GOP Rep. Andy Biggs Urges President Trump To Bring Troops Home From Iraq and Afghanistan
November 11, 2020
President Donald J. Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC Dear Mr. President: Under your leadership, our nation has achieved unprecedented prosperity. Now, as we observe Veterans Day, I hope you will look abroad and continue to strategically draw down our nation’s military presence in Afghanistan and Iraq. The wars in Afghanistan […]
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Declassify the Russiagate Papers!
November 11, 2020
Here’s something constructive Trump could do before leaving office at noon on January 20: he could order – demand, insist – that all classified intel and other documents related to the origin of the Russia/election investigation be declassified and released to the public forthwith – unredacted. From what has already gotten out, we know that […]
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Election 2020 Results: What Does This Mean for Foreign Policy?
November 10, 2020
Opening talk from The American Conservative’s Foreign Policy Conference held on November 05, 2020. Matt Purple, senior editor, The American Conservative Dan Caldwell, senior advisor, Concerned Veterans for America John Glaser, director of foreign policy studies, Cato Institute Moderator: Rachel Bovard, senior director of policy, Conservative Partnership Institute Check out the other talks at the […]
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Why the US Must Not Support Azerbaijan’s War
November 7, 2020
From The American Conservative: Eldar Mamedov warns against the push to get the U.S. to side with Azerbaijan in their attack on Karabakh and Armenia: As fierce fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan continues into a second month, neoconservatives in Washington are pushing the United States to side with Azerbaijan. Their rationale – involving Iran and […]
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How Strategic Empathy Makes for Wiser Foreign Policy
November 6, 2020
From The American Conservative: Anatol Lieven explains how strategic empathy is supposed to work: This kind of empathy has very valuable consequences for foreign policy. It makes for an accurate assessment of another state establishment’s goals based on its own thoughts, rather than a picture of those goals generated by one’s own fears and hopes; […]
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‘I Ain’t Marching Anymore: Dissenters, Deserters, and Objectors to America’s Wars’
November 6, 2020
“Fortress on a Hill” hosts Danny Sjursen, Chris “Henri” Henriksen, and John Kerry speak with Chris Lombardi, editor at Democratic Left Online. She stops by the podcast to discuss her new book “I Ain’t Marching Anymore: Dissenters, Deserters, and Objectors to America’s Wars”. It’s an amazing history of military dissenters, conscientious objectors, and their hard, […]
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The Foreign Policy History of Joe Biden
November 1, 2020
Antiwar.com contributing editor Maj. Danny Sjursen (ret.) joins Chris “Henri” Henriksen to talk about the foreign policy history of Joe Biden at The Fortress on the Hill Podcast:
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Yemen’s Worsening Humanitarian Crisis
October 31, 2020
From The American Conservative: The U.N. issued a new warning this week about acute malnutrition among Yemen’s youngest children that threatens to kill nearly 100,000 children under the age of five: “Yemen is on the brink of a catastrophic food security crisis. If the war doesn’t end now, we are nearing an irreversible situation and […]
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Extended Interview With Glenn Greenwald on The Hill TV
October 30, 2020
Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti in a very interesting 15-minute interview with Glenn Greenwald on his resignation from The Intercept:
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Glenn Greenwald on Resigning From His Own Publication Over Censorship
October 30, 2020
Founder of The Intercept, Glenn Greenwald, talks to Tucker Carlson after resigning due to censorship from editorial staff.
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