We all had a big shock this week when, seemingly out of the blue, President Trump announced that he was removing US troops from Syria and would draw down half of the remaining US troops in Afghanistan. The president told us the troops were in Syria to fight ISIS and...
Obama
Just goes to show
Like I always said, Obama could have told Robert Gates to quit if he don't like it and order all the troops home from Afghanistan back in 2009. Admittedly though this is easier for a Republican, even one with as many political enemies as Trump. You can see the...
Bump Stocks
Numerous news agencies are reporting that any day Trump will be finishing up a ban on bump stocks which many say would include a mandatory turn in. This has been a long coming proposal ever since the Las Vegas shooter supposedly used this device. For those of you who...
12/10/18 Karen Kwiatkowski on Exposing the War State
Karen Kwiatkowski was one of the whistleblowers on the malfeasance of intelligence agencies leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, recently documented in Rob Reiner's film, Shock and Awe. Kwiatkowski explains that the American people are usually inclined toward an...
12/7/18 Trita Parsi on Iranian Sanctions
Trita Parsi talks about President Trump's efforts to use sanctions to pressure the Iranian people into overthrowing their government. Parsi and Scott believes this strategy is futile, likening it to the possibility of Americans overthrowing our entire system of...
Trump Foreign Policy: Doing the Same Thing and Expecting a Different Result
After a week of insisting that a meeting with Putin on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Argentina was going to happen, President Trump at the last minute sent out a Tweet explaining that due to a Russia/Ukraine dispute in the Sea of Azov he would no longer be...
News Roundup 12/3/18
A postal worker admits to stealing $5,200 from greeting cards. [Link] The Department of Justice awards $17 million to the victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting. [Link] A Dallas police officer who killed a man after entering his apartment has been indicted for murder....
11/30/18 Sheldon Richman on Immigration and the Drug War
Sheldon Richman talks about the latest with the migrant caravan and President Trump's reaction to it. He points out how odd it is for Trump supporters to justify all the bad things he does by saying "Obama did it too". Wouldn't that mean they should either love Obama...
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