Kamal Alam, a Fellow at The Institute for Statecraft, discusses why the Syrian Army and Assad government have not collapsed despite being besieged for four years by internal and external forces.

Muhammad Sahimi, co-founder and editor of Iran News & Middle East Reports, discusses how the neocons, the Republican Party, Israel and Saudi Arabia are demonizing Iran to stop the completion of a nuclear agreement.

Former Republican congressman Dr. Ron Paul discusses his new book, Swords Into Plowshares:  A Life in Wartime and a Future of Peace and Prosperity,the sustainability of US empire while under the strain of an enormous national debt, and his preference for individual liberty instead of statism and endless war.

Adam Johnson, an associate editor at AlterNet and writer for FAIR.org, discusses the FBI's terrible track record predicting terrorist attacks, and why the mainstream media keeps taking them seriously.

Andrew Napolitano, the senior judicial analyst at Fox News Channel, discusses the evidence that Hillary Clinton provided material assistance to terrorists while Secretary of State and lied to Congress when asked about arming rebel groups in Libya and Syria.

David Heap, the spokesperson for Gaza's Ark, discusses the international Freedom Flotilla Coalition's latest attempt to break Israel's blockade of Gaza, which ended with Israel illegally boarding the Marianne in international waters and kidnapping the passengers.

Stephen Walt, the Robert and Renée Belfer professor of international relations at Harvard University, discusses why the US should stay out of the fight even if the Islamic State "wins" by retaining power in the areas now under their control.