Oct 21, 2020
On Conflicts of Interest #22, Kyle and Will update the situation
between the US and Iran after a 13-year UN arms embargo expired
over the weekend, as was set out in the 2015 nuclear deal between
Iran and world powers. Despite throwing a fit, Washington did
not get its way on the weapons blockade. Don't expect to hear about
it during the next presidential debate, however, as the second and
final event will not feature a foreign policy segment.
The top 50 think tanks in the US are heavily bankrolled by the
military industrial complex and the government itself, a new report
shows, perhaps explaining why organizations across the Beltway so
reliably parrot the same hawkish talking points.
Bolivia's presidential election concluded on Sunday, with exit
polls showing a blowout victory for socialist challenger Luis Arce,
a hand-picked successor to ousted President Evo Morales, who was
forced out of power last year in a US-backed coup.
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