Scott talks to Kelley Vlahos about America's 30-year nonstop bombing campaign of Iraq, and the prospects for ending it. The destruction of Iraq, says Vlahos, has followed a familiar trend: American politicians sell the public on the need to get involved in some...
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News Roundup 11/11/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 11, 2020 | News Roundup
US News NASA certified Space X to carry astronauts. The US has been relying on Russia to taxi our astronauts back and forth. [Link] Republicans are attempting to prevent Trump from firing CIA Director Gina Haspel. [Link] The Acting Pentagon Policy Chief James Anderson...
9/11/20 David Vine on the Tens of Millions Displaced by America’s Terror Wars
by Scott Horton | Sep 12, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews David Vine about his research into the effects of America's decades-long wars on terror. Vine and his team have recently estimated that at minimum, 37 million people have been displaced as a direct result of the war on terror, with roughly 8 million...
The Ruinous Results of ‘Maximum Pressure’ Sanctions on Iran
by Geoff LaMear | Jul 30, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Iran’s economy is imploding. And American hawks are celebrating it as an opportunity for Washington to turn the screws on the Iranian regime. To the hawks’ credit, they’re not wrong: sanctions have broken the Iranian economy. By one analysis, Iran’s inflation rate...
Afghanistan’s Next War
by Steven Woskow | Apr 24, 2020 | Blog
New York Times Magazine has published a expose of Afghanistan as it struggles with war and Covid-19. Writer Mujib Mashal and photographer Kiana Hayeri have documented the effect of Covid-19 on Afghanistan and how the country has no infrastructure to deal with the...
News Roundup 3/5/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 5, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Tulsi Gabbard received at least one delegate on Super Tuesday. Recent Democratic Party debate rules have allowed all candidates with at least a delegate to participate in the debate. There is now concern the DNC will alter debate rules to prevent Tulsi from...
Turkey Looks to Draw NATO Allies into Its Fight in Syria
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 4, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #460, I discuss the chaotic and dangerous situation unfolding in Idlib, Syria. Turkey is backing the al-Qaeda linked rebels who remain in opposition to the Syrian government. The Syrian Army - along with its Russian ally - are attempting to retake the Idlib...
News Roundup 3/2/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 2, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Mayor Pete will end his presidential bid. [Link]Trump will invoke a federal defense law to increase the production of medical equipment needed to combat the coronavirus. [Link]Trump wants to hold arms control talks with Russia, China, the UK, and France....
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The Kyle Anzalone Show: Sen. Schumer Touts Funding Genocide in Gaza, US Downs Iranian Drone Near Aircraft Carrier
A single clip can reveal the whole playbook. When a powerful senator calls military aid to Israel his “baby,” it says everything about priorities, leverage, and who pays the price. We pull the thread from that moment into the reality on the ground in Gaza, where a...
The Kyle Anzalone Show: Should We Believe Trump’s Truth Social Threats?
War planners love simple stories. Threaten, strike, and watch a “decisive” blow topple a hated regime. Today we peel back the layers on the rush toward Iran—what a decisive strike actually means, what the timelines look like from the Pentagon and Tel Aviv, and why air...
Capitalism Can’t Be Everything Its Foes Say It Is
"Nothing is more unpopular today than the free market economy, i.e., capitalism. Everything that is considered unsatisfactory in present-day conditions is charged to capitalism. The atheists make capitalism responsible for the survival of Christianity. But the papal...
Rewarding Failure at the Galactic Level
One trillion dollars, the rest of the planet spends approx 2.4-2.7 trillion dollars, the Pentagon is not delivering much bang for the buck. They even funded accounting errors to reward the poor performance of Pentagon program managers. When combined with off DOD...
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