National Stability Requires Sacrifice | Thoughts on Afghanistan
There are brain drains, and there are skin-in-the-game drains.
Ancient Greece and Post-America
If the post-United States lacks a federal government altogether, we will probably end up looking something like ancient Greece.
The Holy Roman Empire and the Post-United States
If the post-United States maintains any kind of federal or confederal system, it will likely resemble something like the Holy Roman Empire.
Will the US ever break up into smaller, more philosophically homogeneous countries?
There is a good number of threads on Quora discussing this idea. It is clear that pan-secessionist ideas are increasingly working their way into the mainstream and being discussed more seriously by a greater number of people from many different points on the political and cultural spectrum. Over […]
Capitol Police Officer Widow Sues Alleged MAGA Attacker For His Death
As the DOJ releases new video showing the horrific attack on the Capitol by MAGA supporters, the widow of a Capitol Police officer who died by suicide after the insurrection is now suing his alleged attacker. MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber is joined by NYU law professor […]
Mary Trump: Donald Trump Would End American Experiment For His Empowerment
While I have no doubt that Donald Trump would have no problem with becoming an Erdogan-like president for life if he could, even more dangerous are the right-wing plutocratic flunkies in the Republican Party like Marco Rubio, Tom Cotton, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, and others who want a […]
Trump’s niece asked if he will run again. Hear her reply
My main priority as far as US politics is concerned is to keep the Bush-era neocons and their allies or descendants from ever returning to power. Right now, we have three de facto political parties: the neo-Rockefeller Republicans (centrist Democrats), neo-Know Nothings (Trumpists/American Le Penists), and neo-Ted Kennedy […]
DEA Seized Life Savings From Hard-Working Grandfather, Never Charged Him With a Crime
Kermit Warren is a hardworking grandfather and the head deacon of his church in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans. After losing his home to Hurricane Katrina, Kermit managed to rebuild his life. Thanks to a dogged work ethic, frugal lifestyle, diligent saving, and a small inheritance, […]
What an Older, Slower-Growing U.S. Population Means for the Economy
By Lisa Beilfuss Barron’s New census data paint a picture of an older and more diverse U.S. where population growth is slowing, changes that have major economic and political upshots. The country’s population grew 7.4% over the past decade, according to 2020 census data released last week. That […]
Latin American Socialists Unite with Axis of Resistance Against Western imperialism
By Ben Norton The leftist governments of Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Bolivia have found a key strategic ally in Iran, the heart of the Axis of Resistance. Revolutionary socialist movements in Latin America are developing closer relations with anti-imperialist resistance forces in West Asia, building a united front […]
The Lesson of Afghanistan: Nations that Don’t Want To Be Built Will Not Be
By Michael Puttré Discourse It was ‘mission accomplished’ by 2002, but then the U.S. embarked on a much bigger, and impossible, mission. The 20-year American-led experiment to turn a rogue state into a Western-style democracy has come crashing to the ground. There will be plenty of recriminations, and […]
The Dire Situation in Yemen: A Conversation with Marianne Williamson and Hassan El-Tayyab
For close to 7 years, Yemen has been entangled in a devastating civil war that’s left more than 5 million citizens on the brink of starvation. In 2015, the Saudi’s instituted a blockade, which has only exacerbated the conditions and have prevented much needed resources from reaching the […]
Lawrence: ‘Everything About Vietnam Was Much Worse Than What Has Happened In Afghanistan’
This commentary is surprisingly sensible. Lawrence O’Donnell must be planning on retiring soon. Lawrence O’Donnell says no one knows how to run the American evacuation from Afghanistan without the same chaos and dishonor we experienced in Vietnam.
Rick Scott Wants To Use 25th Amendment To Remove Biden From Office
Rick Scott, the Republican senator from Florida who ran a company that committed the largest Medicare fraud in American history, suggested on Monday that the senate should consider using the 25th Amendment to remove President Joe Biden from office. This was Scott’s response to the situation unfolding in […]
Marjorie Taylor Greene Ready to Impeach Biden Over Afghanistan
–Marjorie Taylor Greene goes on Steve Bannon’s show and says she’s working on articles of impeachment against Joe Biden for the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan
Yet Again, the US Was Defeated in Afghanistan
By Branko Marcetic The Jacobin In Afghanistan, as in Vietnam and Iraq, US elites sold us a vision of the world in which the United States alone has not just the power but the duty to forcibly reshape the world how it sees fit. They have again proven […]
Who Are the War Party?
