Former Wall Street broker Max Keiser discusses the ongoing worldwide currency wars, how the large US dollar reserves held by Asian countries function as defense against potential IMF economic intervention, how the dollar's reserve currency status allows the US to incur enormous debts, the diminishing returns of deficit spending in its ability to prop up the broader economy, why rising commodity prices are aberrations in an otherwise deflationary environment, why many Americans are renouncing...
05/12/10 – Robert Parry – The Scott Horton Show
Robert Parry, founder of ConsortiumNews.com, discusses new evidence that Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign struck a deal with Iran to extend the hostage crisis until after the election, quid pro quo arms deals between US-proxy Israel and Iran prior to the Iran Contra scandal, the heavy CIA influence in Reagan’s campaign and subsequent administration and why George H.W. Bush was much more 'in the loop' than he admits.
05/12/10 – Rep. Ron Paul – The Scott Horton Show
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) discusses the pitfalls his 'Audit the Fed' amendment faces during the legislative process, vastly increased public awareness of the Federal Reserve and central banking, gold’s increase in value relative the dollar and why the US empire would be impossible to maintain without the Fed’s ability to monetize debt.
05/11/10 – Grant F. Smith – The Scott Horton Show
Grant F. Smith, director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy in Washington, D.C., discusses the newly declassified GAO report (from 1978) on the diversion of US nuclear material to Israel, marginal investigations and possible coverups by the FBI and CIA, prosecutorial immunity for high-profile Americans who commit crimes for Israel's benefit, billionaire Haim Saban's considerable influence on the Democratic Party and why LBJ's political debt to fundraiser Abraham Feinberg...
05/11/10 – Jesse Walker – The Scott Horton Show
Jesse Walker, managing editor of Reason magazine, discusses the lack of compelling evidence so far against the Hutaree militia members, the distinction between tough talk and actual criminal conspiracy, how most militias are formed for defensive action against government abuses and why unique personal grievances tend to make anti-government violence the domain of individuals acting alone.
05/11/10 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses the unusually pessimistic Pentagon report on US progress in Afghanistan, pre-announced military offensives that prevent major confrontations with the Taliban, Hillary Clinton's heavy-handed approach to diplomacy with Pakistan, NY Times writer David Sanger's sudden realization that US foreign policy does indeed have consequences and why Israel is hesitant to violate US-controlled Iraqi airspace to strike Iran.
05/11/10 – Will Potter – The Scott Horton Show
Will Potter, founder of the GreenIsTheNewRed blog, discusses the prison-within-a-prison Communications Management Units (CMUs) designed to silence non-violent activist prisoners, limited oversight and questionable legal authority for CMUs, the tendency of governments to criminalize dissent from the left and right and why the erosion of individual rights (even of prisoners) negatively effects the whole society.
05/07/10 – Muhammad Sahimi – The Scott Horton Show
Muhammad Sahimi, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Southern California, discusses the consistently wrong warnings from Western and Israeli sources about an imminent Iranian nuclear weapon, the lack of outcry over the Shah's nuclear ambitions in the 1970s, clarification of Iran's obligations under the NPT and additional protocol/subsidiary agreements and how persistent lies about Iran's nuclear program overwhelm the efforts to debunk them.
05/07/10 – Pepe Escobar – The Scott Horton Show
Asia Times columnist Pepe Escobar discusses Brazil's possible role as mediator (replacing hostile EU nations and the US) between Iran and the UN, the interplay of oil politics and full-spectrum dominance in US foreign policy, why the 1953 CIA-orchestrated overthrow of Mohammad Mosaddegh is still fresh in the minds of Iranians, speculation on the whereabouts and mortality of Osama bin Laden, the philosophical divide between the Taliban and al Qaeda and the psychology of the Times Square...
Antiwar Radio 5/6/10
Noah Shachtman 11-1 95.9 in Austin or stream from http://kaosradioaustin.org.
05/06/10 – Daphne Eviatar – The Scott Horton Show
Daphne Eviatar, Senior Associate in Law and Security for Human Rights First, discusses the trial of Guantanamo prisoner Omar Khadr, the unconstitutional retroactive application of the Military Commissions Act, the US government’s apparent loss of faith in the civilian criminal court system, why the most radical of legal proposals come from supposed political 'moderates' like Joe Lieberman, the sparse US mainstream media presence at Khadr’s hearings and the individual frustrations of those...
05/06/10 – Noah Shachtman – The Scott Horton Show
Noah Shachtman, contributing editor at WIRED magazine, discusses evidence that Army spy planes were tracking the communications of Times Square bomber suspect Faisal Shahzad, Pentagon discussions on equipping ICBMs with conventional warheads for rapid global-strike capability, Chinese missile technology that may overwhelm the Aegis ship defense system and Predator drone attacks that have gone from targeting specific terrorist suspects to generalized killing.
Antiwar Radio 5/5/10
Today on Antiwar Radio: Jack Hunter, the Southern Avenger 11-1 95.9 in Austin or stream from http://kaosradioaustin.org
05/05/10 – Philip Giraldi – The Scott Horton Show
Former CIA and DIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses the cloak-and-dagger media spectacle of a former CIA agent claiming to have knowledge of secret Iranian weapons, the possibility of an Israeli air strike on Iran this summer, how Israel sabotages US relations with Mideast rival countries, why it has become politically impossible for the US to rein in Israel and how the cost of maintaining US empire is the constant threat of blowback.
05/05/10 – Jack Hunter – The Scott Horton Show
Jack Hunter, talk radio host and newspaper columnist, discusses the Barry Goldwater foundation of the modern American conservative movement, why Sean Hannity is too stupid to realize he's a neocon, how Obama's election has made conservatives easier to talk to about foreign policy and how neocons are losing their tightly held grip on Republican talking points.
