Reese Erlich joins Scott to discuss the latest developments in Iraq and Eastern Syria. Erlich details the growing tension between Turkey, a NATO country, and the United States and the Kurds who are getting caught in between. Erlich and Scott discuss the recent history of U.S. interventionism in Syria, how the Trump policy divulges from Obama's, and the current status of the Islamic State. Reese Erlich is a nationally syndicated columnist and the author of Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their...
08/26/08 – Adam Isacson – The Scott Horton Show
Adam Isacson, director of programs at the Center for International Policy, discusses the history of Plan Columbia, the terrible humanitarian situation there, the murderous criminality of the government, right-wing paramilitary death squads and FARC guerrillas alike, the FARC's choice in the mid-nineties to go ahead and align themselves with cocaine traffickers, Joe Biden's role in pushing military aid through the U.S. Senate, the economic illiteracy behind the coca spraying projects in Latin...
