Foreign Policy Focus

On FPF #304, Will Porter returns to the show for part two of the year-end review show. We discuss the worst of Trump's foreign policy decisions in 2018. Will breaks down the important events in Yemen, Russia, Iran, and China. We examine the influence that John Bolton and Mike Pompeo had on US foreign policy in 2018. 

Links

• FPF #292 - Best of Trump in 2018 guest Will Porter
• FPF #291 - John Rogan guest Will Porter
• FPF #287 - Syria guest Will Porter
• FPF #284 - Julian Assange guest Will Porter
• FPF #244 False Flags in Syria guest Will Porter
• FPF #237 #WhyImAntiwar guest Will Porter
• FPF #232 - Yemen gest Will Proter
• FPF #231 - Iranian Sanctions guest Will Porter
• FPF #226 - Israel Bombs Syria guest Will Porter

On FPF #303, I discuss the potential change of government in Venezuela. The leader of the country's opposition, Juan Guaido has declared himself the interim president. The move has been backed by the US and several other nations. The Maduro government still claims to be the rightful leadership of the country and has cut ties with the US. I breakdown all the reporting on the issue. 

Links

• Doug Bandow - NATO
• POGO - Zumwalt report
• AP - Juan Guaido's moves to take power
• Marines suicide rate
• Libya
• Mali
• Sudan
• Somalia

On FPF #302, Brian Saady returns to the show to talk about the huge crime problem in the UAE. Brian explains how the organized crime of the UAE creates opportunities for terror groups around the Middle East. He discusses how the crime in the UAE has ties to gold smuggling, nuclear proliferation, and the PKK. Brian also gives an update on the Colombia peace process with the FARC. 

Brian Saady is an author and podcast host. His articles, podcasts, and books can be found at his website BrianSaady.com. 

Links

Brian's talk at Freedom Foundation 

Gupta Brothers

On FPF #301, Keith Knight joins the show to debunk war myths. Keith covers several of the biggest lies the US has told to enter into wars. Keith starts with the Mexican American War and brings us through to the Terror Wars. 

Keith Knight is the host of the Don't Tread On Anyone podcast and the co-host of Liberty Weekly. 

Links

• America's Foreign Policy of Deception 
• Ultimate Red Pill
• Don't Tread on Anyone
• Keith Knight interviews Scott Horton

On FPF #300, Peter Van Buren joins the show to talk his books. Peter discusses his book Hooper's War and moral injury. Peter explains how war can do more than injure someone physically, their understanding of right and wrong can be damaged as well. 

I ask Peter about his time as a State Department official working on nation-building projects in Iraq, and his book about that time We Meant Well. He gives a few examples of why the nation-building projects failed. 

Peter Van Buren is a former State Department employee and is now a writer. He is the author of Hooper's War and We Meant Well. Peter's website is WeMeantWell.com.

Links

• SHS - Danny Sjursen & Matthew Hoh
• We Meant Well
• Hooper's War 
• SHS - Peter Van Buren
• Peter Van Buren FaceBook

On FPF #299, Will Porter returns to the show to discuss news on Syria, Russia, and Yemen. We breakdown the death of four US soldiers by an ISIS suicide bomber in Syria. The Washington foreign policy establishment is trying to use the death of the soldiers to prevent the US from exiting Syria. We debunk all the myths the war party is using to try to keep US troops in Syria. 

Will Porter is a journalist who writes on Mid East Affairs and Foreign Policy. Will's work can be found at Antiwar.Com and LibertarianInstitute.Org.

Links

Will Porter FPF Archive 

On FPF #298, I discuss a recently reported FBI investigation of Trump in 2017. The investigation looked into possible Russian influence over Trump. The investigators found no evidence. However, Russiagate conspiracy theorists add the investigation as further proof that Trump is under the control of Putin. 

Links

Glenn Greenwald - FBI Investigation

Ron Paul Liberty Report - FBI Investigation

Navy Time - USS Fitz Report

On FPF #297, I review the new movie Vice. Vice is the story of warmonger Dick Chaney. The movie captures any of the most evil acts of Chaney. I expand on some of the stories that only were given brief attention. I also give my take on Tulsi Gabbard's 2020 presidential run. 

Links

Kelley Vlahos on the Pentagon revolving door

Return of the Neocons

On FPF #296, I explain how crickets caused the US to withdraw the majority of their diplomatic envoy to Cuba. The US alleged sonic weapons being used against US diplomats in Cuba. The US media even speculated that Russia was involved with the use of sonic weapons against diplomats. Scientific testing now shows the noise was caused by crickets. I examine how the allegations impacted US policy towards Cuba and how this event exemplifies the shortcomings of the US media. 

Links

FPF #263 - Nukes

Moon of Alabama on the cricket attack

Philip Giraldi - Trump 2019 Foreign Policy

On FPF #295, I discuss the US relationship with China. The acting Secretary of Defense said he will focus on "China, China, China." The US increasing looked at the great powers - Russia and China - the biggest threat to the US. The economic relationship with China is rocky, and the US continues to challenge Chinese territorial claims. I also discuss the coup attempt in Gabon and the changing US war in Somalia. 

Links

Eric Margolis on China