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Salafis Throwing Bombs: How American and British Planners Partnered With Al-Qaeda Affiliated Groups At the Start of the Syrian Civil War
by William Van Wagenen | Dec 28, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Introduction In the mainstream view, al-Qaeda did not play a role in the Syria conflict until Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dispatched his deputy, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to Syria in August 2011 to establish a wing of the group there, called...
Bear Witness to the USA-UK-Saudi-UAE-AQAP Genocide in Yemen
by Scott Horton | Sep 28, 2019 | Blog
All in the name of reinstalling the Saudis' and Muslim Brotherhood's man, Mansour Hadi, in power in a capital city most Americans have never heard of. https://twitter.com/abcdaee1990/status/1177803244439035904
Another Saudi Failure in Yemen
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 12, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #387, I discuss Saudi losing the second capital of Yemen to southern separatists. The southern separatists were long allies of the Saudis in the war against the Houthi. However, the separatists recently went to war against the Saudi-backed government in Yemen...
Our Eternal Shame in Yemen
by Steven Woskow | May 17, 2019 | Blog
Two days after a drone attack on a Saudi oil pumping station the coalition carried out 11 attacks on the capital of Sanaa in all, out of a total of 19 across rebel-held territory on Thursday. The American people are as guilty of war crimes as the Saudis for aiding and...
Hilarious Hillary
by Scott Horton | May 2, 2019 | Blog
She just can't help herself. Please remind me again about your own obstruction and deletion of 30,000 emails from your time as secretary of state. Tell me, were any of those regarding your "foundation"'s business with the Saudis while you were supporting their jihad...
Ron and Dan: After Mass Beheadings, Can Trump Still Claim ‘Shared Values’ With Saudis?
by Scott Horton | Apr 29, 2019 | Blog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFJGEI2MMVI
FPF #230 – Rand Goes to Russia
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 8, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #230, I discuss Senator Rand Pau's recent trip to Russia. Rand's trip to Russia is a good thing and could help lawmakers in both countries realize their common goals. I also break down Saudi's diplomatic split with Canada. The Saudis have kicked the Canadian...
WaPo Editors: We Have to Help Destroy Yemen to Save It
by Bonnie Kristian | Jun 5, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Over the past year, the Washington Post editorial board has routinely ignored the US’s involvement in the siege of Yemen—a bombing and starvation campaign that has killed over 15,000 civilians and left roughly a million with cholera. As FAIR noted last November...
US-Saudis Bomb Yemeni Wedding, Kill Bride, 32 Others
by Scott Horton | Apr 23, 2018 | Blog
The casualties are mostly women and children. We're number one. Yemen death toll rises to 88 civilians!Over and over again!Massacre against wedding!Yemeni ministry of health confirmed now 33 killed, 55 injured including 30 children, some seriously injured.By US-Saudi...
Houthis Kill Saleh
by Scott Horton | Dec 4, 2017 | Blog
Killed him dead. For trying to make a deal with the Saudis.
6/14/17 Derek Davidson on ‘What’s Happening in the Persian Gulf’
by Scott Horton | Jun 14, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Derek Davidson, formerly of the Rand Corporation, Middle East and Iran specialist and writer at lobelog.com, on his article from June 5th, “What’s Happening in the Persian Gulf”. Davidson explains the complex situation between the Whabbi Qataris and rival Saudis, the...
3/27/17 Nasser Arrabyee on the mass protests in Yemen as the US-backed Saudi war hits the two year mark
by Scott Horton | Mar 27, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Nasser Arrabyee, a Yemeni journalist based in Sanaa, discusses the large Yemeni protests against the Saudi economic blockade and military aggression; and how President Trump is arming the Saudis far more than Obama was willing to, and enabling them to do whatever they...
10/17/16 Jonathan Landay on State Dept. lawyers’ worries over Yemen
by Scott Horton | Oct 17, 2016 | The Scott Horton Show
“As Saudis bombed Yemen, US Worried About Legal Blowback”, Jonathan Landay’s new article with Warren Strobel for Reuters, talks about US exposure to the war in Yemen, and the legal risk the US government is taking by supporting the Saudi’s war on Yemen.
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Military Conscription is Slavery: Woodrow Wilson Edition
By the guidelines set down by the Selective Service Act, all males aged 21 to 30 were required to register to potentially be selected for military service. At the request of the War Department, Congress amended the law in August 1918 to expand the age range to include...
The Capitalist Competition Myth
Capitalism involves far more cooperation than competition—think of the number of mutually beneficial transactions you’ve had today compared to the number of competitions you’ve been in today - Chris Freiman, author of Why It's OK to Ignore Politics Democratic...
Blame Mexico? Blame Neocons! Blame Big Pharma! Blame the USA!
ABC News: If fentanyl is so deadly, why do drug dealers use it to lace illicit drugs? I have an alternative explanation. America has been fighting endless wars almost the entire century. Many have come home from these never-ending wars with injuries and pains. Doctors...
My Testimony Before the Maine State Senate
In support of Ld 1054, Defend the Guard legislation: Thank you all so much for the opportunity to testify before your committee today. Today is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq War II. The consensus now is that we should not have done it. Iraq was not...
These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress
On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...
Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition
In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...
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