In a half-hour interview on Afghanistan Tuesday I mused about how Washington’s generals and Pentagon-subservient policymakers thought the U.S. might be able to be the first outside nation to prevail in Afghanistan. And, prevail or not, what the MICIMATT saw to gain in...
Bret Stephens is in full fearmongering mode:Now, in the aftermath of Saigon redux, every enemy will draw the lesson that the United States is a feckless power, with no lasting appetite for defending the Pax Americana that is still the basis for world order. And every...
The race is on to blame Biden for the dramatic fall of Saigon...er...Kabul over the weekend. Politicos who've been most responsible for the 20 year disaster continuing are now pointing fingers elsewhere. The truth is there is plenty of blame to go around...but will we...
On COI COI #149, Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter break down the fall of Kabul and the complete collapse of the Afghan government under a Taliban offensive. Major territorial gains that began in provincial centers earlier this month came to a head on August 15, with the...
On COI #148, Kyle breaks down some of the latest developments in Afghanistan. The Taliban continue their offensive, seizing major Afghan cities like Kandahar, Ghazni, and Harat. In response, the US is planning to reduce the staff at its embassy and possibly abandon it...
Jonathan Katz spoke with Emma Green at The Atlantic about the resistance he encountered to using accurate language while writing a piece about Haiti and possible U.S. intervention there for an unnamed publication. Katz ended up taking the piece elsewhere, and Foreign...
If there’s one thing hawks enjoy, it is creating doubt about U.S. reliability:Mr. Biden “knows from long experience that America’s actions abroad matter, but he is willingly ignoring the far-reaching consequences of America’s withdrawal in Afghanistan,” said Bradley...
On COI #147, Dave DeCamp – News Editor at Antiwar.com – returns to the show to discuss how American pols increasingly use China as a political weapon. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently warned that the US must pass a massive infrastructure spending bill or...
While testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a top Biden administration Pentagon official confirmed today that the illegal US military presence in Syria would continue:The Biden administration is committed to retaining US military presence in...
At this year’s Freedom Fest, in Rapid City, South Dakota, Scott Horton, Abby Hall Blanco and Ayaan Hirsi Ali debated whether the wars in the Middle East post 9/11 have been justified to stop the spread of Islamic fundamentalism. In the affirmative was Ayaan Hirsi Ali,...
