War Is Interested in You

The word Guantanamo has become kind of the American version of Gulag, referring to the U.S. military-run prison in Cuba where the United States has held prisoners since shortly after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.  About 780 men have been held there at one time but now only 15 remain. Who are they? Why are they there? What’s the controversy? https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4022534/guantanamo-bay-detainee-transfer-announced/ https://cnrse.cnic.navy.mil/Installations/NS-Guantanamo-Bay/ https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/gciii-1949/article-4 https://humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/gtmo-by-the-numbers.pdf https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/30/guantanamo-bay-migrants-history-trump/

Is the era of killer robots upon us? Are Drones changing the face of war? Who makes them? Who uses them? Can we protect ourselves from them? Should they be outlawed? Are they better or worse than human soldiers? Tune in to find out. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/the-man-who-invented-the-predator-3970502/ https://drones.cnas.org/reports/a-perspective-on-israel/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/05/18/in-defense-of-killer-robots/ https://www.stopkillerrobots.org/

The Pentagon, sometimes referred to the five sided puzzle palace, is the headquarters of the largest and most destructive military force in human hsitory. With a yearly budget approaching 1 trillion taxpayer dollars what goes on inside this strange building is still a mystery to most Americans. Tune in to find out a little more about what really goes on inside.

The Pentagon spends nearly $900 billion a year, more than most other leading nations combined. So where does all that money go? Who decides what to spend it on? How are Congress, the President, Defense Contractors and Lobbyists involved? And what even is the difference between an Authorization and an Appropriation. https://comptroller.defense.gov/Budget-Materials/ https://sgp.fas.org/crs/natsec/IF10618.pdf https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN12324/2