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9/12/18 Christina Goldbaum on the U.S. Drone War in Somalia

by Scott Horton | Sep 14, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Journalist Christina Goldbaum gives an update on the U.S. drone bombings in Somalia, which have increased over the last year under President Trump. Godbaum explains that President Obama enforced relatively strict rules for drone strikes in Somalia, but Trump has now...

Can’t We Just Leave Syria Alone?

by Ron Paul | Sep 5, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

Assad was supposed to be gone already. President Obama thought it would be just another “regime change” operation and perhaps Assad would end up like Saddam Hussein or Yanukovych. Or maybe even Gaddafi. But he was supposed to be gone. The US spent billions to get rid...

FPF #241 – Ending the Syrian Civil War

by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 3, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest

On FPF #241, I discuss the US role in continuing the Syrian Civil War. David Ignatius of the Washington Post reports that a Trump official said the US policy is to draw Syria and Russia into a quagmire in Idlib. Ignatius argues for the US to do more to assist the...

News Roundup 8/27/18

by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 27, 2018 | News Roundup

Lt Gen Kenneth McKenzie will replace Gen Votel as the head of CENTCOM. [Link] The US Navy will reactivate the 2nd Naval Fleet. The Fleet will patrol the Atlantic to combat Russia. [Link] During the March expulsion of diplomats between the US and Russia, US spies were...

NeoCons Not Ideologues; They’re Just Corrupt

by Zack Sorenson | Aug 26, 2018 | Blog

Thanks LRC.com for this gem reported at zero hedge. Russia warns of "chemical provocation" as John Bolton cites intel warning of imminent use of chemical weapons by Assad (or whatever). You know the worst thing about Neo Cons? It's one thing for American Power to be...

Fool’s Errand Turns 1

by Scott Horton | Aug 16, 2018 | Blog

My book, Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan came out a year ago today. It was good timing since I knew that Trump was about to launch his first escalation there and that other than that, the status quo would hold: the Taliban would continue to slowly...

7/30/18 Daniel Davis on Time to Talk to the Taliban

by Scott Horton | Aug 1, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Daniel Davis, retired Lt. Col. from the US Army, and veteran of Afghanistan and Iraq War 2, discusses his new article for the American Conservative Magazine, "Time to Talk to the Taliban". The history of the US's involvement in Afghanistan, Obama's surge, and Trump's...

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,...

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Whose Plan?

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"Liberalism is a doctrine directed entirely towards the conduct of men in this world. In the last analysis, it has nothing else in view than the advancement of their outward, material welfare and does not concern itself directly with their inner, spiritual and...

Greeks Refuse to Purchase Fifty Million Dollar Floating Dumpsters From the US Navy

These floating dumpsters cost the American taxpayer 500-600 million per ship. The US Navy is trying to garage sell these malfunctioning ships to Greece and they are onto the scam. The Greek Defense Minister is smarter than the average bear. Glad to see that even...

Aesthetics and Frequencies w/Mano Elia

Mano is back to discuss the image of God in the world.

The Welfare-State Paradox

"Whether ... a system of social security is a good or a bad policy is essentially a political problem. One may try to justify it by declaring that the wage earners lack the insight and the moral strength to provide spontaneously for their own future. But then it is...