On Thursday, the Pentagon announced the formal end to the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, but all 2,500 troops that are currently in the country will stay in an advisory role. The Biden administration agreed with Iraq back in July to end the U.S. combat mission by the...
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COI #197: Biden Watches as US Created Crises in Yemen & Afghanistan Kills Children
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 5, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #197, Kyle Anzalone breaks down the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. The World Bank and UN are attempting to deliver aid to the Afghans. However, U.S. sanctions continue to prevent the aid from reaching suffering people. Back in Washington., Biden is...
News Roundup 12/2/2021
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
US News The Trump and Biden Administrations awards billions in covid contracts to medical companies that had recent histories of producing dangerously flawed products. [Link] Biden will extend mask mandates on planes, busses, and trains through March. [Link] The...
News Roundup 11/22/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 22, 2021 | News Roundup
US News The FDA recommends all adults have a booster of a Pfizer or Moderna covid vaccine. [Link] The House passes the nearly $2 trillion Build Back Better Act. The bill passed along party lines with one Democrat voting against the bill with Republicans. [Link] A...
Conflicts of Interest #190: Congress Is Set to Give Highly Corrupt Pentagon Hundreds of Billions
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 18, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #190, Kyle Anzalone discusses Congress closing in on passing a near $800 billion funding bill for the Pentagon as it fails in every category. A report from the Pentagon inspector general found the agency has failed to make much progress tackling its sexual...
11/12/21 Kelly Beaucar Vlahos on the Quincy Institute, Zalmay Khalilzad and Mark Perry
by Scott Horton | Nov 18, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Kelly Beaucar Vlahos from Responsible Statecraft. For listeners unfamiliar with it, Vlahos gives an introduction to her place of work and the think tank behind it, the Quincy Institute. Next they discuss Zalmay Khalilzad who spoke at an event...
Conflicts of Interest #189: The Pentagon Manufactures Crises It Cannot Control
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 16, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #189, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman – writer at the Libertarian Institute – talk about increasing tensions in Eastern Europe and the Persian Gulf. Kyle covers the refugee crisis on the border shared by Poland and Belarus. Washington and their European allies...
COI #188: Guilty of Murder? Rittenhouse, Soldiers & Police
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 14, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #188, Patrick MacFarlane joins Kyle Anzalone to break down the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. The trail has largely divided the country on political lines and could have important implications for self-defense law. The trial has produced many sensational moments that...
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Sig P320/M17/18: MILSPEC is Overrated
A negligent discharge (ND) in a weapon is when the operator strokes the trigger that results in the firing of the weapon. In my time, the lion's share of these are NDs but actual mechanical (unintentional, accidental or "uncommanded") discharges were rare and then the...
Merrick Garland Should Start His Crusade Against White Supremacists By Re-Opening the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing Case
Given the recent stories about Merrick Garland’s experience at the helm of the Oklahoma City bombing prosecution and his own comments about prosecuting white supremacists should he be made Attorney General, I have some questions about Garland’s handling of the OKC...
Bang for Your Buck: Breaking the Bank to Upgrade the Nuclear Arsenal (Part II)
In Part I, I discussed and critiqued an overview of the new efforts to update the US nuclear arsenal. Here, we'll chat (again) about the Sentinel which is the improved replacement for the aging Minuteman III ICBM and it is already in trouble with the schedule sliding...
Company Men: Former Spies Spill The Tea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElMSJDkqSYQ&t=3757s Danny Jones recently hosted former CIA officers John Kiriakou and Andrew Bustamente for a wide-ranging discussion that touched on torture, 9/11 & terrorism, domestic politics, foreign policy and what it’s...
Bang for Your Buck: Breaking the Bank to Upgrade the Nuclear Arsenal (Part I)
The United States is on track to spend the equivalent of more than two Manhattan projects per year in one of the most expensive nuclear arms races in history. The US has not done a recorded air breathing nuclear detonation since 1992 (the last US test, Julin-Divider,...
Israel’s Criminal Assault on Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza: ‘Israel killed my grandmother!’
Israel has twice assaulted the Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, leaving behind horrifying death and destruction, and no evidence of a Hamas headquarters.
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