Featured Antiwar.com columnist Kelley B. Vlahos discusses her coverage of the mainstream Democratic interventionist CNAS conference, the unprecedented politicization of military policy, public relations stunts disguised as war strategy initiatives and why think tanks that function only as echo chambers are not part of the reality-based community.
06/15/10 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses the impending 'Iraq 2006 moment' Gen. McChrystal faces in Afghanistan, the political 'fix' discussed at the June CNAS conference: Republican pressure on Obama to scrap the 2011 withdrawal timetable, the dogged American determination to continue unwinnable wars and the difference between Iran’s NPT comprehensive safeguards obligations and its temporary voluntary compliance with the much-ballyhooed Additional...
Antiwar Radio 6/14/10
Jason Ditz, Pierre Tristam and Philip Weiss 9am-Noon Pacific, 12-3 Eastern at http://lrn.fm/
06/14/10 – Pierre Tristam – The Scott Horton Show
Pierre Tristam, editor of Flaglerlive.com, discusses his article 'From Times Square to Jacksonville: When Terrorism Is a Double-Standard,' scant press coverage of the firebombing outside a Jacksonville, FL mosque, bigotry and ignorance at work in local government and the lucrative business of Islamic terrorism fearmongering.
06/14/10 – Jason Ditz – The Scott Horton Show
Jason Ditz, managing news editor at Antiwar.com, discusses the brief and unproductive first session of Iraq's new parliament, Muqtada al-Sadr's feud with Nouri al-Maliki, Iran's considerable influence in Iraqi politics and why US efforts to export democracy often end in disaster.
06/14/10 – Philip Weiss – The Scott Horton Show
Investigative journalist Philip Weiss discusses the isolation of neoconservatives due to Israel's bad behavior, Senator Charles Schumer's odd justification for the Gaza blockade, why Hamas can and should be negotiated with.
06/09/10 – Daniel Ellsberg – The Scott Horton Show
Daniel Ellsberg, the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers, discusses Specialist Bradley Manning’s arrest for passing classified information to Wikileaks, the unfortunate negative connotations of the 'whistleblower' moniker, how Obama has decriminalized torture, 260,000 possible sources of embarrassment for the State Department and the Obama administration’s eager prosecution of whistleblowers.
06/08/10 – Lew Rockwell – The Scott Horton Show
Lew Rockwell, founder and Chairman of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, discusses the American cultural acceptance of torture, Ron Paul's ability to instill libertarian ideals in young people and the uphill battle to convince Americans that Iran is not a threat.
06/08/10 – 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 Israel’s failure to uphold the mark of a (somewhat) benevolent state: a high threshold for using deadly force against civilians, Israel’s purposeful destruction of Gaza’s economy to encourage deserters, the ignoble end of Helen Thomas’s estimable career in journalism, the 'good faith' defense for CIA torturers dreamed up by Dick Cheney and justified by...
Antiwar Radio 6/07/10
Antiwar Radio 6/07/10: Jason Ditz, Gareth Porter and Nick Baumann 12-3 Eastern time at http://LRN.FM/
06/07/10 – Nick Baumann – The Scott Horton Show
Nick Baumann, assistant editor at Mother Jones, discusses the Physicians for Human Rights study that alleges prisoners in CIA custody were used as guinea pigs, how experimentation with torture combinations was meant to bolster the legality and effectiveness of 'enhanced' interrogations, the close collaboration of doctors and psychologists with CIA torturers, revised prisoner experimentation rules in the 2006 Military Commissions Act and how government-perpetrated barbarism seems to be the new...
06/07/10 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses the CIA drone operators who believe their own jobs are counterproductive, how the Obama administration caters to domestic public opinion by extending policies that sound tough even though they are ineffective, US intelligence gathering on Iran that focuses on worst-case scenarios rather than plausible outcomes and why US military expansionism can't keep pace with the newly radicalized populations it...
06/07/10 – Jason Ditz – The Scott Horton Show
Jason Ditz, managing news editor at Antiwar.com, discusses the reports emerging from flotilla activists released from Israeli custody, why the fleeting nature of media news cycles may defeat efforts to debunk Israel's propaganda blitz and the missing-in-action official US government response to the killing of Furkan Dogan.
06/04/10 – Alan Grayson – The Scott Horton Show
Florida Congressman Alan Grayson discusses his 'War Is Making You Poor' bill that seeks to limit war spending and cut income taxes, how ending war spending on Afghanistan would free up enough money to eliminate federal taxes on income under 35k/year, why Israel’s blockade of Gaza is simply to keep Hamas from obtaining weapons and why the link between unconditional US support for Israel and 9/11 isn’t worth commenting on.
06/04/10 – Doug Bandow – The Scott Horton Show
Doug Bandow, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, discusses N. Korea's heated rhetoric after being blamed (and soon to be punished) for sinking a S. Korean warship, the strong motivation of all parties involved to ultimately find a peaceful settlement and the US intervention in yet another conflict halfway around the world.
