Ecuador's new president will allow Julian Assange to remain in the country's embassy in London. [Link] The mass data collection of Americans under Obama was more extensive than initially believed. [Link] At least 80 civilians have been killed by countries in the...
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Is the U.S. Planning a Long-Term Presence in Syria?
by Will Porter | May 30, 2017 | Blog
As gains are made against the Islamic State and other Islamist rebel factions in Syria, the United States appears ready to prevent the Assad regime from making major advances in the eastern half of the country, possibly suggesting plans for a long-term U.S. presence....
News Roundup 5/29/17
by Kyle Anzalone | May 29, 2017 | Blog
Half of US armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan are contractors. [Link] Special forces have been half of all American combat deaths since 2015. [Link] Nearly 10% of UK active service members have had an STD in the past five years. [Link] A US surveillance plane had an...
President Trump: Toss Your Generals’ War Escalation Plans In the Trash
by Ron Paul | May 15, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
By the end of this month, Defense Secretary James Mattis and National Security Advisor HR McMaster will deliver to President Trump their plans for military escalations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. President Trump would be wise to rip the plans up and send his...
News Roundup 5/15/17
by Kyle Anzalone | May 15, 2017 | Blog
57,000 computers have been infected by a new malware worm. The new malware worm was based on an NSA designed flaw in the Windows operating system. The NSA design flaw was leaked by Shadow Brokers. [Link] This interview looks into the widespread use of US Special...
News Roundup 5/10/17
by Kyle Anzalone | May 10, 2017 | Blog
Trump fires FBI Director James Comey. [Link] 250 refugees fleeing North Africa for Europe are missing and feared dead. 1,300 people are believed to have died making the trip this year. [Link] South Korea elected Moon Jae-in to be president. Moon said he will look to...
Trump Approves Direct Arming of Syrian Kurds With Heavy Weapons
by Jason Ditz | May 10, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Move Comes Ahead of Erdogan Visit to US Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was already making much of his plans to lambaste President Trump during his DC visit later this month, complaining about the US provision of arms and military support to Kurdish factions...
News Roundup 5/1/17
by Kyle Anzalone | May 1, 2017 | Blog
Trump signs an executive order reversing Obama's ban on Artic drilling. [Link] Trump says the US is losing money providing defense for Saudi Arabia. [Link] The ten-member Association of South East Asian Nations issues a statement softening its stance on tensions with...
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The Kyle Anzalone Show [Guest] COL. Lawrence Wilkerson – Did Iran or Trump Cave?
The headlines move fast, but the stakes underneath them move faster. When political leaders say the Strait of Hormuz is “open” and diplomacy is “wrapping up,” we slow the tape and ask the only question that matters: who actually has leverage right now, and what price...
Anti-War Blog – The Feed of War
War is content, at least for those who are far from the explosions, acrid smoke and mourning parents. To those closer to the destruction and loss, it’s very real and inescapable. For most of us, the privileged, we peer into it whenever we dare, or should it come...
The Kyle Anzalone Show [Guest] Prof. Glenn Diesen: Trump’s Legacy: The Catastrophic Destruction of the American Empire
A ceasefire can be the start of peace, or it can be the quiet moment when both sides reload. That’s the question driving my return conversation with Professor Glenn Diesen as we dissect the US-Iran negotiations, the sudden focus on a short extension, and the strategic...
The Kyle Anzalone Show: US TROOPS ON THE MOVE + IS TRUMP RESTARTING THE WAR?!
U.S. troops are training for chemical and nuclear fallout while fresh forces and warships surge toward the Middle East, and I can’t shake the feeling that those “routine drills” are happening for a reason. We walk through what the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s...
Adam Smith and Equality of Force
It was 250 years ago that Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations. In it, he looked back on the contact that various distant peoples had had with Europeans, following the discoveries of Christopher Colombus and Vasco de Gama. The results, by Smith’s time in 1776,...
The Kyle Anzalone Show [Guest] Lt Col Karen Kwiatkowski: Trump Orders Hormuz Blockade After Talks Fail—Ceasefire at Risk?
A blockade of the Strait of Hormuz sounds like a clean, decisive move until you run it through the real world: geography, international law, ship insurance, and the uncomfortable question of what happens when the other side shoots back. We sit down with Lt Col Karen...
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