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Foreign Policy Focus #118 – Syrian Civil War Post-ISIS

by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 15, 2017 | Conflicts of Interest

FPF#118, I look at the future of the Syrian Civil War. Al-Qaeda continues to control territory in Idlib. Israel is threatening to attack Iranian or Hezbollah targets in Syria. Turkey is threatening to attack the Syrian Kurds. Assad restated his goal to control all of...

News Roundup 11/14/17

by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 14, 2017 | Blog

Trump nominates Alex Azar to be Health and Human Services Secretary. Azar spent the past ten years working for Eli Lilly. [Link] 140 Minnesota police officers have been convicted of crimes. Several officers who are still on the job have been convicted of violent...

News Roundup 10/20/17

by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 20, 2017 | Blog

An Ohio police officer who caught on video beating a person he pulled over has been fired. [Link] US aid to Latin America elites has lead to more immigrants coming to the US. [Link] Trump disagrees with the State Department's assessment of what is causing sonic...

Foreign Policy Focus #106 – Who Cares About Somalia?

by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 17, 2017 | Conflicts of Interest

On FPF #106, I discuss the terror attack in Somalia that killed over 300 people. I look at blowback and how US policy possibly motivated the bomber. I explain that while Americans may not care about dead Somalis, people in the Muslim world do. I update Marawi,...

News Roundup 10/16/17

by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 16, 2017 | Blog

A basic introduction into blockchain. [Link] Senator Rand Paul explains the impacts of Trump's healthcare executive orders. Rand Paul says the new rules will allow for more free market options. [Link] A history of all the wars John McCain has called for. [Link]...

10/2/17 Airwars’ Chris Woods on the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria

by Damon Hatheway | Oct 2, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Airwars investigative reporter Chris Woods returns to the show to discuss his work documenting aerial strikes and casualties in Iraq, Syria, and now Libya. Woods explains Airwars' method of documentation, discusses how Trump's strategy compares to Obama's, and breaks...

10/2/17 Airwars' Chris Woods on the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria

by Damon Hatheway | Oct 2, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

News Roundup 9/21/17

by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 21, 2017 | Blog

Trump says he has made a decision on the Iran nuclear deal. Tillerson says no one knows what decision Trump made. [Link] Two Oklahoma police officers shot and killed a deaf man who was carrying a pipe on his own property. Witnesses were yelling at the police that the...

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Anti-War Blog – Too Thirsty to Cry

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RIP: Remembering Edward Lozansky, Towering Prophet of Sanity, Decency, and Peace

Our friend Edward Lozansky left this world last week. He was a long-time writer for Antiwar.com. His many articles can be found here and on our blog here. He was president and founder of the American University in Moscow and the U.S.-Russia Forum. He is also a...

F35 Follies: Fat Amy Fails Again and Again

The F35 is in trouble in Europe. NATO observed the U.S. cut off its vital military aid deliveries to Ukraine, and choke Kyiv's access to American-derived intelligence in a bid to bend Ukraine to its will, namely to sit down at the negotiating table for ceasefire...

New Chasing Ghosts Podcast Episode is Live Monday 5 May 2025.

Ep 063 "Spanner in the Works: Sabotage and War" Military sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a government effort, or organization through subversion, obstruction, demoralization, destabilization, division, disruption, or destruction. It can take place...