Will US Return to the Iran Nuclear Agreement?
July 7, 2022
The Russian war in Ukraine understandably gets most of US foreign policy news coverage. But we should not ignore the 18 month effort, or lack thereof, of the Biden administration to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Iran nuclear deal. That agreement, concluded seven years ago next week, was the greatest […]
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Trita Parsi: New Iran Sanctions May Spell Death of the JCPOA
July 6, 2022
From Responsible Statecraft: According to the state department on Wednesday, Washington is slapping new sanctions on Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical producers, along with Hong Kong and Emirati companies accused of selling the oil on East Asia markets in violation of existing embargoes. In a tweet, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that “absent a commitment […]
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We Must End the Illusion of Military Dominance
July 6, 2022
United States military analysts love strategies and the theories behind them. The theories provide what appear to be perfectly reasonable and rational approaches to warfighting, even offering a sense of certainty about the outcome. After all, they’ve been designed with military precision. Authorized personnel at the Pentagon or military think tanks are assigned to create […]
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The ‘Necessary Myth’ Is Bad for America and the World
July 5, 2022
Tom McTague praises America’s “necessary myth”: The dumb simplicity of America’s interventions is often infuriating and obtuse, or even disastrously naive and destructive. It exists in people like Neal and Holbrooke, Bush and Biden. And yet if America stops believing in its myth, if it scurries back into the safety of its continental bunker, having […]
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Biden Believes the World Can Still Be Ruled By Washington
July 5, 2022
On COI #297, Kyle Anzalone discusses the latest Western escalations in the proxy war with Russia in Ukraine. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
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Scam Alert! Ukraine Demands $750 Billion… For ‘Reconstruction’!
July 5, 2022
As Ukraine continues to lose ground in the east, its leaders are inexplicably demanding three-quarters of a trillion dollars to “reconstruct” areas controlled by Russia. Once widely considered the most corrupt country in Europe, Western leaders have already dumped in billions with zero oversight. Will they keep writing checks? Also today, Saudis laugh at Biden’s […]
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Conflicts of Interest: Biden Uses European Tour to Rally Allies in Proxy War Against Russia
July 3, 2022
On COI #295, Kyle Anzalone discusses news from Ukraine, Germany and Iraq. Kyle also breaks down the Pentagon’s recruitment problem. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
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Does Targeted Killing ‘Work’?
July 1, 2022
Christopher Mott makes the case for restoring normal relations with Venezuela: Danielle Pletka wants you to know that she thinks targeted killing “works”: Targeted killing has become a tool of statecraft because it works, in the sense that it achieves the limited goals prescribed: A key individual, critical to an enemy’s agenda, is gone. It […]
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Conflicts of Interest: The NYT Reveals CIA Officers are Operating in Ukraine
July 1, 2022
On COI #294, Kyle Anzalone discusses the White House ramping up great power conflict with Russia and China. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
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Exorbitant Military Spending Sacrifices Public Well-Being
July 1, 2022
President Dwight Eisenhower gave his first major presidential speech, The Cross of Iron, on April 16, 1953. He laid out several important precepts guiding US conduct in world affairs as well pointing out the cost of military spending in very concrete terms. Eisenhower stated: “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired […]
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