Download Episode. Scott talks with Jeffrey Kaye about an article he recently published on the CIA’s effort to suppress reports about the use of bio-weapons by U.S. forces fighting in Korea. The agency went to great lengths to dismiss those rumors and claims as...
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COI #238: Putin Attacks Ukraine, Biden Gives Response
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 24, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #238, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman discuss Vladimir Putin’s military attack and apparent invasion of Ukraine. President Joe Biden just gave a speech announcing myriad sanctions on Russia plus further deployments of U.S. forces to NATO’s “eastern flank” and...
Salafis Throwing Bombs: How American and British Planners Partnered With Al-Qaeda Affiliated Groups At the Start of the Syrian Civil War
by William Van Wagenen | Dec 28, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Introduction In the mainstream view, al-Qaeda did not play a role in the Syria conflict until Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dispatched his deputy, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to Syria in August 2011 to establish a wing of the group there, called...
Daniel R. DePetris: There Was No Goldilocks Option In Afghanistan
by Steven Woskow | Aug 27, 2021 | Blog
"The next time you watch a former U.S. commander or senior defense official on television wax about some magic solution to Afghanistan's problems, save yourself the trouble and change the channel. The sustainable stalemate is a myth, nothing more and nothing less." ...
Trump Brings Troop Levels in Afghanistan to Lowest in 19 Years
by Barbara Boland | Jan 16, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The U.S. has reduced the number of U.S troops in Afghanistan to 2,500, the Pentagon announced Friday. President Donald Trump had promised in October to bring all remaining U.S. forces in Afghanistan back home by Christmas. “We should have the small remaining number of...
Afghanistan: Can We Call This Off Now?
by Scott Horton | Jan 23, 2020 | Blog
Military Times: Afghan officials: US airstrike killed 10 civilians in Herat A drone attack carried out by U.S. forces earlier this month in western Afghanistan that apparently targeted a splinter Taliban group also killed at least 10 civilians, including three women...
TV Hairdos Know Nothing About the Wars They Monger
by Scott Horton | Feb 7, 2019 | Blog
Look at this NBC kook, Kasie Hunt, treating Tulsi Gabbard like Jane Fonda on an anti-aircraft gun for meeting with Bashar al Assad, based on her complete misunderstanding that the U.S. army and marines are fighting against his government there. J'accuse! (Wait, can...
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...
US Propaganda Poster Depicts the Taliban as “Muslim Dogs”
by Marko Marjanovic | Sep 7, 2017 | Blog
The Washington Post is reporting that US military has withdrawn a propaganda leaflet they printed and distributed and are apologizing for its contents: A senior U.S. commander in Afghanistan apologized Wednesday for propaganda leaflets that superimposed a key Islamic...
The Antiwar Comic: Condolence Payment
by Tony DiGerolamo | Mar 25, 2017 | Blog
Today's comic is based on a recent article I saw on Reuters. I can only imagine the Kafka-esqe feeling those people must have getting money like that. For more comics, visit the Webcomic Factory.
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Military Conscription is Slavery: Woodrow Wilson Edition
By the guidelines set down by the Selective Service Act, all males aged 21 to 30 were required to register to potentially be selected for military service. At the request of the War Department, Congress amended the law in August 1918 to expand the age range to include...
The Capitalist Competition Myth
Capitalism involves far more cooperation than competition—think of the number of mutually beneficial transactions you’ve had today compared to the number of competitions you’ve been in today - Chris Freiman, author of Why It's OK to Ignore Politics Democratic...
Blame Mexico? Blame Neocons! Blame Big Pharma! Blame the USA!
ABC News: If fentanyl is so deadly, why do drug dealers use it to lace illicit drugs? I have an alternative explanation. America has been fighting endless wars almost the entire century. Many have come home from these never-ending wars with injuries and pains. Doctors...
My Testimony Before the Maine State Senate
In support of Ld 1054, Defend the Guard legislation: Thank you all so much for the opportunity to testify before your committee today. Today is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq War II. The consensus now is that we should not have done it. Iraq was not...
These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress
On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...
Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition
In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...
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