Christian Appy, an author and professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, discusses the powerfully enduring myth of the US's "merciful ending to the good war," culminating in the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 years ago.

Scott Paul, Oxfam America's senior humanitarian policy advisor, discusses the desperate humanitarian crisis in Yemen where an intense bombing campaign by a Saudi-led coalition has left the country in ruins.

Conn Hallinan, a writer with Foreign Policy in Focus, discusses his article "Behind Washington’s ‘Crackpot’ Deal with Turkey to Fight ISIS;" and why Obama has decided to provide air cover for the "moderates" fighting Syria's army.

Daoud Kuttab, an award-winning Palestinian journalist, discusses how the Israeli government hopes to deflect the force of international law against illegal Jewish settlements by describing "price tag" attacks on Palestinians as terrorism.

Muhammad Sahimi, co-founder and editor of Iran News & Middle East Reports, discusses the lies being told about the Iran nuclear deal, sanctions relief, and the IAEA's (legally obligated) secrecy.

Justin Logan, the director of foreign policy at the Cato Institute, discusses why Iran has no chance to become the "regional hegemon in the Middle East" once sanctions are lifted and Iran's economy improves.

Anand Gopal, author of No Good Men Among the Living, discusses the death of Mullah Omar, the future of the Taliban, and why the US war in Afghanistan hasn't really ended.

Anthony Weller, editor of First Into Nagasaki, discusses his father's bold journalistic investigations in post-atomic bomb Nagasaki, and how the US government covered up the evidence of the bomb's gruesome effects on its surviving victims.