New Zealand The New Zealand shooter had ties to the Ukrainian Neo-Nazi Azov Brigade. [Link] New Zealand makes possession of the mosque shooter’s manifesto illegal. [Link] Haiti The Intercept explains why heavily armed American mercenaries were arrested outside the...
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Insubordinate Gen. Votel Denounces Afghan Withdrawal Plans
by Scott Horton | Mar 7, 2019 | Blog
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: U.S. General: Current Conditions 'Don't Merit' Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan U.S. Army General Joseph Votel, head of the U.S. Central Command, has said that the current political situation in Afghanistan and the status of...
Peace Talks
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 1, 2019 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #317, I discuss Trump's meeting with Kim Jong-un and US talks with the Taliban. The meeting with Kim ended early and without a peace agreement. Trump said the talks were positive. In Qatar, US officials are meeting with Taliban leadership. The talks will be...
5 More Years in Afghanistan
by Scott Horton | Feb 28, 2019 | Blog
Dang. Thomas Gibbons-Neff says the Khalilzad deal will be to keep troops in Afghanistan for 5 more years, under the "Biden plan" for limited "counter-terrorism" and training missions while calling a truce with the Taliban and integrating them into the Kabul...
Taliban Attack Kills All 32 Afghan Troops at Border Post
by Jason Ditz | Feb 18, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
A remote Afghan border post was overrun on Friday in the Spin Boldak District of Kandahar Province, with officials confirming that the Taliban killed all 32 border troops within. Reports say that a single Taliban infiltrator climbed into the base’s guard tower,...
Trump Is Right, It’s Time to End the Afghan War
by Robert Gaines and Scott Horton | Feb 4, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Read the original at Breitbart.com. President Trump’s decision to withdraw 7,000 troops from Afghanistan, possibly leading to a complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from that country in the near term, is correct. The Taliban insurgency there has already replaced the...
Taliban Talks
by Scott Horton | Jan 28, 2019 | Blog
I'm just speculating and things, but Trump must be as insistent as hell to get Khalilzad and the State Department to push this hard. It's really something.
Foreign Troops to Quit Afghanistan in 18 Months Under Draft Deal: Taliban Sources
by Scott Horton | Jan 26, 2019 | Blog
Reuters #keepyourbubbletopupmrpresident
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Trump Announces US Take Over of Venezuela, Kidnaps Maduro & Bombs Caracas
A pre-dawn post, a capital in darkness, and a president in cuffs aboard a U.S. ship—what started as a “one-night raid” is already morphing into something far bigger. We unpack how the strike on Venezuela unfolded, why the official story leaves key gaps, and what it...
“It’S OK To SeLL OuT!”
Money has less value than it’s ever had, and yet to sell out is an open goal. We have become accustomed to being lied to, not just from politicians but the celebrities who compete for our attention online. They use their platforms as infomercials or to advertise...
The Pentagon Fat Amy Follies: Part XXCII
Happy New Year! Block 4 in concert with TR-3 (Technology Refresh 3) is the upgrade to solve all the inherent problems of the bird to include its poor design choices from the beginning of this massive failed program (a 2023 Congressional mandate). According to the GAO,...
Connor Boyack on Venezuela: ‘I’ve Seen This Story Before’
Maduro’s capture illustrates what I believe is one of the biggest problems in politics: people frequently treat principles as costumes—worn when convenient, discarded when costly. Over nearly two decades working in and around politics, I’ve watched the same pattern...
The Delta Doctrine: The Strong Do What They Can and The Weak Suffer What They Must
On Jan 3, 2026 the US sent forces into Venezuela to arrest Maduro and in the process sent a message to the world-global power dynamics have changed. The Delta Doctrine
Antiwar blog – Another War, intervention, police action…
Another war. It’s not enough that it’s now been claimed almost seven hundred thousand are dead in Gaza, nearly half of them children. It’s not enough the Sudan bleeds or the war continues between Ukraine and Russia. It’s not enough the US, has threatened another round...
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