The State Department has acknowledged that America’s top partner in Syria, the Kurdish-led “Syrian Democratic Forces” (SDF), is still using underage fighters
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EU Approves Military Aid to Ukraine Drawn From Frozen Russian Assets
by Connor Freeman | Jun 26, 2024 | News
European Union foreign ministers have approved, for the first time, the transfer of approximately €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) in military and financial aid to Kiev, using interest profits drawn from frozen Russian central bank assets.
Israeli Officials Signal Coming War in Lebanon
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 25, 2024 | News
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explained that an Israeli drawdown in Gaza would allow a buildup for war with Lebanon Top Israeli officials have laid out plans to reduce military operations in Gaza to gear up for a war with Hezbollah in Lebanon. US military...
Save the Children: 21,000 Gaza Children Missing
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 25, 2024 | News
The agency believes that 17,000 are separated from their parents, with another 4,000 feared dead and buried under the rubble Save the Children issued a startling new report suggesting that 21,000 Gazan children are missing as the Israeli onslaught drags on. Aside from...
Netanyahu Rejects Any Deal That Leads to Permanent End to War on Gaza
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 25, 2024 | News
The Israeli leader says the IDF will continue to operate in Gaza until Hamas is eliminated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will only agree to a partial deal with Hamas that allows him to restart the assault after a pause to exchange hostages. The...
Julian Assange and the Criminalization of Journalism
by Jeremy R. Hammond | Jun 25, 2024 | Blog
Julian Assange was persecuted for over a decade for heroically exposing the criminal organization in Washington, DC. His crime was doing journalism.
Exposing Elite Cynicism With Satirical Truth
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Jun 25, 2024 | Book Reviews, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R. Hall’s How to Run Wars: a Confidential Playbook for the National Security Elite is a sharp, sardonic critique of America's perpetual engagement in wars abroad and the erosion of civil liberties at home. The book, newly published by...
Netanyahu: Israel To Scale Down Operations in Gaza ‘Very Soon’
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 24, 2024 | News
Tel Aviv will reposition its military assets from southern Israel to the northern border Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that the intense phase of the Israeli operations in Gaza will end “very soon.” However, he said that Tel Aviv was not moving off...
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Propaganda and the State
Nicknamed “the father of public relations,” Edward Bernays (1891–1995) was a pioneer in the fields of propaganda and PR; this book is a great insight into the man behind the curtain. “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of...
Anti-War Blog – Journalist Leaked the Plans to Kill Fifty-Three People
It turns out that journalist Jeffrey Goldberg was ‘texted’ two-hours before the recent US attack on Yemen. Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of Defense texted him the war plan which included specific information about weapons to be used, targets and time of the strikes....
New WarNotes Podcast episode is Live Monday 24 March 2025
Ep 016 "Fixing Fight Club: Just Say No to NATO: Part Two" A continued discussion of the NATO debacle. It is time for America to completely reassess alliances and partnership around the world starting with NATO and then working its way down the list of useless and...
Reinventing the Economy w/Mike Maharrey
Mike Maharrey is back, and we discuss the Trump Administration’s plans for economic stability. Alp
Finland Pokes the Bear
President Stubb in Finland wants to expand the armed forces in Finland. Take a look at Finland on a map. Largest contiguous border with Russia in Europe. A population of 5.6 million. 5.6 million in one of the largest countries in Europe. The international border...
Carrier Follies Continue Apace
The military press seems to be coming around to the conclusion that has been floated here at the Institute for quite some time. The aircraft carrier has seen its time and it is time to retire the tired and anachronistic technology. Poor concepts, design and planning;...
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