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COI #207: Is Biden Turning to Diplomacy with Russia and Iran?
On COI #207, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman update the JCPOA talks’ recent developments and the Russians’ security proposals presented to Washington. Kyle discusses the Russians pulling 10,000 troops off the border with Ukraine and sending them back to their bases. This is potentially a show of goodwill before the upcoming talks with the U.S. next month. Kyle and Connor then cover some recent escalations that do not necessarily bode well for substantive diplomacy like the Americans flying spy planes over Ukraine not far from the separatist Donbas region. There is also talk of a...
News Roundup 12/27/21
Covid Massachusetts halts all elective procedures. [Link] The USS Milwaukee will remain in Cuba after several sailors tested positive for Covid. [Link] USAID is running out of money to distribute covid vaccinations. [Link] The US donates 1.5 million vaccine doses to Egypt through Covax. [Link] Biden will lift the travel restriction from eight African countries on January 1st. [Link] US News LAPD officers killed a 14-year-old girl. [Link] The Pentagon cuts the cost of living stipend it gives to tens of thousands of soldiers living in high-cost areas in the US. [Link] Stu Scheller - who...
Is Virtue Signaling Vicious?
Virtue signaling—the practice of highlighting what one takes to be one’s own moral superiority, often by loudly denouncing the character and comportment, including the speech, of other people—has become a dominant mode of rhetoric throughout social media and network television. Virtue theory, in contrast, is a teleological approach to normative morality concerned with how actions affect one’s soul or character. Historians of philosophy usually trace virtue theory to Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, the first extant articulation of ideas such as that habits build character, and virtues...
News Roundup 10/29/21
US News Kevin Gosztola breaks down day two of Assange’s extradition appeal. [Link] China FBI Director Chris Wray says US businesses need to work with the FBI to prevent China from becoming the world’s only superpower by stealing US business information. [Link] China called Taiwan’s announcement that US troops were deployed to the island a “provocation.” [Link] Taiwan’s defense minister says his government should look inward for defense. [Link] Middle East An Israeli representative has an office at CENTCOM. [Link] The US sanctioned three men in Lebanon, including a member of parliament....
The Antiwar Comic: Afghanistan Forever
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COI #133: Biden’s Strikes in Iraq & Syria Put a Target on US Soldiers
On COI #133, Kyle argues Biden's recent bombing of Iraq and Syria has created a more dangerous situation for the troops deployed to those countries. Biden said the goal of the strikes was to deter more violence directed at US soldiers. Predictably, the Shia militias in Iraq and Syria are responding to violence with violence. When Biden announced the strikes, he identified five times US troops have been targeted since April. Since the strikes, US troops have been targeted at least 6 times. Odysee Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin...
Iraqi Militia Declares War on U.S. Soldiers In-Country
U.S. strikes in Iraq and Syria overnight didn’t take long to provoke a reaction, despite claims that the strikes were a “deterrent.” US troops in Syria were under rocket attacks within a matter of hours. Details are still emerging, though the U.S. says that there are no casualties so far. This is just the start of the problem though, with the targeted militia vowing “open war with the American occupation.” U.S. troops reportedly came under rocket fire in northeastern Syria, and U.S. troops responded with artillery fire. Secretary of State Tony Blinken said that the U.S. is ready to act...
Despite Withdrawal, U.S. Commits Billions to Fund Afghan Military
U.S. troops leaving Afghanistan was meant to mark the end of the war in Afghanistan. As it stands, however, it seems that the administration is going through any hoops possible that might keep the war going and the US deeply invested in it. The latest sign of the Afghan War to come was envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and a delegation committing the U.S. to $3.3 billion annually in direct funding to the Afghan military. This is just one aspect of all the U.S. aid to Afghanistan still being negotiated. The U.S. spent decades designing an Afghan military that the country could never afford, and it...
Glenn Greenwald On The The Media’s Role In The Russian Bounty Story
Glenn Greenwald on the role the media played in propagating CIA disinformation to stop Trump from removing troops in Afghanistan. More here