Biden Caves to the Saudis
November 9, 2021
Joe Lieberman reminds us that he absolutely does not want any agreement with Iran: Akbar Shahid Ahmed reports on the Biden administration’s unwillingness to hold the Saudi government accountable for its crimes, including the crimes of the crown prince: For now, Biden’s team has signaled that it sees the prince as a partner who is […]
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Conflicts of Interest: Biden Admin Works to Prevent Diplomacy with Iran
November 9, 2021
On COI #183, Kyle Anzalone discusses how the Biden administration has prevented a return to the Iran Nuclear Deal. Iran recently made an effort to re-engage in the Vienna talks, but the US met this offer with sanctions and threats. Iran has been clear, it will not return to the negotiating table under American pressure […]
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Iran Hawks’ Disingenuous Interest in a Treaty With Iran
November 8, 2021
Joe Lieberman reminds us that he absolutely does not want any agreement with Iran: Achieving an agreement with Iran that could get 67 votes in the Senate wouldn’t be easy, but it is worth the effort. It would restore the longtime bipartisan consensus in Washington about Iran that was broken during consideration of the Iran […]
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Conflicts of Interest: Biden Targets the Truth with Assange Prosecution
November 8, 2021
On COI #182, Kyle Anzalone breaks down the recent updates in Assange’s extradition case. Biden, like Trump, is prosecuting Assange for publishing evidence of American war crimes. The US/UK governments are criminalizing journalism and dealing a fatal blow to the First Amendment. Kyle discusses a recent missile test by China. The US deep state is […]
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Churchill and the Atrocity of Famine
November 5, 2021
Michael Gerson doesn’t like Geoffrey Wheatcroft’s new book on Churchill: The charge that he maliciously caused the Bengal famine – in the sense that Joseph Stalin caused the Ukrainian famine – seems half-baked. Gerson’s complaint against the book is that he thinks the author is “a snide journalist fishing with a tiny ideological net” and […]
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Valdai: Russia’s Best Political Talk Show
November 3, 2021
The annual Valdai Discussion Club gathering in Sochi took place over the course of four days during the week of October 17th and garnered a considerable amount of media attention following the delivery by President Vladimir Putin of the keynote address to its plenary session on October 21st. The Kremlin itself characterized the speech as […]
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The Arms Sales and Apartheid Accords
November 3, 2021
The Wall Street Journal ran a propaganda hit piece against critics of normalization agreements with Israel that was ridiculous even by their extremely low standards: The question is why the regime is getting an intellectual assist from advocacy groups on the American left. The hit piece is written by Bryan Leib, executive director of “Iranian […]
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Conflicts of Interest: Did Biden Miss His Chance to Save the Iran Nuclear Deal?
November 2, 2021
On COI #180, Connor Freeman – writer at the Libertarian Institute – returns to the show to discuss Biden’s failure to engage in diplomacy with Iran. Connor breaks down recent reports that Biden refused an Iranian offer to commit to reviving the JCPOA for the remainder of his presidency. The offer – a massive concession […]
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Crowdstrike One of Russiagate’s ‘Biggest Culprits’: Ex-House Investigator
October 31, 2021
From The Grayzone: As a top investigator on the House Intelligence Committee, Kash Patel helped uncover the Clinton campaign’s funding of the Steele dossier and the FBI’s extensive and deceptive reliance on it. Patel joins Aaron Maté to discuss Steele’s new attempt to defend his discredited work via a softball interview with ABC News. Patel […]
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What We Talk About When We Talk About the ‘Blob’
October 31, 2021
I was watching this conversation between Bob Wright and Tom Wright, and I found it to be very frustrating. The discussion about the meaning and definition of the “Blob” could have been productive, but I don’t think it was. The conversation kept coming back to the question of diversity of views among foreign policy professionals. […]
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