Winslow T. Wheeler, Director of the Straus Military Reform Project, discusses Secretary of Defense Robert Gates's halfhearted fight against Pentagon waste, the expensive and poor-performing next generation of fighter aircraft, differing characterizations of US expansionism: evil empire or benevolent global hegemon, ever-increasing Pentagon budgets that paradoxically result in the worst equipped military in a generation and why US Navy surface ships are sitting ducks.
Antiwar Radio 6/01/10
Eric Garris, Gareth Porter Interviews Flynt Leverette, Tom Woods 11-2 Central - First 2 hours at http://kaosradioaustin.org and for the first time, today a new third hour will be broadcast from http://libertyradionetwork.com/ .
06/01/10 – Thomas E. Woods – The Scott Horton Show
Thomas E. Woods, coauthor of We Who Dared to Say No to War: American Antiwar Writing from 1812 to Now, discusses Daniel Webster's stirring speech against the War of 1812, the slaughter of retreating Iraqi soldiers in the 1991 Gulf War and how the institution of war has become the US civic religion.
06/01/10 – Gareth Porter and Flynt Leverett – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service and Flynt Leverett, former Senior Director for Middle East Affairs at the National Security Council, discuss how easy it is to co-opt mainstream media and spread disinformation to start a war, controlling the narrative to influence who ultimately gets blamed if/when Iran’s tri-party uranium swap deal fails, unresolved internal division in the Obama administration over whether Iran is allowed to enrich uranium at all,...
06/01/10 – Eric Garris – The Scott Horton Show
Eric Garris, founder and director of Antiwar.com, discusses the highly restrictive Gaza blockade that subjects 1.5 million residents to collective punishment for electing Hamas, Israel's surprisingly violent attack on the aid flotilla after allowing half of the previous attempts to pass through, the timid official US response (amid a chorus of international condemnation) to Israel's killing of humanitarian aid volunteers and why Israel has likely lost its key alliance with Turkey.
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The Other Scott Horton on Freedom Watch
Click play to see the heroic anti-torture human rights lawyer, Columbia law professor and Harper's magazine journalist The Other Scott Horton (no relation) discuss the case of "The Guantanamo 'Suicides'" on Freedom Watch with Andrew Napolitano The Guantanamo 'Suicides' Australian radio interview with Horton and witness Hickman: Seton Hall report Six Questions for Dr. Michael Baden: The Guantánamo autopsies Six Questions for Rachid Mesli: The missing throats The Official Response Begins DOD...
05/28/10 – Juan Cole – The Scott Horton Show
Juan Cole, author of Engaging the Muslim World, discusses the attack in Lahore, Pakistan against the Ahmadiyya religious minority, the propagation of conspiracy theories by the Pakistani government, Muqtada al-Sadr's extensive community organization apparatus in Iraq and the blurred legal authority governing overlapping US civilian, CIA and military operations.
Antiwar Radio 5/27/10
Looks like just you, me, tunes and the news. 11-1 95.9 FM in Austin or stream from http://kaosradioaustin.org or http://antiwar.com/radio.
05/26/10 – Stephen Vladeck – The Scott Horton Show
Stephen Vladeck, Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law, discusses the legal challenges brought to bear against unconstitutional government actions, the Obama administration's so-far successful effort to keep Bagram prison free from judicial oversight, the high burden of proof on a prisoner to show the location of his detention was explicitly chosen to skirt the law and language in the National Defense Authorization Act that potentially criminalizes defense lawyers...
05/26/10 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses the swiftly unraveling US disaster in Afghanistan, the short-lived 'government in a box' Marjah model, US reliance on Wali Karzai (Hamid Karzai’s brother) for intelligence gathering, Gen. McChrystal’s continuation of night raids despite their ineffectiveness and why the upcoming operation in Kandahar may be the last gasp of US occupation.
05/25/10 – John Feffer – The Scott Horton Show
John Feffer, co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies, discusses the diplomatic fallout following S. Korea's conclusion that N. Korea sunk its battleship, indications that — despite the heated rhetoric — war will be avoided on the Korean peninsula, the breakdown of N. Korea's prior NPT commitment thanks to the US government and the Japanese Prime Minister's change of heart on a US military base on Okinawa.
05/25/10 – Spencer Thayer – The Scott Horton Show
Spencer Thayer, member of Chicago Cop Watch and the Jail Jon Burge Committee, discusses the numerous torture accusations against former Chicago police commander Jon Burge, the torture tactics used by the US in Vietnam that have since made a home in civilian law enforcement, the longstanding practice of Chicago politicians and prosecutors ignoring complaints against police abuse and the real physical dangers faced by activist proponents of alternative policing methods.
05/21/10 – Scott Horton – The Scott Horton Show
The Other Scott Horton (no relation), international human rights lawyer, professor and contributing editor at Harper’s magazine, discusses the secret 'second prison' at Bagram in Afghanistan, changes made to the Army Field Manual (Appendix M) that allow the abuse of prisoners, Seymour Hersh’s upcoming exposé on US battlefield executions, civilian contractors providing intel for AfPak drone missile strikes, Christianity and just-war theory and Rand Paul’s disappointing stance on foreign...
05/21/10 – Philip Giraldi – The Scott Horton Show
Former CIA and DIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses press reports that attempt to link Iran with al-Qaeda and build the case for war, the danger of a new National Intelligence Estimate on Iran based on perceived intentions rather than facts, neocon Frank Gaffney's tireless warmongering and why Israel may have an opportunity to attack Iran in August.
