The US State Department needs to be disbanded and all overseas embassies should be converted to ATM-style kiosks. The Taliban has just received 239 million debt-bucks in US State Department aid. 239 millions dollars. The disaster in Afghanistan continues to cascade...
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News Roundup 8/5/2024
Venezuela US Rejects Venezuelan Election Results, Declares Opposition Candidate the Winner AWC Ukraine Poll Shows Germans Oppose New US Missile Deployment AWC Zelensky Says Ukraine and the ‘Whole World’ Wants Russia at Peace Summit AWC Ukraine Orders Evacuations From...
Raptor Woes Continue to Plague the Air Force
More mismanagement and strategic deficit disorder at the Pentagon. The F22 Raptor is a very capable late 20th century aircraft and arguably superior to the much more expensive and increasingly anachronistic F35; it is being put out to pasture early because of...
America’s Syrian Gulag
At the beginning of last month the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Ethan Goldrich, granted an interview to Rudaw, which is something like PBS for Iraqi Kurdistan. He emphasized that the United States has no plan to end its occupation...
What Is Government Costing Your Family?
What would you do if the government came to you and said your family owes it $75,000 this year, and every year, adjusted upward for inflation? You might respond “I can’t afford it.” Don’t worry, you are already paying that. That’s the price the average American...
Israel’s Imperial Techno-Optimism
On Saturday, a rocket struck a soccer field in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. At least twelve people were killed, mostly teenagers and children. Israel blamed the Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah for the attack. Hezbollah denied the charge and claimed...
Two Decades Later, the Applause Continues…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel spoke before a joint session of the United States Congress on July 24 to address the terror attacks of October 7 and ask for continued support for his war on Gaza. Before Netanyahu even arrived in Washington DC, my thoughts...
7/25/24 Kelley Vlahos on the Hawks Trying to Co-opt the America First Movement
Download Episode. Kelly Beaucar Vlahos returns to the show to discuss recent articles she’s written on the hawkish elements trying to take control of the America First movement. They start with a discussion about Peter Thiel, who Vlahos does not trust, and JD Vance,...
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