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...
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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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Anti-War Blog – She Was Only Ten Years Old
She was only ten years of age. A girl. A daughter. Innocent. Tala Abu Ajwa was roller skating in early September when Israeli government missiles took her life, along with several other civilians. The image of Tala’s pink roller skates still attached to her young body...
CG Announcement November 2024
Me contemplating the Herculean task before me... I will be pausing Chasing Ghosts from its fortnightly cadence of issuance for the remainder of the year. I am taking the time to regroup and focus on the new occasional podcast, WarNotes: A Conflict Podcast as a...
Economics and Everyday Life
"[T]he general principles which regulate our conduct in business are identical with those which regulate our deliberations, our selections between alternatives, and our decisions, in all other branches of life. And this is why we not only may, but must, take our...
The Government Is Full of Domestic Imperialists | Guest: Keith Knight | Ep 306
https://youtu.be/1wmTo16dWck As the Cabinet appointees within the incoming Trump administration take shape, there is cause for hope among libertarians, as well as some cause for concern. Matt Kibbe is joined by Keith Knight, managing editor at the Libertarian...
Want to Know What’s REALLY Happening in Ukraine? Plus, Netanyahu’s Arrest Warrant! Watch Episode 1 of The Kyle Anzalone Show
In the first episode of The Kyle Anzalone Show, I explore global conflicts, focusing on the ICC's war crimes charges against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza. I question whether justice will be served and highlight the...
The SANDF is a Military Dumpster Fire
The South African National Defense Force (SANDF) is in tatters. The SA Navy is also in the hazard. One glaring example is the MTU 1163 propulsion engine. Grimms was paid R55 million for a W6 engine overhaul, yet the engine has still not undergone a dyno test or no...
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