On FPF #109, I discuss the expanding US war in Africa. US operations in Africa have greatly expanded since AFRICOM was created in 2008. The US now has 6,000 troops in Africa and the troops are involved in 3,500 military operations every year. Now Sen Lindsey Graham...
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News Roundup 10/24/17
Marcy Wheeler reports on Congress's attempt to expand spying on Americans. [Link] Two NYPD officers raped a teenager. The officers have now claimed that the 18-year-old consented to sex after they arrested her. [Link] 70% of Americans believe the nuclear agreement...
When Foreign Aid Is Wrong
People sometimes do the right thing, but for the wrong reason—including presidents and politicians. The Obama administration slashed hundreds of millions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Egypt in 2013 after the ouster of Egypt’s president Mohamed...
China Just Slammed the US Over Charlottesville After Report on Religious Freedom Released
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. On Tuesday, the State Department released a report on international religious freedom that was highly critical of a number of countries, one of which was China. CNN, which detailed the report in an article titled...
Nobody–Including the Trump Administration–Knows What America’s North Korea Policy Is
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. A day after President Donald Trump warned that the military would unleash “fire and fury” on North Korea if it continued to threaten the United States, two top Trump administration officials delivered conflicting...
Nobody–Including the Trump Administration–Knows What America's North Korea Policy Is
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. A day after President Donald Trump warned that the military would unleash “fire and fury” on North Korea if it continued to threaten the United States, two top Trump administration officials delivered conflicting...
Trump wants to install military-industrial complex lobbyist as Army chief at the Pentagon
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. Last Wednesday, it was reported that Donald Trump was moving to nominate Raytheon lobbyist Mark Esper for secretary of the Army. Raytheon is one of the “big five” defense contractors, and the president’s decision...
News Roundup 7/11/17
The Third Circut Court of Appeals has ruled that filming police is a right protected by the First Amendment. [Link] A man accused of plotting a terror attack claims the FBI entrapped him. The man accused says FBI informants pushed him to buy machine guns. [Link] The...
06/28/17 Mark Perry on Jared Kushner’s Middle East Mess
Mark Perry returns to the show to discuss his latest article in the American Conservative, detailing how Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has the president's ear in the Middle East and how Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis...
US Attacks Syria: Scores of Missiles Fired
The US military is attacking Syria tonight, after talking up the idea of unilateral military intervention throughout the day. Preliminary reports are that more than 60 Tomahawk missiles have been fired against various targets inside Syria. Russian deputy Ambassador...
News Roundup 3/31/17
Flynn offers to testify about the Trump campaign connections to Russia in exchange for immunity. [Link] Trump has given the military power to conduct offensive counterterrorism strikes against al-Shabaab in Somalia. Previously, the US was only about to conduct strikes...
It’s Time to End America’s Longest War
In the latest round of saber-rattling between the US and North Korean governments, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson laid down the well-worn line. “All options,” he said during a visit to South Korea, “are on the table.” If he’s serious, here’s an option that never...
Rex Tillerson: US Forces Will Stay in Iraq After Defeat of Islamic State
U.S. military forces will remain in Iraq after the military defeat of the Islamic State in order to avert another resurgence of the terrorist organization, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced Wednesday. "The military power of the coalition will remain where...
Tillerson: Pre-emptive force an option with North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States signaled a tougher strategy toward North Korea on Friday that leaves open the possibility of pre-emptive military action and rejects talks with the communist nation until it gives up its weapons of mass destruction. "Let me...
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