Scott interviews Bette Dam about her reporting on the war in Afghanistan. Dam explains how faulty intelligence about enemy "combatants" has led to many unjustified killings, notably the war crimes by Australian special forces in Oruzgan Province in recent years. In...
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COI #62 – Yemen Can’t Wait
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 25, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #62, Kyle Anzalone breaks down the war in Yemen. Since 2015, the US has enabled Saudi's brutal air war against the people of Yemen. At least a quarter of a million died in the war. US-made bombs have been used to destroy weddings, funerals, and even a school...
Don’t Start A Domestic Terror War, Impeach Trump For War Crimes In Yemen
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 13, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
Connor Freeman, writer at The Libertarian Institute, returns to the show to discuss the Trump administration's decision to name the Houthi a terrorist organization. The Houthi govern most of Yemen's population. The designation will make it extremely difficult to bring...
No Extradition, No Justice: Assange Remains Behind Bars
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 6, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #54, Kyle discusses Julian Assange being denied bail after a judge ruled against his extradition to the US. The denial of bail is further proof the prosecution of Assange has nothing to do with justice. The goal of the US, UK, and Sweden is to keep Assange...
Huge Victory for Julian Assange!
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 4, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #53, I discuss the UK judge's ruling against the US extradition request for Julian Assange. The US is seeking Assange to punish him for revealing their war crimes through his media outlet, WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks is critical to exposing government wrongdoing....
News Roundup 12/29/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 29, 2020 | News Roundup
The House overrides Trump’s veto of the 2021 NDAA. The Senate will also likely override the veto. [Link] Biden calls for modernizing US defense capabilities to face China and Russia. [Link] A digital watchdog, the Sada Social Center, reports that Facebook is...
News Roundup 12/10/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 10, 2020 | News Roundup
US News The Senate voted against two bills that would have blocked arms sales to the UAE. [Link] The US sanctioned three people and three businesses under the Global Magnitsky Act. [Link] The US sanctioned a man they claim to be a Chinese crime boss and three of his...
11/27/20 Frank Ledwidge on Losing the War in Afghanistan
by Scott Horton | Nov 29, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Frank Ledwidge, a British former intelligence officer, discusses the futility of the war in Afghanistan (and the rest of the terror wars), which many of the world's countries have now been mired in for nearly two decades. Ledwidge begins by reminding us just how much...
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Standards!
Secretary of War Hegseth recently brought the perfumed princes to the Pentagram to give a short speech on standards. I am glad for the name change since the DoD has never troubled themselves with defending the nation. Someone: "How come there aren't any fat Marines?"...
Short Story – Context
He clenched his fist around the USB, impatience gripping him as he waited. He had just finished pacing only to sit down, unaware of his rocking back and forth. Once he saw her, he was back to his feet. He wanted to push it into her hand and disappear. Instead, she...
The Impasse
Liberty is only acceptable for a virtuous people.
The Great Enrichment Is Real
From about 1800 to the present the world's economy did something good, which looks to be permanent and looks to be justified. If contrary to the evidence we cling to our prejudices about economic history—our view that the Industrial Revolution was improverishng, or...
Where Are We?
A Lot of people have been asking me where we are politically. I don’t know if I have a good answer, but “When I am Weaker Than You, I ask you for Freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am Stronger than you, I take away your Freedom Because that...
Bertolt Brecht’s “A Worker Reads and Asks”
In 1935 while in exile Brecht wrote his poem challenging the aristocracy of history. The belief that events and the entire of human existence occurs because of a great man, the dear leader. In contemporary moments, politicians and influential people are looked at with...
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