the Envelope: Consequences of US Foreign Policy (Past & Present)
So Iran oil tankers get bombed by the Saudis. Funny how that happens to slide into your Friday morning news cycle there. Almost like it was intentional or something. Now Trump is sending 3000 troops to help the Saudis fight off Iranian threats. What threat if they...
News Roundup 10/10/19
US News Attorney General Barr has been traveling to other countries in the investigation into the origins of Russiagate. [Link] Democratic Senators are concerned Trump will withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty. It is a deal with Russia that allows unarmed flights over...
Blowback: CSIS Study Says 4 Times As Many Militants Since 9/11/2001
Blowback from the US war on terror is actually creating more terrorist. Zerohedge is reporting the results from a study published by Center for Strategic and International Studies including a map showing where the expansion of terrorism has occurred. "Despite nearly...
Book Review of Scott Horton’s Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan
I must confess, the absurdity of me writing a review of Scott Horton’s book is akin to the absurdity of the war in Afghanistan, albeit without the hundreds of thousands of dead bodies and billions of government no-bid military contracts and after eighteen years,...
News Roundup 10/1/19
US News Immigration officials use free translation services like Google Translate to read the social media posts of refugee applicants. [Link] Haiti Protests in Haiti are escalating. Police used live fire to break up protests last week. [Link] Europe Croatia announced...
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