Jason Ditz, editor at Antiwar.com, discusses President Obama's efforts to change the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) so he can dramatically broaden the war on terror.

Joshua Hughes, an American expat living in Costa Rica, discusses why he is going on a hunger strike until Israel's siege of Gaza ends.

Eric Margolis, author of American Raj, discusses Israel's "war" on Gaza and why the US risks terrorist attacks by providing Israel with the weapons being used to kill Palestinian civilians.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.