Jason Ditz discusses the latest on Iran's nuclear weapons capabilities. Although Iran has talked about abandoning their obligations under both the JCPOA and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Ditz says they are still so far from having nukes that withdrawing from...
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News Roundup 1/22/20
US News Illinois changes a law that suspended driver's licenses for unpaid parking tickets. [Link] Reports say Trump will add seven countries to his travel ban list. [Link] Iranian students with valid visas are being detained when they get to the US and some of them...
News Roundup 1/21/20
US News The US will no longer use B-52 bombers to carry nuclear weapons. [Link] The psychologist who designed the torture program will testify about it during a pre-trial hearing for a military tribunal at Gitmo. The psychologist - Mitchell and Jessen -made millions...
Lies They Tell To Start Wars
On FPF #445, I debunk lies about North Korea and Iran. On North Korea, the blob often claims the US must take an aggressive position on North Korea because of North Korean nuclear weapons. I explain how the North Korean nuclear weapon program is a reaction to...
News Roundup 1/15/20
US News A Mississippi man was arrested, and police failed to confiscate his phone. He later asked one of his jailers to charge his phone. He was then charged with a crime for possessing a phone in jail. He was later convicted of the crime, and a judge sentenced him to...
Maximum Failure: Trump’s Convulsive North Korea Strategy Can’t Bring Kim to the Table
Through a combination of myopic diplomacy and disastrous personnel picks, President Donald Trump has wasted a chance to fundamentally remake US relations with North Korea, throwing away a “Nixon goes to China” moment in exchange for a confused “maximum pressure”...
Opportunities for Cooperation With Russia
On matters of global security, the most important relationship in the world is between the United States and Russia. Mutual respect and cooperation between them are necessary for de-escalating tensions in Eastern Europe, restoring equanimity to the Middle East,...
The 2020 NDAA: A Rubber Stamp for War
The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act is a monster that could only have been birthed by a conference committee deep in the DC swamp. The 2020 version of the annual Department of Defense funding bill provides $738 billion to the Pentagon, a $30 billion increase...
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