Conflicts of Interest: White House Abandons Peace, Prepares for Years of War

On COI #336, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover the Joe Biden administration’s escalatory policies quickly heating up Washington’s Cold Wars with Russia and China.

Kyle talks about how the hawks in the Biden regime and their allies are gearing up to support the proxy war in Ukraine for years to come, NATO has a 10 year plan to make Kiev a “default” member of the alliance. The Pentagon chief predicts Ukraine will go on the offensive this winter and again vowed to keep the war going for years and years. Biden himself has ruled out the possibility of talks with his Russian counterpart regarding the war. Like his Secretary of State and longtime right hand man, Antony Blinken, he is only considering talks on a relatively meaningless prisoner exchange. Meanwhile, Turkey is attempting to facilitate and broker peace talks with the West and Russia.

Connor discusses Washington’s plans to turn Taiwan into a major arms depot, preparing for a war with China the U.S. is provoking. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has announced ramp ups in arms purchases and production, while ruling out contact with Beijing unless the island’s “sovereignty” is respected. Taipei is focusing on producing precision missiles, high-performance naval vessels, and smaller, mobile systems focusing on “comprehensive asymmetric warfare capabilities.” Concurrently, the White House put out a provocative National Security Strategy which names China as the “most consequential geopolitical challenge.”

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Conflicts of Interest: Biden Says World On Brink of Nuclear War

On COI #334, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover the latest escalations in the war in Ukraine as well as some recent news about the protests in Iran and the JCPOA.

Kyle discusses President Joe Biden’s statement that we are closer today to nuclear “Armageddon” than anytime since the Cuban Missile Crisis. This came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for a “preventative strike” on Russia to “exclude the possibility of use of nuclear weapons by Russia.” It was also revealed that, in addition to a significant CIA presence, the U.S. also has special operations forces deployed in Ukraine.

Connor talks about the revelation reported in the New York Times, that the U.S. intelligence community believes parts of the Ukrainian government are responsible for the brutal car bomb assassination of Russian journalist Darya Dugina outside Moscow.

The JCPOA talks seem all but dead, but according to Iranian officials there is some diplomatic work being done by the Europeans and others to get talks going again, but this all relies on “political will” in Washington. In another sign that will is lacking, fresh sanctions have been imposed on Iran this month. Connor then analyzes an investigation into the possibility of some of the violent protests occurring in Iran being part of a US covert war.

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