Space Force Gen WARNS China’s Space Operation A ‘CREDIBLE THREAT’ That US Must Adapt To
Team Rising discusses whether military action is necessary to counter China’s influence in space.
Putin and Xi Working Together to Force Biden into a Two-Front Crisis He Can’t Win
By Tom O’Connor, Newsweek As crises mount over Ukraine and Taiwan, an unprecedented bond between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping has allowed the United States’ two top rivals to force President Joe Biden into a two-front crisis that could spread his administration too thin […]
Ex-D.C. Guard official accuses Army leaders of lying to Congress about Jan. 6
By Brigid Kennedy The Week An ex-Washington, D.C. National Guard official has accused two senior Army leaders of both lying to Congress and secretly attempting to “rewrite the history of the military’s response to the Capitol riot” in a report he believes worthy of “the best Stalinist or […]
Biden, Putin To Discuss TENSION At Ukraine Border, Pro-War Class Salivates. War Vet URGES Diplomacy
Retired Lt. Col. Daniel Davis shares his thoughts on escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine and what an increased presence of troops at the border means for the United States.
The New Global Order
A debate between Alfred McCoy and Peter Zeihan on China, or between McCoy and Bjorn Lomborg on the climate, would be interesting. On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the decline of the American empire and the new global order with Professor Alfred McCoy, who holds the Harrington Chair […]
Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America’s Empire
An interesting new book coming out soon. By Jonathan M. Katz A groundbreaking journey tracing America’s forgotten path to global power―and how its legacies shape our world today―told through the extraordinary life of a complicated Marine. Smedley Butler was the most celebrated warfighter of his time. Bestselling books […]
How Nirvana Rocker-Turned-Special Forces Veteran Jason Everman Rediscovered the Music
By Hannah Ray Lambert, Coffee or Die A man sits at the window-facing counter of a dive bar in Bremerton, Washington, plotting how to make the best use of his time. A handwritten list in front of him reveals he needs screws from the hardware store, oil, coolant, […]
BIDEN TO PENTAGON: KEEP THE WAR MACHINE RUNNING
By Jeremy Scahill, The Intercept AFTER TWO DECADES of unceasing warfare in the Middle East and Central Asia, the Biden administration has unveiled its first comprehensive review of the deployment of U.S. forces globally — and it envisions a virtually unchanged military footprint, with a sharpened commitment to the bipartisan policy […]
Biden nearly ended the drone war, and nobody noticed
By Ryan Cooper The Week Our infamous drone war has largely faded from the headlines. Aside from one strike that went horribly wrong during the U.S. evacuation from Afghanistan, there has been vanishingly little coverage of what’s going on with the signature American tactic of the war […]
Where Does Center-Right Foreign Policy Go From Here?
The contents of this podcast more or less confirm my suspicion that “national conservatism” is just the latest neocon front movement (if more confirmation was needed). The neocon/supply-sider/Reaganite alliance is using “national conservatism” (and its assorted collection of dupes) as a means of making a comeback. It is […]
Senate Skeptics are Right: End Missile Sales to Saudi Arabia
By Geoff Lamear, The American Conservative American neutrality in the Middle East would serve U.S. interests and make the region more stable. In response to the proposed sale of U.S. missiles to Saudi Arabia, Senators Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders are leading a bipartisan effort to oppose the sale. […]
Biden won’t reconsider America’s imperial reach
By Joel Mathis The Week President Biden won’t be the leader who rethinks the wisdom of America’s global military footprint. The Pentagon announced Monday it had exhaustively reviewed all U.S. military deployments around the world — roughly 170,000 individuals in more than 150 countries — and decided its previous decisions […]
Afghanistan fiasco shows US military encourages lapdog generals, retired colonel says: The Last 96
The civilian sectors of the military-industrial complex and the deep state, like the intelligence services and defense companies, are the real power, and not the uniformed military leadership. By Ethan Barton | Fox News Austin, Milley, McKenzie could have offered resignation to send powerful message to Biden, retired […]
THE WAR PARTY From Bush to Obama, and Trump to Biden, U.S. Militarism Is the Great Unifier
By Jeremy Scahill, The Interception ANY DEMOCRATS, LIBERALS, traditional conservatives, and even some leftists continue to tell themselves that the election of Joe Biden was the first step toward restoring U.S. standing in the world after the damage caused by Donald Trump. And in a variety of ways — […]
New York Times LIES, Says US Isn’t At War Anymore
That’s not ignorance, it’s not even “just a lie”, it is regimen PR/Propaganda
Ilhan Omar Tries To BLOCK Massive Arms Sale To Saudi Arabia
America cares about human rights as much as Hannibal Lector does.
