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...
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COI #127: Hawks Use Failure of Afghan War as Reason to Keep Fighting
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 25, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #127, Connor Freeman – writer at the Libertarian Institute – returns to the show to discuss recent events in Afghanistan. The Taliban have recently captured dozens of districts and a border crossing with Tajikistan. The Afghan Army is struggling to provide...
Green Berets Ambushed in Afghan Insider Attack
by Scott Horton | Feb 8, 2020 | Blog
Jack Murphy writes at ConnectingVets: A team from 7th Special Forces Group was ambushed today while conducting a Key Leader Engagement (KLE) in Sherzad, Afghanistan. A source familiar with the events spoke to Connecting Vets about the incident, requesting anonymity....
News Roundup 5/4/18
by Kyle Anzalone | May 4, 2018 | News Roundup
The former CEO of Volkswagen has been charged with conspiracy and wire fraud for the emissions cheating scandal. [Link] Ray McGovern and William Binney explain how Mueller is attempting to get Trump to incriminate himself. [Link] Philip Giraldi explains why...
Syria: From ‘no boots on the ground’ to (not so secret) forward operating bases
by Brad Hoff | Jun 14, 2017 | Blog
It's a familiar pattern by now. From "we're staying out" to "just some logistical aid to rebels" to "okay, some mere light arms to fight the evil dictator" to "well, a few anti-tank missiles wouldn't hurt" to "we gotta bomb the new super-bad terror group that...
Pentagon Seeks to Expand US Involvement in Somalia Fight
by Jason Ditz | Feb 27, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Recommendations Include More Leeway to Launch Airstrikes President Trump’s recommendations from the Pentagon are starting to trickle in, and they seem to everywhere involve more escalations of US involvement and increased flexibility for the Pentagon to order...
2/6/17 Nasser Arrabyee on the US/Saudi war against the Houthi government in Yemen
by Scott Horton | Feb 6, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Nasser Arrabyee, a Yemeni journalist based in Sanaa, discusses President Trump's first authorized special forces raid in Yemen that resulted in the death of a Navy SEAL, many Yemeni civilians, and Anwar al-Awlaki's daughter - continuing the nearly two-year war in...
US Troops on Front Lines in Iraq’s Mosul Invasion
by Scott Horton | Oct 18, 2016 | Blog
The U.S.-Iraqi Kurdish-Iraqi Shia Army-Iraqi Shia militia-Iraqi Sunni militia-Turkish invasion of the Islamic State's eastern stronghold of Mosul is on. Thousands of U.S. special forces are on the front lines. Jason Ditz, New Editor of Antiwar.com, has the details, as...
Antiwar.com’s news editor, Jason Ditz, on the wars in Syria, Libya, and Yemen
by Scott Horton | Sep 16, 2016 | The Scott Horton Show
Jason Ditz, news editor for Antiwar.com, discusses why the “moderate” US-backed Free Syrian Army threatened to slaughter US special forces advisors on the ground in Syria; why Donald Trump thinks 38 billion in US aid to Israel isn’t enough; and the continuing wars in...
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ESG in Canada
When I talk about ESG it isn’t out of concern for the corporations being regulated, it is out of concern as to how it affects the common man. While many dismiss my concern as a “conspiracy theory” cutting people off from their money and financial institutions is in...
ESG on The Courtenay Turner Podcast
My friend Courtenay Turner invited me on her podcast to get deep into ESG and why it matters.
Reminder: Volodymyr Zelenskyy Almost Started a World War Based on a Lie
On November 15th, the Associated Press reported that "A senior U.S. intelligence official says Russian missiles crossed into NATO member Poland, killing two people". Since Poland is a member of the North American Treaty Organization, that would mean that America along...
Christopher Hitchens Lied About the Cause of Terrorism
"The suicide murder community is almost perfectly faith based." - Christopher Hitchens On Real Time With Bill Maher, Hitchens claims that because an Islamist in the 1800's used the Koran to justify atrocities, it means that today the issue with Al-Qaeda is due to the...
War is a Euphemism for Mass Murder
To kill one man is to be guilty of a capital crime, to kill ten men is to increase the guilt tenfold, to kill a hundred men is to increase it a hundredfold. This the rulers of the earth all recognize, and yet when it comes to the greatest crime — waging war on another...
Empower the Working Class: Abolish Occupational Licensing
It's time to consistently apply the "my body my choice" principle. If consenting adults want to engage in economic activity, no third party should forcibly stop them. Democrats always say "voting once every two years between two politicians is how you express...
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