Biden once again gave some ill-advised answers on Taiwan in an interview with 60 Minutes:"But would U.S. forces defend the island?" Pelley asked."Yes, if in fact there was an unprecedented attack," Mr. Biden said."So unlike Ukraine, to be...
Conflicts of Interest: US Floods Ukraine with Weapons as Kiev Pushes Offensive
On COI #324, Kyle Anzalone discusses the war in Ukraine. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
Chicago Tribune Should Be Careful What It Wishes For: Protracted Proxy War With a Nuclear Ending
The Trib’s editorial: "Ukraine’s counteroffensive succeeds" is positively ecstatic about the Ukraine counteroffensive retaking their Kharkiv Region.The Chicago Tribune uses this singular victory in the 7 month Russian offensive as foreshadowing a...
Chile Refuses Israeli Ambassador Over Killing of Palestinian Teen
Human rights defenders on Friday welcomed a move by Chile's progressive president to put off accepting the new Israeli ambassador's credentials in response to the killing of a Palestinian teenager earlier in the day.A spokesperson for the Chilean Foreign Ministry...
Shanghai Cooperation Organization Meeting in Samarkand: First Conclusions
The world’s media have paid close attention to the gathering of 15 world leaders in Samarkand, Uzbekistan these past two days with particular emphasis on the ‘summit’ held by Presidents Putin of Russia and Xi of China on the sidelines of this general...
Washington Neocons To Send Taiwan Billions in Weapons
Ron Paul's Liberty Report: A Bipartisan group of Congressional warmongers is pushing a multi-billion dollar military assistance package for Taiwan. The measure will include new language designating Taiwan a de-facto “major non-NATO ally.” Clearly the Ukraine model is...
Conflicts of Interest: Unrest in Iraq
On COI #323, Kyle, Joanne Leon and Dan Wright talk with Elijah Magnier about the recent unrest in Iraq. Thanks to Joanne Leon for allowing COI to publish this interview, which was originally recorded for her show, Around the Empire. Subscribe...
Veteran’s Letter to Biden – Negotiate, Don’t Escalate in Ukraine
Dear President Biden, I am writing you as a proud member of Veterans For Peace and its former president. We have been following the war in Ukraine closely, since well before the Russian invasion on February 24 of this year. We were alarmed when you and President Obama...
The Inherent Injustice of Empire
Nigel Biggar writes a “Christian defense of the American empire” and it concludes with the same recycled hegemonist nonsense that you would expect:The United States is not the only trustee of such values and institutions, but, thanks to the gifts of providence and its...
The Stories That Hardliners Tell
Samuel Charap and Mike Mazarr have responded to Vindman’s fantasy history about U.S. Russia policy:US policy toward post-Soviet Russia has never come close to the extreme accommodationism that Vindman describes. Washington did try to forge a partnership with Moscow,...


