Eric Margolis, an internationally syndicated columnist and author of American Raj, discusses the lessons we should learn from the avoidable tragedy of WWI that began 100 years ago.

Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, discusses how central banks hide the true costs of war and the narrow segment of society benefiting from the "jobless recovery."

Stephen Zunes, a professor of politics and chair of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco, discusses Israel's "Hannibal protocol" that advocates killing Israeli soldiers rather than allowing them to be captured alive; the Geneva Conventions' definition of "human shields;" and how the US is rewriting the laws of war.

McClatchy Foreign Staff journalist Mitchell Prothero discusses the extreme brutality of the Islamic State in action and the counterproductive reprisals by Iraqi Shia militias.

Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, discusses why it now appears the Ukrainian government in Kiev intentionally shot down Malaysian Airlines flight MH17.

Conn Hallinan, a columnist for Foreign Policy in Focus, discusses his article "Parsing the East Asian Powder Keg," and the Pentagon's plan for a land invasion of China.

Jason Ditz, editor for Antiwar.com, discusses Bill Clinton's "I could have killed bin Laden" claim on 9/10/01; the German plan to settle the Russia-Ukraine dispute; and the grossly over-hyped "terror tunnels" in Gaza.

Blogger Marcy Wheeler discusses the CIA's admission that they did indeed spy on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; the US ambassadors told to hush up about CIA torture in their host countries; and how Patrick Leahy's version of USA Freedom Act could help the NSA get inside your smart phone.

McClatchy journalist Nancy Youssef discusses her article "U.S. evacuates Libyan embassy amid growing unrest," and Libyan General Khalifa Haftar's inability to reclaim territory from Islamic militias.