The myth of the Afghan safe haven just won't die. In 2001, after the 9/11 attacks, the United States invaded Afghanistan and quickly smashed the Taliban government. It also killed hundreds of members of the al Qaeda group that had launched the attacks, although...
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2017 Review: Yemen
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 29, 2017 | Blog
On the night of Trump’s inauguration, he approved a raid on al-Qaeda in a village in central Yemen. Two Americans were killed in the raid: Chief Petty Officer Ryan Williams and 8-year-old Nawar Anwar al-Awlaki. Nawar was hit in the neck with a bullet and died in her...
News Roundup 12/27/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 27, 2017 | Blog
Will Grigg on the Christmas truce in 1914. [Link] A 14-year-old girl had been charged with child pornography for sending a nude photo of herself. [Link] James Bovard outlines waste and abuse at DHS. [Link] The FDA food recall process takes up to 10 months for the...
2017 Review: Syria
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 26, 2017 | Blog
In the lead up to the 2016 election, Candidate Trump talked a somewhat sensible policy on Syria. He wanted to end the support of rebels, and he preferred Assad to the jihadists, he desired to work with the Russians to achieve the shared goal of “knocking the hell out...
12/20/17 Matthew Hoh on Afghanistan and Trump’s newest National Security Strategy
by Damon Hatheway | Dec 20, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Afghan war whistleblower Matthew Hoh returns to discuss the latest developments in Afghanistan, recalls his thought process when he blew the whistle in the lead up to Obama's surge, and describes the perverse incentives created by the military for advancement. Hoh...
12/20/17 Matthew Hoh on Afghanistan and Trump's newest National Security Strategy
by Damon Hatheway | Dec 20, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Afghan war whistleblower Matthew Hoh returns to discuss the latest developments in Afghanistan, recalls his thought process when he blew the whistle in the lead up to Obama's surge, and describes the perverse incentives created by the military for advancement. Hoh...
News Roundup 12/15/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 15, 2017 | Blog
The FCC voted to repeal Net Neutrality regulations. [Link] The Walt Disney Company is attempting to acquire 21st Century Fox. [Link] In 2017, the US sold 58% of all global weapon sales. [Link] Nick Turse explains how Trump has expanded on the Obama policy of using...
Yemen’s Silent Numbers: Official Death Count Masks War’s Toll on Civilians
by Will Porter | Dec 11, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Nobody knows how many are dying in Saudi Arabia’s bombing campaign, rights groups say Faced with war, starvation and disease, the people of Yemen are suffering the worst humanitarian crisis on Earth. After over two years of active conflict, war monitors and human...
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The Health-Care Nirvana Fallacy
Someone explain how coercive centralized bureaucratic control of medical decision-making and the purse can beat the decentralized free market with its undistorted price system. The government has many things besides medical care it wants to spend tax money on, and...
DEI Kills: Boeing Bumbling on Parade Part CXXVII
Editor's Note: Just returned from business travel so my blogging frequency should bump up again. Boeing continues o provide legions of future business historians the fodder for hundreds of books and cautionary tales on how engineering can fall of a cliff once...
What’s Behind HTS Rebranding and the Rise of Geopolitical Tensions? New Episode of the Kyle Anzalone Show
Al-Qaeda's Takeover in Syria: Truth Behind the Headlines! Al-Qaeda's recent control over Syria marks a significant shift in the region, and we need to unpack its implications. While mainstream media may portray this as a victory for freedom and justice, the reality is...
Time to Separate Medicine and State
The "progressive" coverage of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson's murder has an unspoken premise: namely, that we could have had a system in which medical care was instantly superabundant and free for everyone. There is no such system. We live in a world of...
No Need for DOGE
We don't need a Department (sic) of Government Efficiency. (It's a nongovernment thing.) We need a "Department" of What the Hell Should the Government Be Doing in the First Place? Efficiency implies that you know the objective of a course of action and want to avoid...
Anti-War Blog – Osama Bin Laden won
Bin Laden Won He won and the US warmasters are celebrating. Imagine rejoicing after a government falls to the descendants of Al-Qaeda. We don’t have to because the Washington gang are doing just that. The Islamo-Fascist Jihadis who terrorised the minds of the West for...
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