BOMBSHELL Report: US Military COVERED-UP Syrian Airstrike That Killed 64, Including Women & Children
Murtaza Hussain, national security reporter at The Intercept, details the troubling reality behind U.S. overseas airstrikes and civilian deaths.
Pentagon CAUGHT Covering Up MASS ATROCITY To Protect Themselves
Krystal lays out how the Pentagon covered up a mass atrocity that resulted from a drone strike in Syria where civilians were killed back in 2019
Abby Martin Leaves Pelosi A Babbling Mess
Pelosi: “Oh, I’ve never considered that, but because I’m and old bag full of hubris, I’m going to speak for a minute and pretend that we have anyway… In fact it was a mean question, you mean, mean woman! Who let her in?!”
The Afghanistan Freakout Is Making It Harder To Leave Iraq And Syria. That Was The Point.
Retired Lt. Col. Daniel Davis discusses the latest updates out of Afghanistan on the first Veterans Day since the U.S. withdrawal.
Biden administration approves $650m weapon sale to Saudi Arabia
Al-Jazeera Pentagon says enabling kingdom to buy US-made, air-to-air missiles would ‘improve the security of a friendly country’. The United States has approved a $650m sale of air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon announced, in what would be the Biden administration’s first major weapons deal with the […]
Rep. Gallego CONFIDENT AZ Dems Can OVERCOME Redistricting, Details Iraq War Experience In New Book
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) details his time serving in Iraq and his new book, “They Called Us ‘Lucky’: The Life, And Afterlife Of The Iraq War’s Hardest Hit Unit.”
Pentagon watchdog finds no misconduct in mistaken Afghan airstrike
The usual “we have investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong” line. By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent Pentagon review has concluded that the U.S. drone strike that killed innocent Kabul civilians and children in the final days of the Afghanistan war […]
Deadly Blasts In Afghanistan, State Dept & Pentagon BLASTED For Sitting On Critical Information
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-Harris poll reveals that only 29% of voters approve of how the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was executed.
Taiwan Means War Only If We Want It To
By Peter Van Buren, The American Conservative The United States and China will not go to war in our time over Taiwan. China is not engaging in provocative actions leading toward an invasion. So why the fuss? Part One of this essay covered why China has nothing to […]
A C.I.A. Fighter, a Somali Bomb Maker, and a Faltering Shadow War
By Declan Walsh, Eric Schmitt and Julian E. Barnes New York Times MOGADISHU, Somalia — The C.I.A. convoy rolled out of Mogadishu in the dead of night, headed south along a crumbling ocean road that led deep into territory controlled by Al Shabab, one of Africa’s deadliest militant groups. […]
Raytheon’s $75M losses after US Afghanistan Withdrawal DWARFED by MASSIVE $16.4 BILLION Q3 profits
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to news that Raytheon lost $75M in sales as a result of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The Marine Corps, Again: Fire/Counterfire.
By William S. Lind, Traditional Right The October, 2021 Marine Corps Gazette contains a long letter from Lt. Gen. Paul K. Van Riper and Col James K. Van Riper, both USMC Ret., denying the value of the concept of Fourth Generation war and of the broader intellectual framework […]
WaPo Calls For US INVASION Of Haiti
I didn’t know The Onion took over the Washington Post.
UFOs DISABLED U.S. Nuclear Missiles At HEIGHT Of Cold War, According To Former USAF Officials
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to the group of former Air Force officers who claim they witnessed unidentified aerial phenomenon over U.S. nuclear bases in 1964.
