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...
Neoconservatives
They Never Give Up And Neither Should We
They are well funded, they have institutional power, they have found a new home in the democrat party and they never back down. You would think that the Afghanistan debacle is another blow to neoconservatives: That the school of foreign policy experts inside the Beltway who gave us the Iraq war would be further discredited by the fall of Afghanistan. That America’s humiliating defeat and the Taliban’s swift return to power despite 20 years of our remaking that society in our own image would crush the neoconservative doctrine of using overwhelming American force to impose “democracy”...
The Ultimate Oklahoma City Bombing Archive
From the very beginning it was obvious that the federal government was lying about the extent of the plot behind the Oklahoma City bombing of April 19, 1995. As former federal prosecutor Larry Mackey admitted to journalist Andrew Gumbel, his team knew very well they were letting guilty men go free. (Andrew Gumbel and Roger Charles, Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed and Why It Still Matters, p. 328.) Therefore, the Libertarian Institute is proud to feature the world’s greatest collection of pertinent documents and news reports about Timothy McVeigh’s other co-conspirators,...
2/21/20 Grant Smith on IsraelLobbyCon 2020
Grant Smith joins the show to promote his upcoming conference, Transcending The Israel Lobby At Home And Abroad, to be held in Washington D.C. this May. The conference, as with most of Smith's work, is focused on exposing the power the Israel Lobby wields in America to control the narrative on both Israel-Palestine, and American relations with Israel. Smith laments the fact that any opposition to the policies of the Israeli government is so easily depicted as mere anti-semitism. He is optimistic, however, about the kind of activism that is gaining steam and showing that it is possible to...
2/19/20 Trita Parsi on Making a Restrained Foreign Policy the Status Quo
Scott talks to Trita Parsi about an event being hosted next week by Parsi's organization, the Quincy Institute, which will pit advocates of a restrained foreign policy against war hawks in a series of panel discussions. The event is Wednesday, February 26 in Washington D.C. Parsi says that although much of the American populace favors a restrained foreign policy, the beltway is dominated by pro-war neoconservatives. Valuable as it is to have outsider writers and activists calling for change, Parsi also wants to be sure there are people on the inside advocating the same thing. His...
Episode 306: Scott Horton on His Debate with Bill Kristol and Trump Not Pulling Out of Afghanistan
55 Minutes PG-13 Pete invited Scott Horton to return to the show to comment on his upcoming debate with Bill Kristol, Trump not pulling out of Afghanistan and Israel attacking Iran in Iraq. Scott Horton is Managing Director of The Libertarian Institute, host of Antiwar Radio for Pacifica, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles and KUCR 88.3 in Riverside, podcasts the Scott Horton Show from scotthorton.org, and is the Editorial Director of Antiwar.com. He’s conducted more than 4,900 interviews since 2003. He is also the author of Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan (2017)....
Episode 285: A Survey of the Neo-Conservative Ideology w/ Paul Gottfried
42 Minutes Suitable for All Audiences Pete invited Paul Gottfried to come on the show. Paul has been studying the Neo-Conservative movement for some time and is considered an expert on the subject. He talks about their genesis, goals and just how much they influence the modern "conservative" movement. Leo Strauss and the Conservative Movement in America Indiegogo for The Monopoly on Violence Pete's Patreon Pete's Bitbacker Pete's Books on Amazon Pete's Books Available for Crypto Pete on Facebook Pete on...
Neocons Never Die
They just keep writing for the New York Times. Via Andrew Bacevich, check out the ever blood-thirsty Bret Stephens get over Iraq War II with hardly any effort at all. The fight against the Sunni insurgency in the Anbar Province might continue to rage in 2019, but to Stephens it's all just ancient history: "A Pew survey from last November found that only 31 percent of Americans believed that “promoting and defending human rights in other countries” should be a leading foreign policy priority. "Promoting democracy? Seventeen percent. "Much of this is the hangover from Iraq, just as a...
6/10/19 Doug Bandow on the Threats of War in Europe and Asia
Scott talks to Doug Bandow about North Korea, China, Russia, and the rest of eastern Europe. Bandow holds out hope for the negotiations with North Korea, but fears the dangerous rhetoric coming from neoconservatives about America's relationship with China. They are not America's enemies, he explains, they just want their own region to be free of U.S. influence. Discussed on the show: "China Isn’t an Enemy and Hawks Shouldn’t Turn It Into One" (The American Conservative) "Forget the U.S.-China Trade War: Is a Conflict Over Taiwan the Real Threat?" (Cato Institute) "The Latest Balkans...
Veterans Groups and Gold Star Families send letters opposing war with Iran
This letter was coordinated by the American College of National Security and a consortium consisting of retired admirals, generals, ambassadors, and senior government executives committed to strengthening America’s national security by informing the debate, influencing decision-makers, and educating the public. "A war with Iran, either by choice or miscalculation, would produce dramatic repercussions in an already destabilized Middle East and drag the United States into another armed conflict at immense financial, human, and geopolitical cost." WASHINGTON, DC - Nearly two dozen Gold Star...
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