A reader writes: “Keith, have you noticed how American sentiments around the war in Afghanistan seem to cut across all political affiliations? It reminds me of how Brexit cut across party lines in the UK. Against the war are the majority of the public (at least, that’s my […]
Biden ABANDONED By Dems Over Afghanistan
Congress has a 25% approval rating. Who cares what they have to say? Most of them supported this war and have been wrong about almost everything.
Billionaire Wealth SURGES $5.5 Trillion During Covid
It’s crazy to have everything and still want everything while fighting like hell to make sure everyone else has nothing
U.S. Refused To Evacuate Afghans To Avoid Admitting Loss To Taliban
This is why American needs to stay out of Venezuela, Cuba, Syria, Somalia and all other countries.
Twitter BLASTS CNN Reporter’s Afghanistan Coverage, Media IGNORED Gen. Milley’s Afghanistan Warning
Team Rising discusses CNN’s Clarissa Ward coverage of the Taliban on the ground in Afghanistan and the backlash she’s faced.
FOREVER WARS Perpetuated By Institutional LIE, Afghan War Vet Calls Withdrawal Debacle INEVITABLE
Lucas Kunce, national security expert and Missouri Senate candidate, explains why Afghanistan’s fall to the Taliban was inevitable.
FAILED STATE? Why Americans Are On Gun-Buying SPREE
Kim Iversen examines the increase in fire arms sales over the past year.
Biden’s National Address On Afghanistan, Was The Admin REALLY Prepared?
Alyssa Farah breaks down the eight biggest mistruths of President Biden’s defense of his Afghanistan withdrawal strategy.
How The Soviets Outdid The U.S. In Afghanistan
Ryan Grim analyzes why the Taliban was able to take over Afghanistan so quickly.
Biden DIGS IN On Afghanistan Withdrawal, George W. Bush Should Be QUESTIONED By Congress
Ryan Grim, Alyssa Farah and Kim Iversen react to President Biden’s speech on the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.
Kamala Harris BOASTED Pivotal Role In Afghanistan Withdrawal, Echoes Biden’s Stance On Leaving
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds 46 percent of voters approve of Vice President Kamala Harris in the White House while 42 percent disapprove, and 12 percent said neither. Ryan Grim, Alyssa Farrah, and Kim Iversen discuss. This survey was conducted online within the […]
Let’s talk about who’s to blame for all this….
“I know my decision will be criticized. But I would rather take all that criticism than pass this decision on to another president of the United States, yet another one, a fifth one.” Joseph Biden. That’s about the most presidential thing I’ve heard in a good long time.
AFGHANISTAN PAPERS AUTHOR: The Years Of Lies Which Led To Fall Of Kabul
Krystal and Saagar talk with the author of the Afghanistan papers about the lies that were told in the years leading up to the fall of Kabul
IGNORE MEDIA, Here’s Real Lesson From Saigon In Afghanistan
Saagar looks back at the fall of Saigon to counter the media and show what the real lesson is from the Vietnam war is now that Afghanistan has fallen
Liberals who WHITEWASHED Bush Reap What They Sow
Krystal reminds the liberals who glorified George W. Bush what his real legacy is and she looks at the fresh consequences of revisionist history
BOMBSHELL Poll Shows Gavin Newsom In Serious Danger Of Getting Recalled
Krystal and Saagar react to the shocking new poll that shows Governor Gavin Newsom could potentially be recalled by California voters
Biden Admin Backs BOOSTER SHOTS As Media Ignores Vaccine Hesitancy
Krystal and Saagar discuss the latest vaccine updates, including the news that the Biden admin plans on making booster shots widespread
REVEALING MAGA’s SHAMELESS Flip Flop As Biden Does What Trump Promised
Krystal and Saagar respond to the shameless flip flopping in MAGA world after Biden followed through on Trump’s promise to end the war in Afghanistan
DISMANTLING Media’s Forever War LIES About Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal
Krystal and Saagar look at Joe Biden’s withdrawal speech and dismantle the media’s lies about the war in Afghanistan.