The Alternative Right Achieved What I Hoped It Would
At the bottom of this page is a reprint of an article I wrote on Alex Jones for an Alternative Right magazine back in 2010. It is interesting to revisit that article in light of what has happened in the past 11 years with the emergence of Trumpism. […]
Colin Powell Was a Nice Man Who Helped Destroy Iraq
By Peter Maass The Intercept As secretary of state in 2003, Powell lied at the United Nations about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction. “I am saddened by the death of Colin Powell without being tried for his crimes in Iraq.” —Muntadher Alzaidi Colin Powell is being hailed, […]
Trump’s Pentagon Chief Quashed Idea to Send 250,000 Troops to the Border
By David E. Sanger, Michael D. Shear and Eric Schmitt New York Times WASHINGTON — President Trump’s defense secretary thought the idea was outrageous. In the spring of 2020, Mark T. Esper, the defense secretary, was alarmed to learn of an idea under discussion at a top military command […]
ALL The WORST Coverage Of Colin Powell’s Death |
A Rockefeller Republican who got duped by the neocons. Krystal and Saagar review the statements made by prominent figures and the widespread media coverage of Colin Powell’s death
Powell & Iraq—Regime Change, Not Disarmament: The Fundamental Lie
By Scott Ritter Special to Consortium News Regime change, not disarmament, was always the driving factor behind U.S. policy towards Saddam Hussein. Powell knew this because he helped craft the original policy. The New York Times Magazine has published a puff piece soft-peddling former Secretary of State Colin […]
Colin Powell Dies of Blood Cancer, Covid Complications
Krystal and Saagar review the life and legacy of former Secretary of State Colin Powell after he passed away this morning due to blood cancer and covid complications
Israeli Officials, US Jewish Groups Mourn Colin Powell: ‘A Great American Patriot and a Great Friend of Israel’
Powell was a Rockefeller Republican who ended up becoming a tool of the neocons. By Benjamin Kerstein The Algemeiner Top Israeli officials and American Jewish and pro-Israel groups weighed in on Monday to mark the death of former Secretary of State Colin Powell. Powell, who served as chairman […]
Colin Powell, former secretary of state, dead at 84 from COVID-19 complications
By Brooke Singman | Fox News Gen. Colin Powell, the influential former secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who played a pivotal policy role during the administration of then-President George W. Bush, died Monday at 84 from complications related to COVID-19, his family […]
Judge Docks Lt. Col Scheller $5,000 in Pay, Criticizes Government’s Conduct
By Ken Silva Epoch Times U.S. Marine Corps Judge Glen Hines has docked Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller $5,000 in pay and ordered a letter of reprimand against the combat veteran for his criticisms about how senior military officials handled the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Hines handed down his sentence Oct. […]
End Of The Empire Ep. 3 – Scott Talks About His Debate w/ Bill Kristol
Scott Horton is director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of Antiwar Radio on Pacifica, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles, California and podcasts the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He’s the author of the 2021 Book, Enough Already: Time to End the War on […]
Chinese WAR EPIC Rakes In $600M+, World’s HIGHEST Grossing Film Of 2021. War Over Taiwan Looming?
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Emily Jashinsky debate the consequences of a new popular Chinese war epic set to become the world’s top grossing film of 2021.
U.S. ‘victories’ in Iraq are a grim warning for great-power conflict with China
By Joel Mathis, The Week Gen. Ray Odierno, credited with leading the 2007 “surge” of U.S. troops in Iraq, died Friday at age 67. Meanwhile, Iraq held its latest national elections. The coincidence should serve as a reminder of how little the United States accomplished in that failed war — […]
How We AVOID War With China Over Taiwan |
Saagar and guest host Marshall Kosloff are joined by foreign policy expert Jacob Helberg to consider the actions America should take to avoid war with China over Taiwan.
The Divorce Heard Around Washington
By Julia Ioffe, Puck News The Trump administration made strange bedfellows of the left, the media, the permanent political class, and the foreign policy establishment known as The Blob. Amid the fallout from Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, the political knives are out. Say what you will about Donald […]
Behind NATO’s ‘cognitive warfare’: ‘Battle for your brain’ waged by Western militaries
By Ben Norton, Grayzone Western governments in the NATO military alliance are developing tactics of “cognitive warfare,” using the supposed threats of China and Russia to justify waging a “battle for your brain” in the “human domain,” to “make everyone a weapon.” NATO is developing new forms of […]
Jon Stewart STUNS Biden Secretary For Holding Up Vets Burn Pit Benefits
Krystal and Saagar cover Jon Stewart’s return to television with a confrontational interview of Biden’s VA secretary for holding up benefits needed by veterans victimized by burn pits
Is The Military Industrial Complex Teeing Up WWIII With China, Taiwan Conflict?
The System is obviously trying to manufacture a new cold war with China now that Russophobia hasn’t sold very well in spite of years of constant propaganda. Kim’s commentary in this segment is excellent. I tend to agree with her that the System is trying to weaponize the […]
Scott Horton and Bill Kristol Debate
Scott Horton absolutely destroys Bill Kristol in this. Kristol sounds like someone who knows nothing about anything other than what he reads on the Wall Street Journal editorial page, or in neocon propaganda outlets that he personally edits. WATCH HERE
Conservative Leader: China EXPANDS Global Influence In Africa, U.S. MUST Step Up & Provide Covid Aid
It seems that the US is gradually outsourcing the imperial functions of the empire in the Middle East to client states like Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the UAE, in order to focus more attention on China and Africa. Former U.S. ambassador Sam Brownback makes the case for […]
General DISMANTLES Warmonger Tom Cotton To His Face
When you can make this Mark Milley clown look good, you’re really swinging. Tom Cotton is by far the most dangerous person on the Republican side. The most important objective in mainstream US politics right now is to prevent the Reaganite/neocon/supply-sider coalition from ever returning to power, and […]
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