Matthew Hoh discusses the extraordinary difficulties in resolving the complex political and ethnic tensions in Afghanistan, something that the U.S. military has been trying to do for going on 20 years. Hoh says that during his time there he saw lots of practices by...
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News Roundup 11/11/19
US News Using isolation to prevent suicides in prison, makes it more likely people will attempt suicide. [Link] The US Supreme Court rules that civil asset forfeiture can violate the 8th Amendment. [Link] Texas will execute a possibly innocent man, Rodney Reed. The...
Most Veterans Believe the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan Weren’t Worth Fighting
The majority of U.S. military veterans say America's most recent wars were not worth fighting, according to the results of a recent Pew Research Center survey published ahead of Veterans Day. In addition to polling 1,087 former service members on their opinions of the...
11/7/19 Tara Copp on the Rising Cancer Rates Among Veterans
Scott talks to Tara Copp about her research on cancer rates among military veterans, particularly air force pilots, whose powerful radar systems may be a contributing factor to multiple types of cancers. Copp reminds us that causality is very difficult to establish in...
11/7/19 Ali M. Latifi on Life in the Most Drone-Bombed Country in the World
Ali Latifi talks about his reporting on the drone war in Afghanistan, the most drone-bombed country in the world. He tells us one of the most troubling facts about America's drone campaigns: that almost everyone who is killed in a drone strike gets labeled an "enemy...
My Speech at the Mises Event
On November 9, I participated in a Mises Institute event in Lake Jackson, Texas with Jeff Deist, Dan McAdams, Tom Woods, Lew Rockwell and Ron Paul. (Ain't that something?) Jeff asked me to speak on "Propaganda and the 2020 Foreign Policy Debate." I was first:...
Lindholm Taking ‘Bring Our Troops Home’ Push to D.C.
Check out this great article about BringOurTroopsHome.us and the great event they're holding next week in D.C.. I beg any and all Iraq and Afghan war vets in the Institute audience who can possibly attend to do so. The opportunity we have to truly change the narrative...
Most veterans believe the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan weren’t worth fighting
Read it and weep.
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