Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent for The Independent, discusses the failure of Iraqi elections to create a functional government, inadequate basic services in Iraq after seven years of occupation, the tendency of countries with oil-based economies to become dictatorships and why the Kurds are better served in the short term by continued autonomy rather than an independent state.
Antiwar Radio 5/18/10:
Antiwar Radio 5/18/10: Margaret Roberts, Muhammad Sahimi, James Bovard, Bob Murphy and Debra Sweet 11-1pm 95.9 in Austin or stream from http://kaosradioaustin.org
05/18/10 – Muhammad Sahimi – The Scott Horton Show
Muhammad Sahimi, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Southern California, discusses the Iran/Turkey/Brazil enriched uranium swap agreement, the predictable negative reception from Europe and the US, further demands upon Iran and continuing sanctions meant to queer the deal, Hillary Clinton's last minute attempt to dissuade Turkey and Brazil from cooperating with Iran and why arguing for Iran's rights under the NPT is not an endorsement of Ahmadinejad or...
05/18/10 – James Bovard – The Scott Horton Show
James Bovard, author of Attention Deficit Democracy, discusses Bill Clinton's definition of terrorism: when regular people act like governments do, the Republican Party's inability to criticize law enforcement during the Waco Congressional hearings, why the libertarian movement is stuck in limbo and the large portion of tea party protesters that love government when it is warring, wiretapping or waterboarding.
05/18/10 – Debra Sweet – The Scott Horton Show
Debra Sweet, National Director of World Can't Wait, discusses why crimes under Bush are crimes under Obama, the rapidly escalating US occupation of Afghanistan and the upcoming protest scheduled during Obama's West Point commencement address.
05/18/10 – Margaret Roberts – The Scott Horton Show
Margaret Roberts, author of the foreword to Secrets Worth Dying For: Timothy James McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing, discusses the security lockdown on David Paul Hammer since his recent death row radio interviews, Hammer's concern about being murdered or "suicided" in custody and the history of suspicious deaths of other inmates associated with the Oklahoma City Bombing.
05/18/10 – Robert Murphy – The Scott Horton Show
Robert Murphy, senior fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute and author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism, discusses why hundreds of trillions in derivatives contracts are not as big a deal as they seem, the economic stalemate from competing deflationary and inflationary forces, a revisionist history of Paul Volcker's term as Fed chairman, innovative entrepreneurs making the best of the Haitian disaster and why charity and libertarianism are not mutually exclusive.
Antiwar Radio 5/14/10
Max Keiser, Matthew Harwood, Chris Hedges 11-1 95.9 in Austin or stream from http://kaosradioaustin.org
05/14/10 – Chris Hedges – The Scott Horton Show
Chris Hedges, author of War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, discusses the antiwar movement's many mistakes that have rendered it ineffective, the slow-motion fascist coup d'etat in the US, the dangers of unfettered capitalism, the pros and cons of secession movements and the near-unanimous Congressional approval of the extrajudicial assassination of US citizens.
05/14/10 – Matthew Harwood – The Scott Horton Show
Washington DC-based writer Matthew Harwood discusses the degraded moral principles in the US evident from the American public’s assent to torture, the prohibition against torture by Washington and Lincoln in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars and the limited investigations focused on 'a few bad apples' instead of the torture choreographers in the Bush administration.
Antiwar Radio 5/13/10
Max Keiser, rerun of Buchanan on WWII 11-1 95.9 in Austin or stream from http://kaosradioaustin.org
05/13/10 – Max Keiser – The Scott Horton Show
Former Wall Street broker Max Keiser discusses the ongoing worldwide currency wars, how the large US dollar reserves held by Asian countries function as defense against potential IMF economic intervention, how the dollar's reserve currency status allows the US to incur enormous debts, the diminishing returns of deficit spending in its ability to prop up the broader economy, why rising commodity prices are aberrations in an otherwise deflationary environment, why many Americans are renouncing...
05/12/10 – Rep. Ron Paul – The Scott Horton Show
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) discusses the pitfalls his 'Audit the Fed' amendment faces during the legislative process, vastly increased public awareness of the Federal Reserve and central banking, gold’s increase in value relative the dollar and why the US empire would be impossible to maintain without the Fed’s ability to monetize debt.
05/12/10 – Robert Parry – The Scott Horton Show
Robert Parry, founder of ConsortiumNews.com, discusses new evidence that Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign struck a deal with Iran to extend the hostage crisis until after the election, quid pro quo arms deals between US-proxy Israel and Iran prior to the Iran Contra scandal, the heavy CIA influence in Reagan’s campaign and subsequent administration and why George H.W. Bush was much more 'in the loop' than he admits.
05/11/10 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses the unusually pessimistic Pentagon report on US progress in Afghanistan, pre-announced military offensives that prevent major confrontations with the Taliban, Hillary Clinton's heavy-handed approach to diplomacy with Pakistan, NY Times writer David Sanger's sudden realization that US foreign policy does indeed have consequences and why Israel is hesitant to violate US-controlled Iraqi airspace to strike Iran.
