Scott talks to Mike Maharrey of the Tenth Amendment Center about the shameful state of U.S. foreign policy. In particular, Maharrey explains the way that congress has completely abdicated its role of declaring wars—instead, they have ceded that power fully to the...
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11/13/20 Mark Perry: the Revenge of Colonel Douglas Macgregor
Pentagon reporter Mark Perry discusses the recent appointment of retired Colonel Douglas Macgregor to a senior advisory position under President Trump's new secretary of defense. Perry calls Macgregor one of the greatest military minds in America; after a...
Mark Perry: The Revenge Of Colonel Douglas Macgregor
Mark Perry at Responsible Statecraft Macgregor, a West Point graduate, is an acquired taste: outspoken and controversial. He has flagged reporters with his statements about immigrants (we need martial law at the U.S.-Mexico border), Iranians (we need to look for areas...
New Defense Secretary Says ‘All Wars Must End’ (Even Afghanistan)
President Trump’s acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller sent a memo to his Pentagon staff that signals he could have been appointed to carry out troop withdrawals in places like Afghanistan or Iraq. In the memo, dated November 13th, Miller addresses his staff...
11/13/20 Grant Smith on the Israel Lobby’s ‘QME’ Scam
Grant Smith discusses the concept of "QME", or "Qualitative Military Edge," and how Israel and their lobby in the U.S. use it to get billions of dollars from the American taxpayers. Smith explains that during the Cold War, the doctrine of QME was used to keep the U.S....
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Iraq War Vet Given the Abu Ghraib Treatment to Death "The two-hour-long tape shows what led up to the moment Edwards, a decorated veteran who served in Kosovo and Iraq, was strapped in a chair for 16 minutes, as he seemed to struggle to breathe, his chest heaving and...
Biden’s Transition Team Shows Deep Connections with the Military-Industrial Complex
On Tuesday, Joe Biden released a list of transition teams for the various departments in his future White House. The Pentagon transition team for Biden consists of 23 people, many of whom hail from hawkish think tanks. The team is led by Kathleen Hicks, who worked in...
11/11/20 Danny Sjursen on the Profitable Post-Military Careers of his Afghanistan Commanders
Scott interviews Danny Sjursen about where his former commanders from Afghanistan have ended up in the years since the surge. Sjursen goes through a handful of these men: almost without fail, his former generals have ended up with profitable jobs in the arms industry...
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