Jonathan Landay, a national security and intelligence reporter for McClatchy Newspapers, discusses why the Obama administration knew the Islamic State was growing but did little to counter it.

Nebojsa Malic, a regular columnist at Antiwar.com, discusses the US media's immediate conclusion that Vladimir Putin was responsible for downing Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 despite a lack of proof and the possibility that the Ukrainian government shot it down.

Sheldon Richman, vice president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses the proper historical context to view Israel's war on Gaza and why the media ignores the Hamas ceasefire proposal.

Peter Van Buren, author of We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People, discusses the Obama administration's asserted authority to assassinate American citizen Anwar al-Awlaki, and the death of due process and the Fifth Amendment.

McClatchy Foreign Staff journalist Mitchell Prothero discusses ISIS's war on holy shrines in the cradle of civilization.

Michael Scheuer, former Chief of the CIA's Bin Laden Issue Station, discusses the one-sided US-Israel relationship; why Israel's "right to exist" is meaningless rhetoric; and what motivates Al Qaeda and other Muslim extremists.

Grant F. Smith, director of IRMEP, discusses the many organizations that lobby the US government on behalf of Israel.

Gareth Porter, author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discusses the latest developments in US-Iran nuclear negotiations.