Bernard at MoonofAlabama seems to agree with my speculation, as I told Dave Smith yesterday, that perhaps Maduro had his defense minister, chief judge and head of the presidential police pretend to change sides just to lure Guaido and Trump-Pompeo-Bolton into...
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Trump’s Iran Hawks Are Nuts
by Scott Horton | Jan 13, 2019 | Blog
Mike Pompeo: US will never accept Hezbollah presence in Lebanon. Jason Ditz: That's funny, they're part of the ruling coalition government the U.S. supports there.
FPF #262 – Great Powers
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 24, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #262, I discuss the US relationship with Russia and China. In a move supported by NSA John Bolton, Trump suggested the US will withdraw from the INF Treaty. The President also called for an increase in the US nuclear arsenal. Secretary of State Pompeo is...
FPF #221 – Afghan Peace Talks
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 18, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #221, I discuss potential peace talks between the US and the Taliban. The US signaled its willingness to directly talk with the Taliban in statements from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Commander of US Forces in Afghanistan General Nicholson. Talks could...
Media, Hardliners Play Up North Korean Nuclear “Deception” Claim
by Gareth Porter | Jul 13, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Just as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was about to leave for denuclearization negotiations in Pyongyang, a spate of media stories reported that North Korea is deceiving the Trump administration by seeking to hide some of its nuclear facilities. Those stories suggest...
The Failures of Rand Paul
by Rob Faust | May 25, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
Rand Paul has been considered Constitutional conservative and a non-interventionist. Both are admirable labels to have. However, over the last year, Senator Paul has failed at being either of these things. As a self-described Constitutional conservative Senator Paul...
FPF #198 – The Phantom Enemy
by Kyle Anzalone | May 25, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #198, I discuss the 12 demands the US gave Iran in a speech by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Many of the demands are based on false information or where agreed to in the JCPOA. Other demands require Iran to completely dissolve Iranian sovereignty. I show how...
The Looming Iran Conflict
by Rob Faust | May 16, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
President Trump’s announcement last week to pull out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was the latest step towards military conflict with Iran. The decision comes after the confirmation of a hawkish Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State and places us on a...
FPF #183 – Koreans Push for Peace
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 20, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #183, I discuss the Korean peace process. Recently, South Korea said the Koreans will look end the Korean War and Trump gave his 'blessing' to Korean peace. Trump then announced CIA Director Mike Pompeo traveled to North Korea to meet with Kim Jung Un. South...
Rand Paul Will Oppose Pompeo, Haspel Nominations
by Scott Horton | Mar 14, 2018 | Blog
Because he's a serial regime-changer and she's a war criminal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i64Hf-44pKs
Tillerson Out, Pompeo New SecState
by Scott Horton | Mar 13, 2018 | Blog
Story here. He's horrible on Iran. His replacement at CIA is a guilty war criminal.
Fmr. NSA, CIA Director Hayden Thinks New CIA Pick Pompeo is Great
by Scott Horton | Nov 20, 2016 | Blog
"I actually am aware that the broader intelligence community was heartened by that pick," Michael "Head of NSA on 9/11, tapper of your line, and also a torturer" Hayden told the TV show people. Asked about Pompeo's claims that torture is perfectly legal and...
New CIA Chief Was Excited About Attacking Syria’s Assad
by Scott Horton | Nov 18, 2016 | Blog
Speaking of the CIA Director, Via Antiwar.com, here's Trump's new one, Rep. Mike Pompeo, coming out for war against Assad in 2013: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poRSPorjtyo Update: The Washington Post says he's been a fierce critic of the CIA program to arm and...
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Crime and Poverty
“The theory that crime is caused by poverty is not supported by the known facts. The very poor, in fact, tend to be just as law-abiding as the rich, and perhaps more so. To argue otherwise is to libel multitudes of people who keep to decency under severe difficulties,...
Don’t Be Silent
We should reject the fashionable idea that one should never write or post anything that possibly could be used by bad people for bad purposes. That admonition brings two things to mind. First, it fails its own test. If good people avoid a topic because even...
Can There Be Only One Race?
I'm old enough to remember this 1960s Lay's Potato Chips commercial. (Hell, I'm almost old enough to remember when plays were in black and white!) In the commercial a man (Bert Lahr, the cowardly lion in The Wizard of Oz) faces a challenge from the devil, who has a...
How Not to Defend “Capitalism” Against” Socialism”
I challenge you to show me a lamer "debate" over "capitalism" and "socialism." (Don't worry; it's not about Bill Maher.)
Yes, Andrew Sullivan Demanded W. Bush Nuke Iraq
He wrote on October 17, 2001: THE COMING CONFLICT: The sophisticated form of anthrax delivered to Tom Daschle's office forces us to ask a simple question. What are these people trying to do? I think they're testing the waters. They want to know how we will respond to...
War is a Euphemism for Theft Funded Mass Murder
The libertarian’s basic attitude toward war must then be: it is legitimate to use violence against criminals in defense of one’s rights of person and property; it is completely impermissible to violate the rights of other innocent people. War, then, is only proper...
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