Kim Iversen of Rising at The Hill reviews the role of autonomists in the war in Ukraine. Very interesting perspective on an article by Jacques Baud, a former member of the Swiss strategic intelligence and specialist in Eastern countries. He was also a top official at...
Conflicts of Interest: Billions in US Weapons Sent to Ukraine Disappear Into a “Black Hole”
On COI #264, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover Washington and NATO’s latest escalations in the Ukraine war with Russia. Kyle breaks down reports of American weapons shipped to Kiev disappearing into what an official called a “big black hole.” The U.S. is shipping...
US Weapons, European Supplicants Block Peace in Ukraine
From The Grayzone: Pushback with Aaron Maté As the Russia-Ukraine war opens a new phase in the Donbas, scholar Richard Sakwa on the absence of diplomacy; the Western media's veneration of Zelensky; the European Union's self-implosion over the war; and the crackdown on...
Travesty: UK Judge Green-Lights Assange Extradition to US
In a blow to press freedom and decency, a UK judge has today approved Julian Assange's extradition to the US to face espionage charges for his role in exposing US war crimes in Iraq and elsewhere. Also today: Biden wants to send ANOTHER $800 million in weapons to...
Conflicts of Interest: After Starving Yemen for Years, US Blames Russia for Food Shortages
On COI #263, Kyle Anzalone discusses the latest for the War in Ukraine. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
US Senator: Time To Send US Troops To Fight Russia in Ukraine!
Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said on the weekend talk shows that it's time to start talking about sending US troops to directly fight Russia in Ukraine. Thus to defend Ukraine's borders, this member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee openly calls for that launch of...
Obama Did Not Call Putin’s Bluff: Will Biden?
(Includes a case study of events in Syria in Autumn 2015, when Obama took Putin seriously and avoided an armed clash.)President Joe Biden will get it wrong again if he heeds advisers telling him he can send heaps of more lethal weaponry into Ukraine without much risk...
Conflicts of Interest: Biden Can Save the Iran Deal, Does He Have the Political Courage?
On COI #262, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover political upheaval and boiling violence in Israel, as well as the latest Iran nuclear deal news. Kyle breaks down critical changes in Israeli politics that have seen Prime Minister Naftali Bennet lose his...
Secretary Blinken Rebrands His Department From State to War
Since he took office 15 months ago, Secretary of State Antony Blinken appears to be under the delusion he’s U.S. Secretary of War, not State. Blinken has completely abrogated his role as America’s chief diplomat, refusing to talk with his Soviet...
The Failed Air War Over Vietnam (video)
From Tales of the American Empire: There are glorious stories about American military aircraft bombing North Vietnam. None explain the effort failed. It cost billions of dollars, killed a million people, destroyed a small nation, and had little effect on the final...


