Exposing military spending waste, Apple’s junk business model, police lies about fentanyl

Lee Camp interviews policy analyst Stephen Semler about the US’ outrageous military excesses and how they impact the country as a whole. Semler and Camp discuss the minutiae of the military budget, Joe Biden’s career bolstering imperialist violence and the draconian policing of the domestic population, and how the American people have responded in the past few years. … Read More >Exposing military spending waste, Apple’s junk business model, police lies about fentanyl

INTENSE: Rick & Ruben debate Afghan ‘debacle’ (Full show)

Rick Sanchez reviews the grandstanding at Wednesday’s congressional interrogation of top US military leaders at the hands of the House Armed Services Committee. Then RT America’s Faran Fronczak shares the details before syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette reacts. They vigorously disagree over the US war in Afghanistan and whether it was “a noble cause.” … Read More >INTENSE: Rick & Ruben debate Afghan ‘debacle’ (Full show)

‘US didn’t want to face the truth that it’s no longer the global hegemon,’ Russian spy chief tells RT after Afghanistan debacle

The US failed in Afghanistan because it miscalculated its own abilities and wanted to install its own societal model in a foreign land, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergey Naryshkin, has told RT. … Read More >‘US didn’t want to face the truth that it’s no longer the global hegemon,’ Russian spy chief tells RT after Afghanistan debacle

Drone attack targets Erbil International Airport hosting US-led coalition forces, multiple explosions reported

Footage from witnesses has captured multiple explosions at the Erbil International Airport in Iraq’s Kurdistan region. The blasts were apparently from a drone strike targeting the airport, which is used by the US-led coalition. … Read More >Drone attack targets Erbil International Airport hosting US-led coalition forces, multiple explosions reported

‘US misled me into joining Mujahideen, then tortured me for Al-Qaeda past’: Gitmo survivor says US ‘acted like fascists’ post-9/11

A former Islamist fighter who went to Afghanistan to fight the Soviets and later got caught up in the US War on Terror – spending 14 years in the Guantanamo prison as a result – spoke to RT as part of the Unheard Voices project. … Read More >‘US misled me into joining Mujahideen, then tortured me for Al-Qaeda past’: Gitmo survivor says US ‘acted like fascists’ post-9/11

Afghanistan After the US. Picking Up the Pieces | RT Documentary

The new film by RT Documentary Afghanistan after the US dissects twenty years of American presence in the country following the troops’ withdrawal after the Taliban returned to power. After the 9/11 attack, the United States declared “war on terrorism” and sent troops to Afghanistan to track and kill Osama bin Laden, who the Afghan Taliban sheltered … Read More >Afghanistan After the US. Picking Up the Pieces | RT Documentary

America’s evacuation of troops from Afghanistan looked more like a ‘downright escape’ than a ‘hasty withdrawal,’ Putin says

Despite the US spending months planning its withdrawal from Afghanistan, the events that unfolded looked more like an escape than a coordinated maneuver, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a forum of Eurasian leaders on Friday. … Read More >America’s evacuation of troops from Afghanistan looked more like a ‘downright escape’ than a ‘hasty withdrawal,’ Putin says

Chinese media mocks Japan as Tokyo apologizes to Okinawans for US Marines’ sudden dumping of ‘safe’ wastewater from base

A unilateral decision by the US Marines stationed in Okinawa to dump wastewater contaminated with toxic acid into a city sewer caused a scandal in Japan. Chinese media compared it to Japan’s own approach to water from Fukushima. … Read More >Chinese media mocks Japan as Tokyo apologizes to Okinawans for US Marines’ sudden dumping of ‘safe’ wastewater from base

Look who’s talking! Syria embraces Putin as US pulls out (Full show)

Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad on Monday in a surprise meeting in which both leaders criticized the US and Turkey for keeping forces deployed in Syria despite no approval from the internationally recognized Syrian government. Two decades were too much for Washington in its struggle to invade and reshape Afghanistan. So how has it managed to stay in Syria’s oil fields? … Read More >Look who’s talking! Syria embraces Putin as US pulls out (Full show)