Book Review: Chasing the Light by Oliver Stone
August 24, 2020
Like the wandering and rascally Odysseus upon whom he models his life, Oliver Stone is "double-minded" in the most profound and illuminating ways. The title of his fantastic new memoir is a case in point. "One of the first basic lessons in filming," he writes, "is chasing the light. Without it, you have nothing – […]
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Let’s Do the Pentagon Time Warp Again
August 23, 2020
From The American Conservative: The Pentagon building just over the river from Washington D.C. is really an architectural marvel, and if there was any federal office space that reflected the true nature of its purpose, this 6.6 million square foot labyrinth, made up of concentric rings spanning over 7 miles, housing 3.6 million square feet […]
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The 2014 American Coup in Ukraine (video)
August 22, 2020
The end of the Cold war brought peace to Europe and armies began to demobilize. The American empire exploited this trust and ignored promises made to the Russians to expand NATO and absorb former Warsaw Pact nations and even former Soviet Republics. Efforts then focused on conquering the large former Soviet Republic of Ukraine. The […]
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No Forensic Evidence Russia Hacked DNC Emails
August 21, 2020
It has been 105 days since Adam Schiff, chair of the House Intelligence Committee, was forced to release sworn testimony by Shawn Henry, President of Crowdstrike, admitting there was no forensic evidence that the DNC emails so damaging to Hillary Clinton were hacked – by Russia or anyone else. The following excerpts from Henry’s testimony […]
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An Open Letter to Strobe Talbott About RussiaGate
August 20, 2020
I met Strobe Talbott in 1968 when he and I were graduate students at Magdalen College, Oxford. I liked him and respected him, and after we lost touch as friends, I followed his career at Time, the State Department, and the Brookings Institution with admiration. In recent years, however, I’ve become disillusioned with the foreign […]
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The ‘Snapback’ Stunt Will Blow Up in Pompeo’s Face
August 20, 2020
From The American Conservative: Following last week’s humiliating rebuke of the US at the Security Council, Mike Pompeo is going to the United Nations in a transparent, bad-faith effort to trigger the so-called “snapback” provision to reimpose U.N. sanctions on Iran. Only JCPOA participants can invoke this provision, and the US publicly ended its participation […]
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Withdrawing US Troops From Iraq Should Top White House Agenda
August 20, 2020
Today, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi is meeting with President Trump to discuss issues including the presence of U.S. military personnel in Iraq. Defense Priorities Senior Fellow Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis, USA, Ret. issued the following statement in response: “In 2017, the ISIS caliphate lost its territory in Iraq—since then, U.S. troops have been […]
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Our Cruel Collective Punishment of the Syrian People
August 19, 2020
From The American Conservative: Joshua Landis and Steven Simon detail the cruel and destructive effects of U.S. sanctions on the people of Syria: The Trump administration designed the sanctions it has now imposed on Syria to make reconstruction impossible. The sanctions target the construction, electricity, and oil sectors, which are essential to getting Syria back […]
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Thaddeus Russell interviews Maj. Danny Sjursen (ret.)
August 18, 2020
The ongoing US wars are as far from the news as ever, which is why I brought combat veteran and antiwar journalist Danny Sjursen onto the show. We discussed his road from a working-class Staten Island family of right-wing cops and firefighters to West Point and then leading scout platoons with Armored Cavalry regiments in […]
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