As Tom Woods pointed out in this great speech 10 years ago, when there’s an earthquake, hurricane, plane crash or other major disaster in Iran, we all feel terrible and grieve for the loss of life and donate to charity over it and the rest. But then we’re supposed to...
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Iran Gave Advance Notice of Missile Attacks on US
Iranian FM emphasizes strikes were proportionate self-defense US officials have confirmed that they were given advance notice Tuesday night before Iranian missile strikes against bases hosting US troops, part of what is seen as a concerted efforts to avoid casualties....
News Roundup 1/8/20
Iran responds to the assassination of Soleimani by launching several missiles at Iraqi bases housing US soldiers. There have been no reports of US casualties and some reports of Iraqi casualties. After the attack, Tweets by Trump and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad...
bitcoin is Dead: Part 4
Click here for Part 3 For the audio version, check out my podcast A Boy Named Pseu where you can download it on all podcast platforms. (read starts at 8:54) Read full piece here. If bitcoin is dead, then Nigerians aren’t living off it Bitcoin is empowering the...
The Assassination of Soleimani and Iran’s Missile Attack
On FPF #440, I cover all the breaking news from Iraq, including Iran's missile attack on the al-Asad Airbase in Iraq. The attack was a response to the US assassination of Soleimani. The assassination has provoked moves by several actors. US and allies are moving...
War At Dusk?
Trump's emergency war cabinet meeting after the Iranian rocket attack was strangely anti-climatic. Trump has engaged in non-substantive, face-saving military actions in the past, so maybe this is more of the same? Iran and Trump playing an escalation game to its...
Was Kataib Hezbollah Even Responsible For That Rocket Attack?
They denied it. Scott Ritter wonders whether what's-left-of-ISIS is jerking our chain: The U.S. blamed Iranian-backed Khaitab Hezbollah (no relation to the Lebanese Hezbollah group), for the attacks. There are several problems with this narrative, first and foremost...
Iran Hits US Targets in Iraq
https://twitter.com/DEFCONWSALERTS/status/1214692730879795200 https://twitter.com/axios/status/1214692204226236417
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