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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The White House Showdown That Shook Europe: New Episode of the Kyle Anzalone Show
In a fiery White House meeting, Donald Trump and JD Vance clashed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, igniting a political firestorm that sent shockwaves through Europe.As European leaders rush to Zelensky’s defense, is the West fracturing over Ukraine? Plus,...
K46 Refueler Grounded Again
The last KC135s were produced in the 1960s and the Boeing KC46 was thr program to update and replace it. It is a disaster. The crisis continues as the refueler programs continue to crash and burn. After the inspection, if any cracks are found, “the aircraft will...
Let’s Not “Run after a Share in the Trouble”
Of course “principles,” phrases, and catch-words are always invented to bolster up any policy which anybody wants to recommend. So in this case. The people who have led us on to shut ourselves in, and who now want us to break out, warn us against the terrors of...
Anti-War Blog – Herr Himmler and the Boys
In many ways Heinrich Himmler is the depiction of a perfect historical villain. A chief Nazi and a key player in the mass murder of millions of human beings in the name of State policy and the religious ideology of Nazism. Towards the end of the war, as it was obvious...
Peace is Always Preferable to War Alliances
In case anyone missed it, the Red EU and NATO Pact are the new 21st century variant of the USSR rekindled to make luxury communism great again. The mask on the NATO midgets has finally slipped and the true villains rise from behind the curtain. The sooner the US backs...
The Left Will Not Quit w/J. Burden
J. Burden joined me to discuss the politics of the time, and the tactics of the left. J.Burden Show Alp 10% off
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