Jacob D. Witte

August 30, 2021

Nearly ninety former Generals and Admirals from the US Armed Forces have called for the resignation of the Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark A. Milley. The demand comes from the group Flag Officers 4 America and references the perceived failures of the Biden administration to […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

August 30, 2021

After 20 years and countless thousands of deaths on both sides, it is time for the most difficult questions to be asked about the US war on Afghanistan. Did they all die in vain? Also today, with this war over, the Washington war machine is cranking up more enemy narratives. On today’s Ron Paul Liberty […]

Conflicts of Interest

August 30, 2021

Connor Freeman – writer at the Libertarian Institute – returns to the show to discuss the dual suicide bombing at the Kabul airport. As of the recording, at least 60 Afghans and 13 American soldiers were killed in the blasts. ISIS-K – a group of mostly non-Afghans that have pledged loyalty to the Islamic State […]

David Stockman

August 30, 2021

Appearing on the Chris Salccedo Show on Newsmax: https://www.davidstockmanscontracorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/The-Chris-Salcedo-Show-Stockman-082721.mp4

Daniel Larison

August 29, 2021

Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, reminded us this week just how blinkered the opponents of withdrawing from Afghanistan are: The alternative to withdrawal from Afghanistan was not “endless occupation” but open-ended presence. Occupation is imposed, presence invited. Unless you think we are occupying Japan, Germany, & South Korea. And yes, […]

Conflicts of Interest

August 26, 2021

On COI #153, Kyle Anzalone updates events in Afghanistan. The Pentagon and State Department are working to remove some privileged Afghans and Americans from Afghanistan. The US claims it has evacuated tens of thousands so far,  but it is still unclear how many will be left behind. Despite the speed with which the Afghan government […]

Jacob D. Witte

August 26, 2021

Scores of Afghans and numerous US servicemembers are dead after a series of bombings and shootings around Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. The attacks come as the American drawdown from Afghanistan nears its long-awaited conclusion. A relatively new faction of ISIL from the vaguely defined Khorasan region in Iran and Afghanistan – sometimes known […]

Greg Mitchell

August 26, 2021

Seventy-five years ago this week, an article by novelist and war reporter John Hersey, titled simply “Hiroshima,” occupied the entire feature section of the August 31, 1946, issue of The New Yorker.  Soon it would be hailed by many as one of the most important magazine stories of the century.   Its impact, arriving at a […]

Daniel Larison

August 25, 2021

Benjamin Wallace-Wells profiles Elbridge Colby and discusses his hawkishness on China in a recent New Yorker article. This section was probably the most telling part of the entire piece: Colby’s response is to try to sever the transformational vision of the forever wars from his own hawkishness – to argue that those were neoconservative adventures, […]

Conflicts of Interest

August 24, 2021

On the first-ever Conflicts of Interest bonus episode, Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter sit down with Magnus Panvidya to discuss the ‘End The Damn Wars’ project, an effort to unite anti-war voices across the political spectrum and organize street actions opposing US militarism. Magnus explains the origins and aims of the new initiative, and argues […]