Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses President Obama's admission that "we tortured some folks;" why Americans should be ashamed about the war on Gaza (and Syria); and how the Council for the National Interest fights back against the Israel lobby's undue influence on Congress.

Gareth Porter, an award-winning independent journalist, discusses his article "The Fog of Diplomacy: Creating a False Picture of the Iran Nuclear Talks."

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.

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.

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."

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.