Gareth Porter, an award-winning independent journalist and historian, discusses why US military service chiefs don't want a US combat role in the fight against Islamic State in Iraq, even if that means the conflict will be drawn out and inconclusive.

Jerome Slater, a professor of political science at the State University of New York at Buffalo, discusses the UN report on war crimes in Israel's 2014 "Operation Protective Edge" assault on Gaza.

Philip Giraldi, a former CIA officer and Executive Director of The Council for the National Interest, discusses how Israel and its American allies have declared war on the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS).

Daniel Larison, a senior editor at The American Conservative, discusses why Saudi Arabia and other US client states in the region would rather destroy Yemen than help the US fight ISIS and AQAP.

Andrew Bacevich, a military historian and author, discusses the theology of American national security - the conventional wisdom that the US can save Iraq by repeating the same failed strategies of previous interventions.

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