Eisenhower Media Network

14/12/2023

No surprise that Congress voted to approve an $886 billion annual Pentagon budget today. The military-industrial complex has near-total control of our lawmakers in Washington.

07/12/2023

BREAKING: Read the follow-up letter to our NYT ad, explaining how solutions to current and future conflicts require America lead the world in peacemaking and diplomacy.
https://eisenhowermedianetwork.org/americas-diplomatic-malpractice/

13/04/2023

Listen to EMN Associate Director Matthew Hoh discuss the environmental impact of 30 years of war on the ancient rivers of Babylon, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers:

In this episode, Leslie Gabriel, our host and H2O Ambassador, interviews retired Marine Capt Matthew Hoh. A former US State Dept official and Marine Corps commander, Matthew shares about the environmental impact of 30 years of war on the ancient rivers of Babylon, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

13/04/2023

Read EMN Director Dennis Fritz’s new book “Deadly Betrayal: The Truth of Why We Invaded Iraq” and learn how the Pentagon strategized to scare the American people into supporting an attack on Iraq.

Grab your copy here:

Published on the 20th anniversary of the first Iraq war, Deadly Betrayal documents the truth of why a cabal of Pentagon Advisors in the George W. Bush Administration created a fabricated justification to attack Iraq and how they did it. The book provides a...

12/04/2023

“From killing hundreds of thousands of civilians to redistributing wealth to the rich and powerful, [the Iraq War] was an unmitigated disaster.”

Stephen Semler, co-founder of Security Policy Reform Institute, breaks down the in Jacobin magazine:

The US invaded Iraq 20 years ago this spring. From killing hundreds of thousands of civilians to redistributing wealth to the rich and powerful, it was an unmitigated disaster. These charts show how.

11/04/2023

“I actually got exposed to [the] COINTELPRO files... because the National Lawyer’s Guild had won a FOIA lawsuit after seven years.” — EMN Senior Fellow Coleen Rowley on MintPress News.

Former FBI Officer Coleen Rowley discusses COINTELPRO and its excesses on The Red Nation Podcast with Nick Estes.Support independent watchdog journalism!http...

07/04/2023

“Our troops were pawns of our imperialistic foreign policy. All Americans should be outraged. We should never let this happen again.” — EMN Director Dennis Fritz for Reserve & National Guard Magazine.

March 20, 2023, marked 20 years of hell for Iraq War veterans and their families, who struggle with the effects of this senseless conflict.

06/04/2023

“War is a choice. As a powerful nation, the United States can choose otherwise.” — Andrew Bacevich, chairman and co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft , reflects on the former president Eisenhower’s warnings about military power for The Eagle-Tribune .

As an orator, Dwight D. Eisenhower was not in the same league with Abraham Lincoln or Franklin Roosevelt. His roster of memorable speeches numbers a grand total of two, a

31/03/2023

Read EMN Director Dennis Fritz’s new book “Deadly Betrayal: The Truth of Why We Invaded Iraq” and learn how the Pentagon cabal strategized to scare the American people after 9/11 into supporting an attack on Iraq.

Get your copy here:

Published on the 20th anniversary of the first Iraq war, Deadly Betrayal documents the truth of why a cabal of Pentagon Advisors in the George W. Bush Administration created a fabricated justification to attack Iraq and how they did it. The book provides a...

30/03/2023

LISTEN: Katie Halper, Dennis Kucinich, and EMN Associate Director Matthew Hoh discuss the 20 years later and what it has to do with the Ukraine war WBAI 99.5 FM New York.

Listen Live On The Air Archives - Previously Aired Program Schedule Program Information Donate One-Time Cash Donation Donation With Thank-You Gift Monthly Donation - BAI Buddy Ways to Donate Get To Know Us About Us Staff Mission Pacifica Foundation Local Station Board Community Advisory Board Our Pa...

27/03/2023

WATCH: Matthew Hoh explains that the Iraq War wasn't based on faulty intelligence— it was based on lies. The Katie Halper Show: Livestream & Podcast

Anti-war veteran Matthew Hoh, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, before resigning from his post in Afghanistan with the State Department, explains that the ...

27/03/2023

EMN Associate Director Matthew Hoh joins Cary Harrison on Rethinking Heroes to answer the question: what happens when a disabled Marine Corps combat veteran ends up in a high profile position in the state department?

What Happens when a disabled Marine Corps combat veteran ends up in a high profile position in the state department? Do policies towards vets change? Plus, Who’s now to blame for the banking crisis? The bankers? The Federal Reserve? Congress? The White house? Past Administrations? Your deep div...

27/03/2023

WATCH: Dennis Kucinich and EMN Associate Director Matthew Hoh discuss the and what it has to do with the Ukraine war on the Katie Helper Show.

For the entire discussion, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/iraq-war-20-with-80364962Dennis Kucinich and anti-war veteran Matt Hoh ...

27/03/2023

WATCH: EMN Associate Director Matthew Hoh discusses the truth about truthtelling on Podcast - By George.

