01/09/15 – Tony Camerino – The Scott Horton Show

Tony Camerino (a.k.a. Matthew Alexander), a former Air Force interrogator in Iraq, discusses what motivates terrorist attacks during the perpetual US War on Terror - whether the target is a French satirical magazine in Paris or a Shia mosque in Samarra, Iraq.

01/08/15 – Ramzy Baroud – The Scott Horton Show

Ramzy Baroud, an internationally-syndicated columnist and founder of PalestineChronicle.com, discusses how Mahmoud Abbas and his Palestinian Authority have lost their purpose and mandate; the legal consequences if Palestine gains membership in the International Criminal Court; and why the terrorist attack against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo was motivated mostly by political, not religious, concerns.

01/07/15 – Will Grigg – The Scott Horton Show

Will Grigg, blogger and author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses his article "Bryan Fischer and the Gospel of Genocide." Fischer, a mouthpiece of the Christian Right, celebrates the power of the state, in religious garb, to violently conquer "lesser" cultures.

01/07/15 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter, an award-winning independent journalist and historian, discusses why the Obama administration's plan to fight the Islamic State can't possibly succeed; and the few US presidents who could stand up to the military-industrial complex.