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11/5/18 Danny Sjursen on a New Iraq War Report

by Scott Horton | Nov 8, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Major Danny Sjursen comes back on the show to talk about the many errors of the various American wars in Iraq. Sjursen has written a new article discussing a recently leaked report that was commissioned during and about Iraq War 2, but was deliberately stymied and...

News Roundup 10/31/18

by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 31, 2018 | News Roundup

A new report calls for a massive buildup in America's Navy. [Link] A weapons maker will pay the US government $3.5 million after selling the military substandard parts. [Link] The Pentagon announces an additional 5,200 troops will be deployed to the southern border....

10/17/18 Joseph Margulies on the Innocence of Abu Zubaydah

by Scott Horton | Oct 19, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Attorney Joseph Margulies comes on the show to discuss his recent article about his client, Abu Zubaydah, who is currently being held by the CIA without charges. Zubaydah was one of the first men caught up in the chaos after 9/11, in this case mistakenly identified as...

News Roundup 9/6/18

by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 6, 2018 | News Roundup

Danny Sjursen explains why the courage of US soldiers is not enough to win wars. [Link] Trump will chair a UN Security Council meeting on Iran. [Link] The UK announces two Russians are suspects in the poisoning of the Skripals. [Link] Moon of Alabama identifies...

News Roundup 8/27/18

by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 27, 2018 | News Roundup

Lt Gen Kenneth McKenzie will replace Gen Votel as the head of CENTCOM. [Link] The US Navy will reactivate the 2nd Naval Fleet. The Fleet will patrol the Atlantic to combat Russia. [Link] During the March expulsion of diplomats between the US and Russia, US spies were...

8/1/18 Arnold Isaacs on Fake Islamophobia in America

by Scott Horton | Aug 2, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Arnold Isaacs talks "Islamophobia", and whether the alarmists who claim Muslim operatives are scheming to take over the country have legitimate cause for concern. He explains that most of this talk is nothing more than conspiracy, and that Muslim activists generally...

Diversity Agonies

by Craig Cantoni | Jul 8, 2018 | Featured Articles

The racial diversity movement began with R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr., with his 1990 Harvard Business Review article, “From Affirmative Action to Affirming Diversity.” His thesis was that with the growth of racial minorities in the nation, it would behoove companies to...

The Myth of US 'Inaction' in Syria

by William Van Wagenen | Jul 8, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

Introduction When the Russian military intervened in the Syrian war in October 2015, many in the Western press complained bitterly, demanding that US planners intervene directly in Syria on behalf of the anti-government rebels in response. Reuters alleged that “The...

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RIP: Remembering Edward Lozansky, Towering Prophet of Sanity, Decency, and Peace

Our friend Edward Lozansky left this world last week. He was a long-time writer for Antiwar.com. His many articles can be found here and on our blog here. He was president and founder of the American University in Moscow and the U.S.-Russia Forum. He is also a...

F35 Follies: Fat Amy Fails Again and Again

The F35 is in trouble in Europe. NATO observed the U.S. cut off its vital military aid deliveries to Ukraine, and choke Kyiv's access to American-derived intelligence in a bid to bend Ukraine to its will, namely to sit down at the negotiating table for ceasefire...

New Chasing Ghosts Podcast Episode is Live Monday 5 May 2025.

Ep 063 "Spanner in the Works: Sabotage and War" Military sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a government effort, or organization through subversion, obstruction, demoralization, destabilization, division, disruption, or destruction. It can take place...

Italian Navy Wins the Gold for Patrol Vessels

ITS Giovanni Delle Bande Nere arrived in Faslane and came alongside at Garelochhead yesterday. Italian shipbuilding bookends just how ghastly and horrendous US Navy procurement is. In roughly the same time it took the US to fight over and fail to build the...

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A Review of Sinners (2025)

This review contains spoilers for Ryan Coogler's Sinners (2025). It is reprinted from Libertarian Institute editor Hunter DeRensis' Letterboxd. I never expected that I would be quoting Zora Neale Hurston in back-to-back film reviews, but her insights are too valuable...