After weeks of clashes between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Arab tribesman aligned with Deir Ezzor Military Council (DEMC), the SDF has imposed a curfew following a resumption of fighting on Monday. These ethnic tensions are boiling over in...
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Clashes Continue Erupting Between US Backed Militias in East Syria, Civilians Killed and Injured
by Connor Freeman | Sep 12, 2023 | News
Fighting between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Arab tribesman aligned with Deir Ezzor Military Council (DEMC) erupted again Monday night in eastern Syria, reports The New Arab. Both sides used to be united in the fight against the Islamic...
The War on Terror: What the Corporate Press Refuses to Say
by Keith Knight | Sep 11, 2023 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/QZKFTIdaXiE Then the fighters realized that the gang in the White House could not see things clearly, and that their leader (that idiot they obey) was claiming that we envied their lifestyle — when the truth, which this Pharaoh would like to hide — is...
US-Backed Militia Launches ‘Guerrilla War’ Against US-Backed Militia in Eastern Syria
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 7, 2023 | News
A Dier Ezzor Military Council (DEMC) leader announced his militia was in a guerrilla war against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Ethnic tensions between Washington’s Arab and Kurdish partners in Eastern Syria boiled over last week, with analysts warning fighting...
Clashes Continue Between US-Backed Militias in East Syria, Pentagon Calls For End to Fighting
by Connor Freeman | Aug 31, 2023 | News
Fighting continued between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Deir Ezzor Military Council (DEMC), two US backed militias in east Syria, on Wednesday. The US military has urged an end to the tensions, ongoing for four days, which have left at least...
Kiev Seeks More Mine Clearing Equipment as Ukrainian Sappers Take Huge Losses
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 15, 2023 | News
The Ukrainian military has struggled to work through Russia’s heavily mined defensive lines as its counteroffensive has dragged on for 10 weeks with little to show. Kiev is now appealing to its allies for more demining equipment. Ukrainians assigned to clear away the explosives – known as sappers – have taken heavy losses in the counteroffensive.
What’s Your Start Date, and Why?
by Keith Knight | Aug 10, 2023 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/81VAaNqqXzs [T]he number of blacks in professional, technical, and other high-level occupations more than doubled in the decade preceding the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In other occupations, gains by blacks were greater during the 1940s—when there was...
‘Normalization’ With Israel Is Losing Popularity in Arab States, As Netanyahu Kills More Palestinians
by Connor Freeman | Aug 3, 2023 | News
Tensions between the Gulf States and Israel are growing as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu oversees illegal settlement expansion and mass killings of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. This comes as the White House is...
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Watch This Antiwar Message from The Libertarian Institute!
The Libertarian Institute has produced this urgent plea for humanity to choose peace over war.
Richman Interviewed on “Ideas Having Sex”
Chris Kaufman interviewed me about my book What Social Animals Owe to Each Other on his podcast Ideas Having Sex. Listen here or on your podcast platform.
US Navy Follies: The Other Ghost Fleet
The US Navy and Marines have not conducted an amphibious assault on contested beach since Inchon in Korea (10-19 September 1950 although arguably the last major contested amphibious campaign in May of 1945 of Okinawa) and have practically abandoned surface maritime...
Anti-War Blog – Be Proud
Proud mother come and see what your soldier sons are doing, see them search crying children who no longer can walk the streets to go from home to school. They kidnap little boys, to torture or imprison. Maybe they shatter their arms and send them on their way. Cry for...
The Culture of Lying and Deceit in the US Army
It's not just the Army and all the services practice this level of institutional cravenness and dishonesty. Deceit and covering up errors is a long time practice in the US uniformed armed forces. The article is older but more true over time. The gravest peril of the...
Manned Tanks: Stop Building These Things
Arguably one of the best manned tanks ever made, the refurbished M1 Abrams is not faring well in the Ukraine and it is estimated the UKR forces have lost 20 of the 31 tanks supplied to them. This is not only a result of inadequate training, immature doctrine and...