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Another Failed Coup

by Scott Horton | May 2, 2019 | Blog

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...

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...

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Dust to Dust: Imperial Decline is Baked into the Statist Recipe

Nothing is working for anyone with a clear eye to reform in the Department of Defense. We may find some reform will take place now but I am cynical and not holding out much hope. Nothing. "Fixes are proposed; panels are held; good, sensible reforms are constantly...

The Biggest Heist in Human History

Thought experiment: what if it turns out that the happy warriors for the socialist & government supremacist projects claiming aspirations of altruistic and shining ambition for the betterment of humankind were insincere and all of it was actually a gigantic grift...

The Past is Future Tense, Always

The Wayback Machine reminds us of all past tense showing us the future. The base in Balakliya, near Kharkiv, is around 100km (60 miles) from fighting against Russian-backed separatists in the eastern oblasts (2017). 2017: “The Ukrainian SBU – the equivalent of the FBI...

Vance in Munich w/Kyle Matovcik

Kyle joined me to listen and discuss Vance’s fiery speech at the Munich Security Council last week.

It Begins: Blow-back Will Commence Once Festivities Begin

United States declares eight Latin American drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. This will not go well and the sophisticated ratlines, logistics enterprises and support networks will be leveraged to the highest order for retaliatory strikes in CONUS....

Hinting at War and Disaster: Mexico Will Go Up in Flames

Here are some news items from the war on cartels. This is a very ominous development. After two weeks of US Air Force RC-135V/W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft conducting multiple signals intelligence (SIGINT) operations along the US-Mexico border and in...

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Today the front pages and bookstores are filled with tales of the so-called "China Threat." From spy balloons to Fentanyl pipelines, genocide to dreams of world domination: CHINA! But is it all true? Is any of it? Now, for the first time, the speciousness of these and...