America has just entered another election year, and as of this writing, it appears that the presidential contenders will once again be Joe Biden and Donald Trump. The key word here is “appears,” however. The election is a long way off, and anything can happen. While we can’t know what will happen, we can at least make some guesses based on current trends. (more…)
Tag: War in Afghanistan
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December 19, 2023 Counter-Currents Radio
Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 563
Introducing the White-Papers Policy InstituteGreg Johnson and David Zsutty were joined by James Karlsson and Cyan Quinn of the White-Papers Policy Institute (Telegram, Substack). The Institute is a small, professional team of pro-white advocates centered on a single mission: bringing a pro-white perspective to the analysis of both foreign and domestic policy. The recording is now available for download and online listening.
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Christopher C. Miller (with Ted Royer)
Soldier Secretary: Warnings from the Battlefield and the Pentagon about America’s Most Dangerous Enemies
Nashville & New York: Center Street, 2023It is no secret that President Trump operated in the midst of a viper’s nest of traitorous officials throughout his valiant tenure in office, and the worst offenders were in the Department of Defense. Trump was elected on a policy of reducing America’s endless involvements in foreign quarrels in which America has no interests. (more…)
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August 9, 2022 Morris van de Camp
صحفي أسترالي وجحر الأرانب الفلسطينية
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Gregory Hood was host Greg Johnson’s guest on the last episode of Counter-Currents Radio, where they discussed destroying “their democracy” by running for office, voting, seceding, and building new communities — plus, of course, current events and your questions — and it is now available for download and online listening.
00:00:00 Destroying their democracy
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Arabic version here
John Lyons
Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir
Sydney: Harpers Collins Publishers, 2017Dateline Jerusalem: Journalism’s Toughest Assignment
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The four months that have passed since America’s debacle in Afghanistan have made it increasingly clear that this was a model that was successful from commanders and managers’ perspectives. It is therefore highly likely that it will be repeated on other battlefields. (more…)
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November 26, 2021 Thomas Steuben
Дорога на Кабул
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I observed a fascinating dichotomy on an afternoon flight out of El Paso International Airport. A sizeable group of Afghan refugees, having just completed a stay on a nearby military base, filled the terminal; they were en route to their final destinations in name-your-city, USA. (more…)
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A persecuted Marine officer has become a folk hero to conservatives. Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller went viral in August after he publicly criticized military leaders over the debacle in Afghanistan. (more…)
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Among the many problems in the Inept American War Machine is Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley. It was recently revealed in a book by Bob Woodward, Peril, that Milley had contacted senior military officials in China during the final months of the Trump administration to assure them that he would warn them should then-President Donald Trump order a sudden attack. Furthermore, Milley had more than one conversation with the Chinese on this matter. This all took place at a time of increasing tensions between the United States and China. (more…)
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On September 10, 2021, my wanderings carried me to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where I had the privilege of witnessing the homecoming of Lance Corporal Rylee McCollum, one of thirteen American Marines killed during the evacuation of Kabul. Rylee was 20 years old, a husband, and an expectant father. (more…)
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Invade the world while inviting the world, and it may all come crashing down on you.
The 9/11 attacks are the most deadly terrorist attacks of the twenty-first century (so far). The planners combined a wily, perverse use of airplanes, mentally ill Sunni religious fanatics, and iconic skyscrapers to kill nearly 3,000 people, most of them white. (more…)