On COI #207, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman update the JCPOA talks’ recent developments and the Russians’ security proposals presented to Washington. Kyle discusses the Russians pulling 10,000 troops off the border with Ukraine and sending them back to their bases. This is potentially a show of goodwill before the upcoming talks with the U.S. next month. Kyle and Connor then cover some recent escalations that do not necessarily bode well for substantive diplomacy like the Americans flying spy planes over Ukraine not far from the separatist Donbas region. There is also talk of a...
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Salafis Throwing Bombs: How American and British Planners Partnered With Al-Qaeda Affiliated Groups At the Start of the Syrian Civil War
Introduction In the mainstream view, al-Qaeda did not play a role in the Syria conflict until Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dispatched his deputy, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to Syria in August 2011 to establish a wing of the group there, called Jabhat al-Nusra, or the Nusra Front. Additionally, al-Qaeda allegedly did not carry out any military operations until December 2011 and did not announce its establishment until January 2012. However, there is evidence that al-Qaeda affiliated militants were involved in the Syrian conflict much earlier. Saudi intelligence...
The Antiwar Comic: Have An Omicronic Christmas!
Here comes the next fear variant. Place bets on the next one. More comics at the Webcomic Factory.
Cops Kill Boy
His parents took him to a government heath care facility, they turned him over to the cops, who murdered him. Moreno spent his last days largely ignored — left lying naked in his own feces on the floor of a cell March 11, jail staff found Moreno dead in his cell. An autopsy recorded his weight at 179 pounds — 38 pounds less than when he was booked.
FBI Confirms Ratcliffe. Biden Laptop NOT Russian Disinfo.
There, see. (Also, may whichever-all deities damn any mortal stupid enough to have ever believed such garbage lies by the likes of Clapper and Brennan -- the very same men who've been lying about Trump and Russia for now four years running. Seriously, forget how to swim and then jump in a lake.)
War On Cops!
Another poor little victim police officer faked the story of his "ambush." FTP: "Apparently, the deputy went so far as to hit himself in the head to fake the attack and was even hospitalized. Amazingly enough, it only took the department 24 hours to realize Dooley was...
What Social Animals Owe to Each Other
Hooray! Announcing the publication of executive editor Sheldon Richman's new book, What Social Animals Owe to Each Other! These essays, written over the past 20 years, have a single underlying theme: namely, that we human beings, as social animals, need individual freedom to fully flourish. The equation is simple: individual freedom = social cooperation = individual and social flourishing. Many corollaries follow. To pick one, the freedom to choose with whom we will cooperate entails competition among those who wish to cooperate with any given individual. So the imagined conflict between...
Cops Kill Man
Like George Floyd, Oklahoma cops crushed Derrick Scott to death for fun. “I can’t breathe,” Scott said as cops held their weight on top of him. “I don’t care,” one of the officers, Jarred Tipton, can be heard replying to Scott.
Complying with White House Orders for a Pandemic Mask
White House sez wear a mask, I wear a mask. But I don’t expect to get hired as a mask consultant. For the record: I’ve been wearing masks for several weeks. In my March 24 Daily Caller oped on Pandemic Security Theater, I wrote: “Before granting politicians any more powers, we should recognize how the pandemic became a fiasco in part due to federal follies and falsehoods. The feds urged people not to bother wearing facemasks but widespread use of surgical masks could have “flattened the...
Olli Heinonen is a Liar
Here he tells Israeli Army Radio, "Iran is actually weaponizing uranium enrichment without making a weapon." Even the Times of Israel, a rightwing paper, characterized this as a "claim," since it's obvious on the face of it that Heinonen is lying. Iran is either enriching Uranium up to over 90 percent U-235, "weapons grade," or they're not. They're...