Jun 30, 2021
On COI #129, Kyle discusses Biden's latest bombing of Shia militias in Iraq and Syria. Biden claimed Article 2 of the constitution gave him the authority to carrying out the "defensive" strikes. However, the US is illegally occupying Iraq and Syria and Biden failed to show the strikes would make Iraq or Syria safer...
Jun 28, 2021
On COI #128, Kyle and Will break down reports indicating that four of the Saudis behind the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi received paramilitary training in the United States. The training, which took place between 2014 and 2019, was authorized by the State Department.
The Biden administration has...
Jun 25, 2021
On COI #127, Connor Freeman – writer at the Libertarian Institute – returns to the show to discuss recent events in Afghanistan. The Taliban have recently captured dozens of districts and a border crossing with Tajikistan. The Afghan Army is struggling to provide reinforcements to its special forces, leading to the...
Jun 23, 2021
On COI #126 Brian Saady, author and host of the Rackets podcast, comes on the show to explain how the 'war on drugs' is a deadly foreign policy. Brian breaks down the countries most impacted by the drug war: Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Honduras. Each country plays a critical war in the multi-billion...
Jun 21, 2021
On COI #125, Kyle and Will explain recent efforts in Congress to repeal the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF), which gave legal authority for the US invasion of Iraq. Kyle argues that while the 2002 authorization has been invoked a few times since the invasion, it's really the 2001 AUMF that's...