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News Roundup 9/6/18

by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 6, 2018 | News Roundup

Danny Sjursen explains why the courage of US soldiers is not enough to win wars. [Link] Trump will chair a UN Security Council meeting on Iran. [Link] The UK announces two Russians are suspects in the poisoning of the Skripals. [Link] Moon of Alabama identifies...

Can’t We Just Leave Syria Alone?

by Ron Paul | Sep 5, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

Assad was supposed to be gone already. President Obama thought it would be just another “regime change” operation and perhaps Assad would end up like Saddam Hussein or Yanukovych. Or maybe even Gaddafi. But he was supposed to be gone. The US spent billions to get rid...

News Roundup 9/5/18

by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 5, 2018 | News Roundup

Arizona's governor selects former Senator Jon Kyl to fill John McCain's Senate seat. [Link] Aaron Mate argues Russiagate myths with James Risen. [Link] The US warns Israel not to attack Iranian targets in Iraq. [Link] US sanctions against Iran are starting to reduce...

8/31/18 Larry Wilkerson on Neocons in Trump Administration

by Scott Horton | Sep 4, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Larry Wilkerson, former army Colonel and Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, is interviewed on his new article at LobeLog "The Neoconservative Comeback" on the growing influence of neoconservatism in the Trump Administration. Trump's Syria and...

News Roundup 9/4/18

by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 4, 2018 | News Roundup

The US and Russia block a UN proposal to ban autonomous killer robots. [Link] The US is considering sending more weapons to Ukraine. [Link] The leader of the Ukrainian separatists was killed in a bombing. [Link] Eric Margolis on the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya in...

News Roundup 9/3/18

by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 3, 2018 | News Roundup

A Colorado journalist was detained for filming police. The police officers will not face charges for wrongly detaining the journalist. [Link] Brian Saady explains the fallibility of forensic science. [Link] Ray McGovern explains how Senator Burr covered up CIA...

FPF #241 – Ending the Syrian Civil War

by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 3, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest

On FPF #241, I discuss the US role in continuing the Syrian Civil War. David Ignatius of the Washington Post reports that a Trump official said the US policy is to draw Syria and Russia into a quagmire in Idlib. Ignatius argues for the US to do more to assist the...

8/29/18 Eric Margolis on Uri Avnery’s Life

by Scott Horton | Sep 2, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, the veteran journalist, is interviewed on his obituary of the brilliant Uri Avnery, "The Lion of Judah's Last Roar". The life of Uri Avnery. Topics discussed range from Avnery's efforts in the Middle East peace process, the Iraq Wars, Afghanistan,...

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