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02/19/09 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, independent researcher and journalist, discusses the continuing struggle over control of the Iraq war narrative, the influence of retired general Jack Keane on the Bush Administration's Iraq policy, the surprising strength and stability of the Iraqi government and why General Petraeus's proposal for an extended Iraq withdrawal is a ploy get more time to scuttle the SOFA agreement.
Antiwar Radio for 2/18/09: Rep. Ron Paul M.D.
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“You Saved My Life” … A Reason to Keep Reporting – by Aaron Glantz
Dear Friends, After six years of war in Iraq, it is easy to get exhausted and depressed -- to think that all your repeated exposures to the trauma of war are for nothing, that you are fucking yourself up for next to no money for no reason -- Then something happens that suddenly gives all your work meaning, that gives you the strength to continue. Such an experience happened tonight, when one of the veterans I've covered hugged me and told me I saved his life. Two years ago, got a call from...
02/18/09 – Rep. Ron Paul – The Scott Horton Show
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) discusses the wisdom of using letters of marque and reprisal instead of waging conventional wars to fight terrorism, the slippery slope from government-mandated national service to military conscription, why the richly deserved criminal investigation of key Bush administration officials won't happen and the deleterious effects of Plan Columbia and the U.S. war on drugs.
Antiwar Radio: Thomas E. Woods
Thomas E. Woods Jr., scholar at the Ludwig von Mises Institute and author of the new book Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse, discusses the economic and historical parallels between the Great Depression and the current economic crises, why the Austrian theory of the business cycle provides the only adequate explanation for both and why government attempts to ameilerate the effects of their...
02/17/09 – Jason Ditz – The Scott Horton Show
Jason Ditz, Antiwar.com's Research Editor, discusses our fundraising drive, giving Obama a chance and the ins and outs of the Israeli elections.
02/17/09 – William Astore – The Scott Horton Show
Col. William Astore (Ret.), author of the article 'Who’s Military is it Anyway' at TomDispatch.com, discusses the distinction between an all-volunteer and an all-recruited military, the increasing similarities between the U.S. military and the French foreign legion, the misguided push to re-institute the draft as an antiwar measure and how the characterizations of military deployments as 'long wars' become self-fulfilling prophesies.
02/16/09 – Thomas Woods – The Scott Horton Show
Thomas E. Woods Jr., scholar at the Ludwig von Mises Institute and author of the new book Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse, discusses the economic and historical parallels between the Great Depression and the current economic crises, why the Austrian theory of the business cycle provides the only adequate explanation for both and why government attempts to ameilerate the effects of their...
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Antiwar Radio 2/12/09: Dahr Jamail
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02/12/09 – Dahr Jamail – The Scott Horton Show
Dahr Jamail, author of Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq, discusses the improved security in Baghdad that comes by way of a semi-police state fortified with concrete blast walls, the millions of Iraqi refugees who claim they will never return, the rising discontent among members of Sunni 'Awakening' groups, the incredibly high potential for violence in a politically unstable country with armed militias and 50% unemployment and how the numerous...
Antiwar Radio 2/11/09: Philip Giraldi, Aaron Glantz and Chris Floyd
11am-1pm Pacific time at KAOSRadioAustin.org. Now also on the LibertyRadioNetwork. (Not live.)
02/11/09 – Philip Giraldi – The Scott Horton Show
Philip Giraldi, author of the 'Smoke and Mirrors' column at Antiwar.com, discusses the bogus War on Terrorism, Turkey’s role in Middle Eastern regional politics, the Obama administration’s wishful thinking that a lucky missile strike in Waziristan will kill Osama bin Laden, the continuation of the war in Afghanistan despite a worldwide general consensus that it’s a lost cause and the rumors behind Anthony Zinni’s rescinded job offer to be the Ambassador to Iraq.
