That's why Obama started this war in the first place, of course. And the Israelis' concern now is that since the war backfired and Iran has a greater presence in Syria than ever before, that Trump could follow-up his withdrawal from northeastern Syrian Kurdistan with...
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Andrew McCarthy Warns Trump: Senate Republicans Could Turn On Him Over Syria
by Scott Horton | Oct 13, 2019 | Blog
Turn on him in the impeachment crisis, that is. Writes Andrew McCarthy, former federal prosecutor and prominent defender of Trump during Russiagate, and foreign policy hawk in the National Review: Bad impeachment news for Trump – GOP senators enraged by Turkey’s...
10/11/19 Matt Taibbi on the Fake ‘Ukrainegate’ Whistleblower
by Scott Horton | Oct 13, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Matt Taibbi talks about the bizarre origins of the Ukraine impeachment inquiry being conducted in Congress. He carefully explains the distinction between real whistleblowers like Edward Snowden or Chelsea Manning, who risked their lives and freedom to expose genuine...
Should the USA pull out of Syria?
by Jeff Wright | Oct 12, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
President Trump’s decision to relocate approximately 50 U.S. troops within Syria set off a firestorm of outrage and disbelief. I am not particularly interested in the responses of the usual suspects. I am interested, however, in the commentary of fairly well-known...
10/11/19 Danny Sjursen on Syria and the End of America’s Forever-Wars
by Scott Horton | Oct 12, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Danny Sjursen about President Trump's withdrawal of U.S. troops from northeastern Syria, which Sjursen views as the first instance of him actually following through on a major promise made on Twitter. Sjursen says that to surprise the generals and war...
How Good Does Trump’s Wall Sound Now, Cowboy?
by Phil Gibson | Oct 12, 2019 | Blog, Op Eds
People who were in favor of Trumps boarder wall are now are starting to reconsider the consequences of the policy. Eminent domain a seizes the soil hard-working Texans have tilled, farmed, or simply invested in, as if they actually "didn't build that" in the first...
Libertarian Comedian DESTROYS Joe Biden Ukraine Drama
by HypocriteTwins | Oct 12, 2019 | Blog
Over a billion dollars of US aid to Ukraine went missing, as Joe Biden’s son got paid. House Democrats bring forth their impeachment case of Donald Trump based on his phone call with Ukraine’s President to investigate Joe Biden, but what corruption is being covered up...
Stop Pushing the Envelope: Consequences of US Foreign Policy (Past & Present)
by Phil Gibson | Oct 12, 2019 | Blog, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism, Op Eds
So Iran oil tankers get bombed by the Saudis. Funny how that happens to slide into your Friday morning news cycle there. Almost like it was intentional or something. Now Trump is sending 3000 troops to help the Saudis fight off Iranian threats. What threat if they...
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KPFA Saturday Evening News–How Violence Breeds Violence
Short contribution of Laurie Calhoun to the KPFA Saturday Evening News on August 6, 2022, with David Rosenberg about drone assassination and the logic of “violence breeds violence”. This three-minute exchange spans 5:10-8:15. Many other foreign policy topics are also...
WBAI News in Exile: the al Zawahiri Drone Strike in Kabul
News in Exile (WBAI): Paul DeRienzo and Laurie Calhoun consider the al Zawahiri drone strike report. Discussion begins at 14:30 and lasts five minutes....
Muslim Network News: The al Zawahiri Drone Strike and “We Kill Because We Can”
Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid and Laurie Calhoun discuss the Zawahiri drone strike and "We Kill Because We Can" on Muslim Network News - August 2, 2022. Drone discussion begins at 15:36 and lasts 15 minutes. https://youtu.be/sh1ZEQYuhIA
Drone Assassination: Inconvenient Facts
On the assassination of Ayman al-Zawahiri by U.S. drone in Kabul (from Accuracy.org): [Laurie Calhoun] said today: “President Biden has pivoted from the multiple crises of his administration — inflation, heightened tensions with China and Iran, and even the very real...
The Brief Case for Pacifism – Bryan Caplan, Ph.D.
“My case for pacifism, to recap, comes down to three simple premises. The first two are empirical: Premise #1: The short-run costs of war are clearly awful. [Empirical claim about immediate effects of war]. Premise #2: The long-run benefits of war are highly...
Why We Should Study China
I would posit that there is no civilization so utterly foreign to Americans than China. Often, American impressions of China are informed by preconceptions, myth, and fear of the other. For the average American, the sum of all knowledge about China is derived...
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