Background Briefing: October 17, 2019
Does US "Credibility" and "Leadership" in the Middle East Still Mean US Hegemony? We begin with the contrast between the international condemnation of Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria and the enormous popularity Erdogan has at home with even opposition...
Background Briefing: October 16, 2019
Trump Melts Down as Our Foreign Policy and National Security Breaks Down We begin with Trump’s meltdown today in a White House meeting with Speaker Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Schumer in which according to Pelosi, the president had a meltdown calling her...
Background Briefing: October 15, 2019
Handicapping the Latest Democratic Presidential Candidates' Debate We begin with the latest Democratic presidential candidates’ debate just getting underway as we go to air with 12 on the stage in Ohio which, after five previously crowded debates, indicates the...
Background Briefing: October 14, 2019
The Kurds' Desperate Deal with Assad and Russia We begin with the Syrian army backed by Russia moving in to occupy the Kurdish territory in Northern Iraq to blunt Turkey’s advance from the north following a desperate deal the Kurds struck with the Assad regime...
Background Briefing: October 10, 2019
Why Is Removing 1,000 US Troops Trump's Top Priority? We begin with Turkey’s President Erdogan threatening to dump 3.6 million Syrian refugees on Europe unless they go along with his ethnic cleansing of the Kurds. Max Hoffman, the Associate Director on the...
Background Briefing: October 9, 2019
Trump Rewards Russia and Iran While Selling Out the Kurds and Israel Just After Selling out the Saudis We begin with Turkey’s military assault on the Kurds in northern Syria across a wide front with air bombardments, artillery and mortars softening up Kurdish...
Background Briefing: October 8, 2019
It Was Trump and Giuliani Who Were Chasing Dirty Deals in Ukraine We begin with a flagrant example of the Trump Administration’s tactic of the pot calling the kettle black following the revelation by the AP that contrary to the made up charge of Joe Biden...
Background Briefing: October 7, 2019
In Selling out the Kurds, Trump Is Doing Putin's Bidding We begin with Trump’s sellout of the Kurds who were America’s boots on the ground having fought for us and defeated ISIS at the cost of 11,000 dead and 22,000 wounded only to be served up by Trump to...
Background Briefing: October 6, 2019
Conspiracy Theories as Our Government’s Top Priority We begin with how conspiracy theories have metastasized into the top priority guiding U.S. foreign policy as the president conducts his war against reality in conjunction with State TV, Fox News, by diverting...
Background Briefing: October 2, 2019
The State Department's IG Delivers a Package of Conspiracy Theories We begin with the Inspector General of the State Department briefing three House Committees today and providing documentation which appears to be a pile of the bizarre conspiracy theories and...