Trita Parsi returns to the show to discuss his experience as the target of a Black Cube investigation into the grounds of the JCPOA or Iran Nuclear Deal. Parsi sets the scene of the fishing phone call he received and what he found most disturbing about the entire...
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NYT Examines How History Impacts Korean Talks–but Its Own Memory Is Fuzzy
In a New York Times news analysis (4/29/18) examining how the overthrow of Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi after he agreed to halt his nuclear program might influence North Korean thinking about disarmament, the Times’ Peter Baker writes that “President Barack Obama and...
News Roundup 4/9/18
Peter Van Buren explains the dangers of forcing journalists to register as Foreign Agents. [Link] A Chicago detective is accused of framing over 50 people for murder. The cop is now retired, a free man, and collects a $75,000 pension from the city. Some of his victims...
FPF #178 – Trump Takes the Bait
On FPF #178, I discuss recent allegations that Assad used chemical weapons. The al-Qaeda linked White Helmets claims that over 40 people were killed in the attack. In response, Trump took to Twitter to call Assad an animal and blame the situation in Syria on Obama. I...
A Bad Foundation will Lead to More Spending and More Militarism
A $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill. More military spending than any time in history. How did things get to this point? Even some of the most loyal supporters of President Trump have expressed both frustration and dismay that he signed an omnibus spending bill...
FPF #172 – How Bad is Bolton?
On FPF #172, I discuss Trump's announcement that John Bolton will replace HR McMaster as National Security Advisor. Bolton continues to support the Iraq War, and he was involved in lying us into the war. Bolton has been a long opponent of the Iran Nuclear Deal. He has...
Yountville Shootings Another Cost of War
Last Friday, an Afghanistan War veteran suffering from PTSD took hostages at a Northern California veterans home, ultimately killing three female employees and himself. And so, the senseless and endless US intervention in Afghanistan has claimed four more lives, right...
Stop the War on Yemen!
Today is the big day. Call Your Senator and Urge Them to Support Sentate Joint Res. 54 to invoke the War Powers Resolution to stop the war on Yemen! It's very easy. Call 1-833-786-7927. They'll automatically connect you. Then try to get everyone you know to call too....
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