The road to war in Iraq led through many unlikely places. One of them was a chic hotel nestled among the strip bars and brothels that cater to foreigners in the town of Pattaya, on the Gulf of Thailand. On December 17th, 2001, in a small room within the sound of the crashing tide, a CIA officer attached metal electrodes to the ring and index fingers of a man sitting pensively in a padded chair. The officer then stretched a black rubber tube, pleated like an accordion, around the man’s chest...
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08/11/14 – Eric Garris – The Scott Horton Show
Eric Garris, managing editor of Antiwar.com, discusses why Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has good reason to fear a US-backed coup against him.
08/11/14 – Brendan O’Neill – The Scott Horton Show
Brendan O'Neill, editor of Spiked-online, discusses the anti-Israel activists who act as the attack dogs of a new Western imperialism.
08/11/14 – Jeff Kaye – The Scott Horton Show
Jeff Kaye, a psychologist and blogger at Firedoglake, discusses the CIA's ongoing intervention in Ukraine since the end of WWII.
08/11/14 – Doug Bandow – The Scott Horton Show
Doug Bandow, a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, discusses why the US should stay out of Iraq and leave the fight to other capable regional powers like Turkey and Jordan.
08/11/14 – Marjorie Cohn – The Scott Horton Show
Marjorie Cohn, a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, discusses how US leaders aid and abet Israeli war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.
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08/08/14 – Stephen Walt – The Scott Horton Show
Stephen M. Walt, professor of international relations at Harvard University, discusses his article "Do No (More) Harm" about why the US should stop intervening in the Middle East.
08/08/14 – Peter Van Buren – The Scott Horton Show
Peter Van Buren, author of We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People, discusses the Obama administration's humanitarian pretext for going back to war in Iraq.
08/08/14 – Alex Kane – The Scott Horton Show
Alex Kane, assistant editor for Mondoweiss, discusses what Hamas and the Israeli government want out of a ceasefire agreement; and what Israel has gained (or not) by destroying Gaza and killing 2000 Palestinians.