Matthew Hoh wants you to know the truth. Think you're liberal? Progressive? Find out from the TRUE LEFT on this Podcast by George LiveLine.https://matthewhoh...

23/03/2023

“Are we getting more bang for the military megabucks we spend, or less? How much are Americans sacrificing to their wasteful and wanton god of war?” —EMN Senior Fellow William Astore for TomDispatch.

In April 1953, newly elected President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a retired five-star Army general who had led the landings on D-Day in France in June 1944, gave his most powerful speech. It would become known as

23/03/2023

“What we were doing didn’t have anything to do with national defense… When you’re in the service for a while, you begin to lose patience for it.” — EMN Senior Fellow Karen Kwiatkowski on the Whistleblowers with John Kiriakou on Sovren

It’s no secret the American government during the George W. Bush Administration made up its mind to go to war with Iraq on false pretenses.  They didn’t care what the truth was.  We’re going to talk about how that cynical decision led to war with the whistleblower who tried to stop it. John...

23/03/2023

EMN Director Dennis Fritz’s new book “Deadly Betrayal: The Truth of Why We Invaded Iraq” tells the truth of why a cabal of Pentagon Advisors in the Bush Administration fabricated a justification to attack Iraq and how they did it.

Get your copy here:

Published on the 20th anniversary of the first Iraq war, Deadly Betrayal documents the truth of why a cabal of Pentagon Advisors in the George W. Bush Administration created a fabricated justification to attack Iraq and how they did it. The book provides a...

23/03/2023

“Congress abdicated its responsibility for war-making and they haven’t stood up for themselves. They got a war that was pushed on them ... a war of choice, a war based on lies.” — EMN Associate Director Matthew Hoh. Los Angeles Times

The repeal effort is also targeting a similar 1991 authorization that gave President George H.W. Bush permission to start the Gulf War.

22/03/2023

Mark your calendar! EMN Senior Fellow Lawrence Wilkerson will be speaking at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library ’s 2023 Military Symposium on War Military History, which will be taking place from April 13 to April 14.

April 13 - 14, 2023 In-person and virtual attendance options available. Join to discuss the theme “The All-Volunteer Force Turns Fifty: Past Successes, Future Challenges" On June 30, 1973, America's All Volunteer Force was born but young men continue to be obligated to register for Selective Servi...

22/03/2023

Listen to EMN Associate Director Matthew Hoh discuss the 20th anniversary of the illegal U.S. invasion of Iraq and its brutal consequences on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.

Listen now (64 min) | In a lively and insightful roundtable discussion, Ralph hosts former Marine company commander, Matthew Hoh, who when not deployed also worked in the Pentagon and the State Department and independent and unembedded Iraq war correspondent, Dahr Jamail. They mark the twentieth ann...

22/03/2023

“Members of Congress, senior members of Congress, had no idea we had troops in Niger let alone that they were in combat. And this happens consistently,” — EMN Associate Director Matthew Hoh for CBS 17

After advancing in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the U.S. Senate is poised to repeal a law that gives the President broad military power.

22/03/2023

“No matter how moral you think you can be in the war, you don’t have your own agency,” — EMN Associate Director Matthew Hoh with Kari Williams for the Reserve National Guard Magazine.

When talk of the Iraq War began, retired Marine Corps Capt. Matthew Hoh was a junior officer for the Secretary of the Navy.

21/03/2023

Kennedy Thank you for having EMN Senior Fellow Gregory Daddis on to discuss the and “our relationship with war” as a whole.

Iraq war veteran Gregory Daddis reflects on the 20-year anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq on 'Kennedy.'

20/03/2023

EMN's Gregory Daddis will be on Fox Business Kennedy tonight at 7:10pm EST to discuss the 20th anniversary of the .

20/03/2023

20 years ago today, the U.S. launched their invasion of Iraq. Almost 2/3 of veterans who served in the Iraq War say it was not worth fighting.

Our expert senior fellows explain why.

17/03/2023

“Americans have a lot less to be proud of than we think,” said EMN Senior Fellow Karen Kwiatkowski on the upcoming anniversary of the . “I think the real danger is that their propaganda was very successful,” noted EMN Senior Fellow Coleen Rowley, who wrote an open letter to the FBI director in March 2003.

The drive to war was fueled by partisanship and served as an accelerant to the extremism that led to Trump and the Capitol riot

17/03/2023

"Disaster," said EMN Senior Fellow Larry Wilkerson, former Secretary of State Colin Powell's chief of staff, when asked for the first word that came to mind about the and its aftermath.

The 2011 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq left a vacuum that Islamic State militants filled.

17/03/2023

“We have people who suffer wounds that mean it’s going to be hell for them for the rest of their lives. Meanwhile, as we now know, Iraq was no threat to us. I’m upset about it to this day because our service members were used as pawns.” –EMN Director Dennis Fritz, who served as an U.S. Air Force officer for 28 years on the Iraq War.

Twenty years after the invasion, veterans struggle to reconcile their sacrifices with the unhappy outcome and the false narratives that started the war.