Reese Erlich, author of Inside Syria, discusses his article on the myths about Obama's latest war in Syria and Iraq.

Thomas Harrington, author of Livin' La Vida Barroca, discusses the US's role in Israel-Palestine politics and why nobody is even pretending a 2-state solution is possible anymore.

Jonathan Landay, a McClatchy Foreign Staff journalist, discusses his article "'Boots in the air': U.S. helicopters return to combat in Iraq for first time."

Trita Parsi, founder and president of the National Iranian American Council, discusses why he's pessimistic about an Iran nuclear deal being finalized this year; and how to weaken the Islamic State by targeting their recruitment efforts.

Tom Engelhardt, author of Shadow Government, discusses why the enormous US intelligence apparatus is rewarded for its repeated failures.

Musa al-Gharbi, a research fellow at the Southwest Initiative for the Study of Middle East Conflicts, discusses his article "By hyping ISIL threat, US is falling into group's trap;" and why most Sunnis fighting for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi are motivated by political, not religious, concerns.

Trevor Timm, executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, discusses why it's time for Obama to explain why he is attacking Syria, and with what legal justification.

Murtaza Hussain, a journalist with The Intercept, discusses how the Obama administration invented the "Khorasan Group" threat to justify bombing Syria.