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An ill-considered and unworkable proposal by the Selective Service System to try to “automatically” register all men ages 18-26 for a possible future military draft has been removed from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025.

The proposal for “automatic” draft registration was included in both the House and Senate versions of this year’s NDAA – without hearings, budget review, or debate – but was removed during closed-door House-Senate conference negotiations.

A proposal to expand Selective Service to young women as well as young men, which was included in the Senate version of the NDAA but not in the House version, was also removed by the House-Senate conference.

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On COI #723, Kyle Anzalone discusses the latest from the war in Ukraine and the onslaught in Gaza.

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Amnesty International concluded in a new report this week that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza:

The report, ‘You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza, documents how, during its military offensive launched in the wake of the deadly Hamas-led attacks in southern Israel on 7 October 2023, Israel has unleashed hell and destruction on Palestinians in Gaza brazenly, continuously and with total impunity.

“Amnesty International’s report demonstrates that Israel has carried out acts prohibited under the Genocide Convention, with the specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza. These acts include killings, causing serious bodily or mental harm and deliberately inflicting on Palestinians in Gaza conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction. Month after month, Israel has treated Palestinians in Gaza as a subhuman group unworthy of human rights and dignity, demonstrating its intent to physically destroy them,” said Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International. 

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Antiwar.com news editor Dave DeCamp appeared on  Crisis Magazine‘s podcast Crisis Point, hosted by Eric Sammons. Crisis is a Catholic publication founded in 1982 by leading Catholic intellectuals.

It was a fascinating interview about how Dave came to Antiwar.com and rediscovered his faith.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has not spoken with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov since 2021.   The Secretary of State is supposed to be America’s top diplomat.   Instead, Blinken has served as an advocate for war with Russia, refusing to engage diplomatically.

Throughout the Cold War, US diplomats continued to engage with their Soviet counterparts.    But Blinken has abandoned his main responsibilities during his tenure.

Journalist Tucker Carlson has engaged with President Putin and now with Foreign Minister Lavrov.    On Friday, Carlson interviewed Lavrov in Moscow.     Below is the interview.

On COI #722, Kyle Anzalone discusses how the White House is supporting terrorists in Syria.

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