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Raptor Woes Continue to Plague the Air Force

by Bill Buppert | Aug 2, 2024 | Blog

More mismanagement and strategic deficit disorder at the Pentagon. The F22 Raptor is a very capable late 20th century aircraft and arguably superior to the much more expensive and increasingly anachronistic F35; it is being put out to pasture early because of...

COI #648: Will Biden Take the US to War with Iran for Netanyahu?

by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 1, 2024 | Conflicts of Interest

On COI #648, Kyle Anzalone breaks down the latest news from the Middle East. Odysee Rumble Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash Qp6gznu4xm97cj7j9vqepqxcfuctq2exvvqu7aamz6 Patreon...

News Roundup 8/1/2024

by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 1, 2024 | News Roundup

Ukraine Ukraine Gets First Delivery of US-Made F-16 Fighter Jets AWC Israel Austin Pledges the US Will Defend Israel If It Faces Attack After Latest Escalations AWC Israeli Lawmaker Says Raping Palestinian Prisoners Is ‘Legitimate’ AWC Israeli Killing of Hamas...

COI #647: Israeli Assassinations Aim to Draw America Into Major Middle East War

by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 31, 2024 | Conflicts of Interest

On COI #647, Kyle Anzalone discusses the latest news from the Middle East.

News Roundup 7/31/2024

by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 31, 2024 | News Roundup

China US Announces $500 Million in New Military Aid for Philippines Amid China Tensions AWC Israel State Department Won’t Call Israeli Rape of Palestinian Prisoners a War Crime AWC Israeli Strike Hits Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza AWC Palestinians Return to Rubble in...

Is the Medal of Honor Now Subject to Woke Revisionism?

by Bill Buppert | Jul 31, 2024 | Blog

Note: We just returned from a short vacation visiting new grandchildren hence the brief interregnum of posting. The Medal of Honor is the highest citation for combat action in the US military. It's premature to say exactly what direction this is going because the DoD...

Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones…

by Kym Robinson | Jul 30, 2024 | Featured Articles

“Fire, Fire, Fire...” Christopher Hitchens says to his audience, a reference to Justice Oliver Wendall Holmes claim that by shouting “fire” in a crowded theatre one is misusing free speech. As Hitchens in his 2006 talk went on to explain, Holmes used this in his...

News Roundup 7/30/2024

by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 30, 2024 | News Roundup

Venezuela US Accuses Venezuela of Election Manipulation After Maduro Victory, Threatens Sanctions AWC Russia US Announces $1.7 Billion Weapons Package for Ukraine AWC F-16s to Appear in Ukraine Within Weeks, Will Operate Far From Front The Institute EU Transfers $1.6...

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Anti-War Blog – Too Thirsty to Cry

In the photo essay, Ethiopia : The Scorched Earth, Mary Anne Fitzgerald writes in the caption beneath a photo of a young girl crying, “Tears of hunger are a good sign. During the final stages of malnutrition children are too weak to cry.” There was Live Aid and U.S.A....

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...