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.

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.

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.

Philip Weiss, co-editor of the Mondoweiss blog, discusses why Palestinians are holding out for a substantial ceasefire agreement that improves their living standards, despite sustaining massive casualties in the meantime; the cracks developing in the US-Israel "special relationship;" and why the mainstream media finally has the nerve to criticize Israel's killing of civilians.

Darrin Marion, proprietor of Darrin's Coffee Company, discusses his business's sponsorship of The Scott Horton Show. Stop drinking Folgers and get free shipping on your order of Darrin's fresh roasted coffee.