On FPF #227, I discuss Trump's foreign policy. It appears Trump is using the same plan with Iran that he believes brought North Korea to agree to denuclearize. I explain how Trump misunderstands how the peace process developed in North Korea and why a similar US...
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7/23/18 Trita Parsi on Iran
by Scott Horton | Jul 27, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Trita Parsi discusses President Trump's recent showdown with President Rouhani over Twitter. Some have suggested that much like with North Korea, Trump is simply using harsh language as a tactic to set up negotiations, but, Parsi argues, in the case of North Korea,...
News Roundup 7/23/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 23, 2018 | News Roundup
Trump invited Putin to the White House. [Link] Spain's Supreme Court withdraws its European Arrest Warrant for the Catalan separatist leaders. [Link] German leader Merkel said US/Russia talks should be normal. [Link] Sam Husseini tells his story of being removed from...
News Roundup 7/19/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 19, 2018 | News Roundup
US tech companies are becoming a part of the military-industrial complex. [Link] Trump questions if NATO's Mutual Defense Pact could lead to unnecessary war for the US. [Link] Trump is right to blame the US for the poor relationship with Russia. [Link] Trump said...
7/11/18 Franz-Stefan Gady on North Korea
by Scott Horton | Jul 15, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Journalist Franz-Stefan Gady joins Scott to discuss his recent article, "How the ‘Deep State’ Stopped a US President From Withdrawing US Troops From Korea", about President Carter's efforts to demilitarize and denuclearize the Korean Peninsula, before being stymied by...
Media, Hardliners Play Up North Korean Nuclear “Deception” Claim
by Gareth Porter | Jul 13, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Just as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was about to leave for denuclearization negotiations in Pyongyang, a spate of media stories reported that North Korea is deceiving the Trump administration by seeking to hide some of its nuclear facilities. Those stories suggest...
FPF #219 – Apathy Kills
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 13, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF#219, I discuss how Americans apathy towards our foreign policy leads to unnecessary deaths. America's longest war has tried the same failed policies over and over with only death and destruction as a result. However, Americans continue to elect leaders and...
News Roundup 7/11/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 11, 2018 | News Roundup
Trump pardons Oregon ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond. [Link] Trump's policy of detaining and separating migrant families at the border will end. The new policy will be to allow families to remain in the US with GPS ankle monitors. [Link] North Korea's reaction to...
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Pentagon: Send More Money!
You can't make this up, the scale of incompetence and brain-dead planning on the part of the most expensive military paper tiger in the Earth's history is breathtaking. Best of both worlds from a government perspective: huge budgets and no accountability. The Pentagon...
The Fat Leonard Scandal in the USN: Corruption at the Highest Levels
Craig Whitlock, author of the incredible The Afghanistan Papers, does a great job revealing just how high and vast the institutional rot is in the DoD. Craig Whitlock’s book outlines the long story of Leonard Glenn Francis, AKA “Fart Leonard” on the US Navy and the...
A Morality of Anger and Guilt
Splendid Memorial Day speech by Matthew Hoh: The idea of my talk was originally going to be that of the unending costs of war, and I found that to be very daunting for a number of reasons. One, I just didn't know where to begin, what to talk about, what facet of the...
No Worse Woke Censors Than Zionists
"DEI Barbie" Briahna Joy Gray fired for rolling her eyes over Israeli Hasbara on her own show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDYYe-4ZojI
David Boaz (1953-2024)
With great sadness I note the passing of David Boaz today, June 7, 2024, at age 70. He had been ill for some time. He was a good man and a giant of the libertarian movement. Very much because of David's influence and example, libertarian organizations not only...
Provoked Book Update
As many of you know, I'm working on a book called Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine. You may also know that it's way overlong and way overdue. Well, the news is that I got it up to 1,400 pages, and more than...
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