Scott McConnell, a founding editor at The American Conservative, discusses his article "The Ambitions Driving the Ukraine Consensus," about the near-unanimity of policy-makers and media pundits on the need to hold Russia and Putin accountable for "aggression" in Ukraine - even if it means risking nuclear confrontation.

Rebecca Gordon, a lecturer in philosophy at the University of San Francisco and author of Mainstreaming Torture, discusses the bogus excuses for the Bush administration's unnecessary torture program; the eventual prosecution of US officials who violated the Geneva Conventions; and the brave whistleblowers and journalists who exposed and rejected the torture program.

Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses how the huge increase in defense spending since 9/11 has made America's soldiers too expensive to use.

James Carden, a Contributing Editor for The National Interest, discusses the foreign policy "realist" think tank backlash against a neoconservative report calling on the US to spend billions arming Ukraine.

Kelley B. Vlahos, a contributor to The American Conservative, discusses her article "A Blackwater World Order," about the rise of mercenary armies worldwide after the precedent-setting US invasion/occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Eric Margolis, syndicated columnist and author of American Raj, discusses Europe's worries that the US's schemes in Ukraine will start a shooting war with Russia.

Investigative journalist Greg Palast discusses why the billionaire Koch brothers are so keen to build the Keystone Pipeline from Canada to their Texas oil refinery.