Tracey Harmon, conscientious objector member of IVAW and LOLA, discusses her poor phone reception in Iraq, her conscientious objector ordeal, working with an undisclosed NGO to investigate crimes by or against Iraqi Kurds.
Antiwar Radio 4/22/2010
Joshua Kors and Daniel Luban 11-1 95.9 in Austin or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org.
04/22/10 – Daniel Luban – The Scott Horton Show
Daniel Luban, writer for the foreign policy blog Lobelog, discusses Israel's postwar history, the lack of a serious peace process since Camp David, Obama's sometimes-encouraging rhetoric on a peaceful two-state settlement, common ground between the anti-occupation Left and foreign policy/military realists worried about disruption of US regional goals, why Palestinians will have a powerful appeal for one person one vote democracy should a two-state solution fail and why parsing the public...
04/22/10 – Joshua Kors – The Scott Horton Show
Joshua Kors, writer for The Nation, discusses the military’s fraudulent 'personality disorder' discharges that deprive injured soldiers of benefits and medical care, Sergeant Chuck Luther’s mistreatment and effective incarceration by Army doctors, how the Pentagon has saved an estimated 12 billion dollars by denying care to 22,600 soldiers since 2001 and how the Feres Doctrine limits malpractice lawsuits against military doctors.
Antiwar Radio: 4/21/2010
J-Street's Isaac Luria, ACLU's Jonathan Hafetz 11-1pm 95.9 FM in Austin or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/radio.
04/21/10 – Isaac Luria – The Scott Horton Show
Isaac Luria, Director of Communications and New Media for the pro-Israel J Street lobby, discusses J Street's increased influence in Washington since its creation two years ago, why a US-initiated two state solution for Israel/Palestine is in the best interest of all parties, polls that show American Jews support Obama's proposals even when Israel's government doesn't, the fast-approaching demographic milestone wherein Palestinians will outnumber Jews in greater Israel, why Jews still need a...
04/21/10 – Jonathan Hafetz – The Scott Horton Show
ACLU attorney Jonathan Hafetz discusses the McCain-Lieberman bill's potential to replace the US justice system with arbitrary and indefinite military detention, Obama's confirmed policy of extrajudicial assassination of suspected American terrorists, illegal government actions shielded by invocations of national security and sovereign immunity and how the Bill of Rights degenerated from a guarantee of individual liberty to a conditional permission slip subject to the whims of government.
Antiwar Radio 4/20/10
David T. Hardy on the Waco Massacre and Robert Higgs and James Galbraith debate munny. 11-1pm 95.9 FM in Austin or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/radio.
04/20/10 – David T. Hardy – The Scott Horton Show
David T. Hardy, author of This Is Not an Assault: Penetrating the Web of Official Lies Regarding the Waco Incident, discusses the regular practice of federal law enforcement agencies conducting headline-grabbing raids just before Congressional appropriations, the scandal-plagued ATF's attempt to get back in the Clinton government's good graces by cracking down on right-wing groups, how ATF 'undercover' agents — just nine days before the assault began — were granted access to the Branch...
04/20/10 – Robert Higgs vs. James Galbraith – The Scott Horton Show
Robert Higgs, Senior Fellow in Political Economy at the Independent Institute and James Galbraith, Professor of Economics at the University of Texas, Austin, discuss the folly of government bailouts for insolvent banks, the creation of the Glass-Steagall Act as a means to prevent FDIC insured banks from taking excessive risks, the benefits and detriments of public and private regulation and oversight, the problems of regulatory capture and revolving door politics, divergent opinions on the...
04/19/10 – James Ridgeway – The Scott Horton Show
James Ridgeway, Senior Washington Correspondent for Mother Jones, discusses his 2007 article 'In Search of John Doe No. 2: The Story the Feds Never Told About the Oklahoma City Bombing,' the neo-Nazi movement’s 1983 plot to blow up the Murrah Federal Building, frivolous criminal charges made against ATF agent Carol Howe that prevented her from testifying for the defense at McVeigh’s trial, how the OKC bombing continues to be used as a political club against anti-government groups and how the...
Antiwar Radio 4/16/10
Michael Lindey, Syed Saleem, Shahzad, Lew Rockwell 11-1pm 95.9 FM in Austin or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/radio.
04/16/10 – Lew Rockwell – The Scott Horton Show
Lew Rockwell, founder and Chairman of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, discusses Ron Paul's ability to explain and popularize libertarian ideas, the large number of Americans seething about the economy, how William F. Buckley, Jr. spearheaded the purging of antiwar rightists from the Conservative movement (and how Ron Paul is putting them back in) and how the hidden inflation tax allows the government to fund wars and avoid popular outrage.
04/16/10 – Syed Saleem Shahzad – The Scott Horton Show
Syed Saleem Shahzad, Pakistan Bureau Chief for Asia Times Online, discusses the incorrect report of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed's death in a 2002 shootout in Pakistan, the two very different Jundullah organizations, how the neo-Taliban has closer links to al-Qaeda than the previous generation, al-Qaeda's attempt to instigate conflict between India and Pakistan to damage the US war effort in Afghanistan and why the Taliban will never be willing to turn over al-Qaeda members to the US.
Muslims Want to Conquer the World
My Facebook friend Bob writes: "It's hard for me to overcome [my friends'] objection that Muslims are out to conquer the world. Any ideas?" I respond: It just ain't so. America is an empire, and those who promote it and profit from it have to tell lies in order to justify what they do. For example, they have, since 9/11, pushed the lie that the attack came out of the clear blue sky, that it represented the cutting edge of the new rising bin Ladenite caliphate taking over the world "from Spain...
