Isn't this all very interesting. Update: Gareth Porter says, no, it isn't. The media twisted Bolton's words to make him sound insubordinate to Trump, but his actual statement is more easily interpreted as an attempt to justify what his boss was doing by favorably...
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1/4/19 Matthew Hoh and Danny Sjursen on the Consequences of America’s Wars in the Middle East
Matthew Hoh talks about Trump's move to withdraw troops from Syria and Afghanistan, something Hoh hoped President Obama would do instead of sending even more troops into Iraq. Hoh explains the difficulties of "winning" any kind of war in Afghanistan. The main problem...
Trump Says Something Smart About Ending the Afghan War, Media Pounce
Okay, so it wasn't the most articulate statement, but the president of the United States correctly said that the USSR lost their empire fighting in Afghanistan in the 1980s -- which is true, as well has been the traditional conservative Republican narrative since...
Robert Kaplan Throws in the Towel on Afghanistan
For imperialist reasons, and taking no responsibility for helping promote Obama's escalation there, of course. But okay.
News Roundup 1/2/19
San Bernadino County will pay $390,000 to seven kids who were arrested by a police officer to ‘teach them a lesson.’ [Link] The NYPD used drones to monitor crowd on New Year’s Eve. [Link] Ted Galen Carpenter explains how NATO partisans started a new Cold War. [Link]...
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Michelle Obama displaces Hillary Clinton as 'most admired' woman
12/21/18 Doug Bandow on Syria, Afghanistan, Cuba, and China
Doug Bandow joins the show to talk about all four of his recent articles, covering China, Cuba, Yemen, and Trump's decision to withdraw troops from Syria and Afghanistan. The entire foreign policy establishment is melting down over the announcement, but Bandow says...
This Obamacare Program Was Meant to Save Money, Instead it Killed Thousands
When crafting Obamacare, the top priority for policy writers was not identifying the best ways for patients to receive the medical care they needed, but instead to identify ways to reduce the costs of care. Rather than working to undo the labyrinth of regulation and...
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