What a shame. You know, it didn't have to be this way at all. Forget stupid loser crank Al Gore winning instead. If Bush had only had anyone but Dick Cheney for VP and Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz over at Defense, then Colin Powell would have been his man on foreign policy...
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Veterans Struggle To Gain Access To Medical Marijuana
By Patrick McKnight Thirty-three states and the District of Columbia have enacted medical marijuana programs. Despite this expansion military veterans often face greater obstacles to gaining access to medical marijuana than other groups. Veterans suffer widespread...
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson GI Suicide: Maybe It’s The Job?
The military just can't figure out why veteran and active duty suicides are at an all time high. Col. Wilkerson offers some reasons why. 18 years of constant wars have been the most inequitable years in US history. That is, the poor and the disadvantaged have done...
Trump Is Right, It’s Time to End the Afghan War
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...
FPF #270 – Veterans Day
On FPF #270, I discuss how Veterans Day is used to celebrate war. Veterans Day started as Armistice Day to celebrate the end of WWI. I argue Veterans Day has become a day to promote wars and is not about helping vets. I update the US role in the War in Yemen. The US...
11/9/18 Brian McGlinchey on the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act
Brian McGlinchey talks about the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act and the lobbying campaign by the Saudi government against it. The Saudis spread a false narrative among American veterans that this type of legislation could open up American soldiers for...
10/20/18 Danny Sjursen on the War in Afghanistan
Major Danny Sjursen comes back on the show to discuss the killing of General Raziq in a recent "green-on-blue" attack. Sjursen explains that these killings are not new—there have been dozens throughout the war in Afghanistan—but they should be a wake-up call. If...
10/5/18 Danny Sjursen on Blowback
Major Danny Sjursen comes back on the show to talk about the blowback from America's many wars in the Middle East. He explains a process with which listeners of this show will no doubt be familiar, by which the U.S. sets itself up for future wars by arming and...
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