On COI #395, Kyle Anzalone breaks down the latest news from the Middle East, China and Ukraine. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
Conflicts of Interest: China Brokers Middle East Truce
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20 Years On, US Still Waging Perpetual War Worldwide
Twenty years ago, March 19, 2003, the US launched likely the most vicious criminal war in its long history of senseless warfare and regime change. America attacked Iraq, not just with no evidence supporting invasion, but manufactured lies. Hundreds of thousands were...
Iraq War Costs Could Hit Nearly $3 Trillion by 2050: Report
The Costs of War Project said the U.S.-led invasion and occupation "caused massive death, destruction, and political instability," killing hundreds of thousands of people while displacing millions more.by Brett Wilkins As the 20th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion...
Cacophony, Not Harmony: US Foreign Policy’s Terrible Tune
On March 14, a Russian SU-27 fighter brought down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea. The exact details of where and how remain a mystery even after the release of drone video showing what appears to be a dump of jet fuel onto the drone, but those details...
I Once Admired George Monbiot. but His Grim Trajectory Shows Us Where Politics Is Heading
What‘s been the most significant threat to journalism – the lifeblood of a free society – over the past decade? Maybe we can turn to George Monbiot, the doyen of the British liberal-left, for an answer.He has a weekly column at the Guardian newspaper in which he...
On This Iraq Anniversary, Recalling the Shame of the ‘Free Press’
With such powerful forces determined to use 9/11 as a justification to invade Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein for good, the American people really didn’t have a chance in proverbial hell to stop it. As Woodrow Wilson knew with the U.S. entry into WWI, the media must...
GOP Civil War? With DeSantis and Trump, Realists Take Both Top Slots
From today's Ron Paul Liberty Report: Florida Governor and presumptive Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis shocked the GOP establishment with a statement rebuking further involvement in the Ukraine/Russia conflict. Suddenly a neocon paper like the...
Is Sen. Duckworth Taking ‘Hard Look’ at Pushing WWIII With F-16 Letter?
My IL Senator Tammy Duckworth signed on to a bi-partisan letter to President Biden promoting possible US F-16's to fight in our proxy war against Russia destroying Ukraine. "After speaking with US, Ukrainian, and foreign leaders working to support Ukraine at the...
The Tragic Reality of Rachel Corrie’s Death
Twenty years ago on March 16, the world got a tragic glimpse into what the state of Israel was going to become. Given the green light in the Oval Office by President George W. Bush, then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon – "a man of peace," Bush said at the time –...
Constructive Diplomacy Isn’t Possible When We Are Demanding Capitulation
State Department spokesman Ned Price answered a question on North Korea diplomacy today, and his answer unwittingly demonstrated the folly of the US approach:On your first question, it unfortunately is a purely hypothetical question. It’s an academic question, because...
