Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSThe US currently has troops on the ground in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia, Libya, and even more if you consider what they claim is only an “advisory” role. So is the US currently in a world war? Is this all an Read More…
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Is Someone Else Making Trump’s Decisions For Him? It Certainly Seems That Way
At the end of last week, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said arresting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is now a “priority.” Not long after, CNN reported that authorities have prepared charges against Assange, who is currently seeking refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Donald Trump’s response to these recent developments was “It’s OK with me.” Trump is Read More…
What Happens next If the U.S. Overthrows the Syrian Government
Following the Trump administration’s decision to strike the Syrian government (in what was, by all accounts, a quite ineffective strike), a new report is raising serious concerns, claiming ISIS would be a prime benefactor of the fall of the Assad government. The report, published Wednesday by the London-based IHS Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Center, a leading Read More…
Former Army General & President of DynCorp Faces 6 Counts of Rape of a Minor
In 1961, Dwight Eisenhower notoriously warned that the military-industrial complex, and its fusion between corporations and the armed forces was a true threat to democracy. Was pedophilia being covered up with corporate money and the military industrial “black budget” even then? If it wasn’t happening as far back as the 60s, it was likely happening Read More…
Somehow the U.S. Has Killed 70k ISIS Fighters — Twice as Many as It Says Exist
In June 2014, around the time ISIS was making headlines across the world, the Wall Street Journal reported that the terror group had 4,000 fighters in Iraq. In September 2014, the CIA released an estimate claiming ISIS had between 20,000 and 31,500 fighters combined in both Iraq and Syria, including 15,000 who were foreign fighters. Almost half Read More…
U.S. Airstrike Kills Family of Eight Fleeing Syria
(AntiWar) US officials have made much of Kurdish YPG forces attacking the town of Tabqa, which is at least somewhat under ISIS control. Locals are trying to flee the fighting, however, and that seems to be where the US is most involved, attacking and killing a family of eight outside of Tabqa as they tried to Read More…