WHY I AM NOT A “CONSERVATIVE”
By Keith Preston Because I am a frequent and often strident critic of the Left, I am often mistaken for a conservative. In fact, I have had right-wing readers of my books and essays express surprise that I am not nearly as far to the right as they […]
Breaking Points: 8/17/21 Full UNCUT Show
Krystal and Saagar analyze President Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal speech, how MAGA world is reacting, the covid vaccination updates, California’s recall election, George W. Bush’s legacy, lessons from Saigon, an untold history of the Afghanistan war, and more! Timestamps: Biden: 0:00 – 21:33 MAGA: 21:34 – 37:45 Vaccines: 37:46 […]
The View From Olympus: Afghanistan
Leave it to Bill Lind, the world’s leading expert on fourth-generation warfare, to succinctly describe what happened in Afghanistan. The only thing I disagree with Bill on is that the decision to leave Afghanistan wasn’t Biden’s or Trump’s alone. It was based on the prevailing consensus among ruling […]
Biden ‘truly owns’ Taliban victory in Afghanistan: Gen. Keane
More of the usual dumbshittery from FOX (Neocon Central). If the neocons and the overlords of the military-industrial complex had their way, the US would be in Afghanistan forever, just like the US has never left Germany or South Korea. Fox New senior strategic analyst Gen. Jack Keane […]
It’s time to ‘cut our losses’ in Afghanistan as ‘the game is over’:
From Australian television. Sky News host Catherine McGregor says in Afghanistan the state has “collapsed precipitously” and “sadly” that is outside the scope of a middle power like Australia to extract those allied personnel who are now at “some risk” from the Taliban. “Shooting your way into KIA […]
Will the U.S. Currency Regime Fall?
By Stefan Gleason, Money Metals Exchange Money Metals Afghanistan has fallen. The U.S. government’s nearly two-decade-long, multi-trillion-dollar “nation-building” effort in the troubled, tribal country may now have nothing to show for itself. “President Joe Biden and other top U.S. officials have been stunned by the pace of the […]
Saigon 1975…or Phnom Penh 1975?
I consider the anti-Vietnam War movement to be one of the most important if not the most important of any movements in US history. If there had been no American Revolution, today the US would be more or less like other similar countries that eventually got their independence […]
‘They’re coming to kill us’: Afghan filmmaker’s video pleas as Taliban moves in
By Jorge Fitz-Gibbon New York Post A prominent Afghan filmmaker recorded her dramatic flight from Kabul as Taliban forces moved in on Sunday — and begged for help on social media, saying the militants were “coming to kill us.” “The Taliban entered Kabul, unfortunately, and we were detained,” […]
Several people reported killed at Kabul airport as Afghans try to flee Taliban takeover
It’s a chilling image – dozens of people so desperate to escape Afghanistan that they cling to a US plane as it moves along the runway.
Taliban seizes Kabul, chaos breaks out in streets
Disturbing video shows large crowds of Afghans trying to escape and forcing the Kabul airport to shut down. At least seven people have been reportedly killed during the airport chaos.
CNN reporter presses Taliban fighter on treatment of women
CNN’s Clarissa Ward is in Afghanistan after the government collapsed and the Taliban took over the country.
Erik Prince issues stark warning: This is just the beginning
Former Navy Seal Erik Prince discusses the US evacuation of Kabul embassy on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight.’
Census shows US growth driven by minorities; white population falls under 60 percent
The good news for liberals is that the US is becoming more diverse ethnically and otherwise. The good news for conservatives is that many Hispanics are becoming the “new white ethnics,” comparable to the descendants of Southern and Eastern Europeans who started moving rightward in the aftermath of […]
Critics Call Afghanistan Fallout Biden’s ‘Jimmy Carter Moment’, Will It TANK Presidential Approval?
US involvement in Afghanistan actually began with Jimmy Carter, not George W. Bush. Under the tutelage and influence of Zbigniew Brzezinski, the US began arming the mujahideen who flocked to Afghanistan to fight the Soviets, and who then conquered the country falling the Soviet withdrawal and the subsequent […]
Biden ABSENT During Crisis, HIDES At Camp David During Border Humanitarian Emergency
Alyssa Farah reacts to President Biden’s lack of involvement in the crisis at the U.S southern border.
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