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1/13/23 Bjorn Handeen on Using Local Politics to End the Wars

by Scott Horton | Jan 17, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott talks with Bjorn Handeen, a long-time listener who is now the Idaho Republican Party Region 1 Chairman. The two talk about Handeen’s efforts to translate his knowledge of American foreign policy into results by focusing on local politicians....

News Roundup 1/17/2023

by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 17, 2023 | News Roundup

Russia Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov told BBC on Friday that Ukraine is a “de facto” NATO member since it’s equipped with so many of the alliance’s weapons and dismissed the idea that his comments were controversial. AWC British Prime Minister Rishi...

Israel’s Outgoing Army Chief Says Israel Has Three Plans to Attack Iran

by Dave DeCamp | Jan 17, 2023 | News

Aviv Kohavi, the outgoing head of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), warned Friday that Israel has three operational plans drawn up to attack Iran.

1/13/23 Hunter DeRensis on Defend The Guard in 2023

by Scott Horton | Jan 16, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Hunter DeRensis joins the show to talk about the year ahead in the effort to pass Defend the Guard legislation. DeRensis reviews what the legislation is and where it stands in state legislatures around the country. The two also discuss some recent...

This Week At The Libertarian Institute

by Will Porter | Jan 14, 2023 | News

The Empire never sleeps – but neither do we. Missed a story? We’ve got you covered. Check out this week in review at the Libertarian Institute.

1/12/23 Matt Taibbi on the Twitter Files, Russiagate and Government Censorship

by Scott Horton | Jan 13, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. This week on Antiwar Radio, Scott talks with Matt Taibbi about the latest batch of Twitter Files, released seconds before Taibbi jumped on the line. To start, Scott asks Taibbi to respond to the claim he’s become a right-winger. They then dig into...

News Roundup 1/13/2023

by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 13, 2023 | News Roundup

Russia Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said last week that Ukraine is “shedding blood” for a “NATO mission” in candid remarks about the relationship between Kyiv and the Western military alliance. AWC Poland’s president said Wednesday that Warsaw has...

Putin Names New Head of Ukraine Military Operations

by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 11, 2023 | News

Russia’s Ministry of Defense announced Valery Gerasimov would take over as chief of military operations in Ukraine. General Sergei Surovikin was replaced as commander of forces after three months in the post. On Wednesday, Russia’s Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu...

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Israeli War Crimes Documented by the Israeli Defense Forces

There’s no sense denying Israel’s indiscriminate attacks and wanton destruction when its war crimes are documented by its own armed forces.

Government Subsidy of K-PhD: The Suicide Pact of Western Civilization

The German Empire arranged passage for Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Lenin in 1917, joined by 29 other Russian exiles, a Pole and a Swiss, to Russia to try to seize power from the government. They traveled on an armored train through Germany then took a ship to Sweden where...

Money to Burn: Pentagon Blues

I often quip to the TSA slack-jawed shamblers at the airport when I fly that I am happy the TSA exists because think of how much more homelessness there would in the USA if the unemployable weren't in shitty government jobs hassling peaceful travelers. The DoD has...

Little Crappy Ships Continue to Waste Money, Again

The next to last floating dumpster of the Little Crappy Ship (LCS), USS Beloit, was launched, yet another future fish apartment complex; the USS Cleveland, the final ship of the Freedom class, is under construction and will be delivered in 2025 (don't hold your...

Submarine Blues: Over-budget and Not Underwater

I often bag on the US Navy surface fleet as a sad shadow of the fleet that used to be. The nuclear submarine fleet is joining that maritime house of woe. U.S. Navy Captain Jerry Hendrix, who in a recent assessment observed: “In fact, production of new submarines...

Pegasus Down: The Refueler Follies March On

The KC46A is the replacement for the renowned KC135 refueling bird which had the last production aircraft rolled out in 1965. The KC46A is plagued with problems to include the bone-headed notion to put the refueling crew in the cockpit instead of the rear of the...