Patrick Osgood, Kurdistan Bureau Chief for IraqOilReport.com, discusses the referendum on Kurdish independence, battling ISIS in Mosul and beyond, the impact of low oil prices on Iraq's economy, and whether Iraq can become a cohesive functioning state without a...
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News Roundup 3/31/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 31, 2017 | Blog
Flynn offers to testify about the Trump campaign connections to Russia in exchange for immunity. [Link] Trump has given the military power to conduct offensive counterterrorism strikes against al-Shabaab in Somalia. Previously, the US was only about to conduct strikes...
News Roundup 3/30/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 30, 2017 | Blog
Seattle is suing the federal government for threatening to withhold federal money from sanctuary cities. [Link] A longtime State Department employee has been charged with lying to the FBI about gifts she received from China. [Link] States that have legalized medical...
US Commander: US Airstrike ‘Probably’ Behind Mosul Civilian Death Toll
by Jason Ditz | Mar 29, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Says Bombs Should Not Have Collapsed the Buildings On March 17, US airstrikes against the city of Mosul leveled multiple buildings, killing in excess of 200 people, by most estimates. The Pentagon had long been very evasive about the incident so far, confirming they’d...
News Roundup 3/28/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 28, 2017 | Blog
Jeff Sessions announced that he will look to strip funding from sanctuary cities. [Link] The US is boycotting nuclear disarmament talks taking place at the UN. [Link] US soldiers in Mosul have started to wear black uniforms to look more like Iraqi counterterrorism...
News Roundup 3/27/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 27, 2017 | Blog
Trump gave Merkel a $375 billion bill that he printed out himself. The bill was for defense services NATO provided to Germany. [Link] The US is investigating multiple airstrikes in Iraq and Syria. Those airstrikes killed a total of nearly 300 civilians. Of course, it...
News Roundup 3/26/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 26, 2017 | Blog
Trump issues the permit to build the Keystone XL Pipeline. [Link] FBI agents posed as documentary filmmakers during the Bundy Ranch Standoff to talk with protesters supporting the Bundy family. The FBI is now using those interviews in court to prove the guilt of...
News Roundup 3/24/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 24, 2017 | Blog
Trump's pick for Labor Secretary, Alexander Acosta, was a district attorney in Miami and gave a very lenient plea deal to Jeffery Epstein. Under the plea deal, Epstein was given 13 months in prison but was allowed to work from home during the day. Epstein was...
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New WarNotes Episode: “The Jerboa That Squeaked: Broke and Woke NATO on the Warpath”
New WarNotes episode: Ep 020 "The Jerboa That Squeaked: Broke and Woke NATO on the Warpath" The Greenland debacle is bringing the NATO relationship into better focus on just how bad the EU/SSR has become. America should take a non-interventionist pause and get its...
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We discuss Trump’s ideology (or lack thereof) and watch the 2nd presidential debate of 1992.
[GUEST] Matt Wolfson: Israeli Connection to Maduro Kidnapping/ Will Zionists Get Their War With Iran?
Missed signals are costly; misplaced confidence is worse. We open by unpacking the concrete indicators that war planners watch—carrier deployments, airspace changes, and last‑minute strike deliberations—and what they tell us about the real likelihood of a U.S. hit on...
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He stood composed, the wind pushed him. The trees waved and leaned above and around. Clouds considered rain, though retained a deep grey. Birds, breeze and his own breathing a convalescence of harmony. He was alone. Standing as if on a horse, the ancient position...
The Kyle Anzalone Show [GUEST] Nick Cleveland-Stout on Making Big Money on War: Polymarket and Think Tanks
What happens when war becomes a market and foreign policy turns into an odds board? We dive into the uneasy world of prediction platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi, where traders place bets on battlefield maps, covert raids, and even the exact words politicians will...
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