John Jones, co-founder of the University of New Hampshire chapter of Young Americans for Liberty, discusses his experience serving as a USAF Pashto linguist in Afghanistan, Ron Paul's straw poll victory at the February CPAC conference, the YAL-sponsored 'petition to end the war,' and the natural evolution from antiwar activism to anti-government libertarianism.
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04/07/10 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Internationally syndicated columnist Eric Margolis discusses US displeasure with 'puppet' Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s recent intransigence, the solid representation of former Afghan Communist Party members in the current government and security forces, how the US broke up peace talks between Karzai and the Taliban, the difficulty of getting the straight story on 9/11 and why the micromanaging of Afghanistan’s politics is the height of arrogance and stupidity.
04/07/10 – Dahr Jamail – The Scott Horton Show
Independent journalist Dahr Jamail discusses the common occurrence of unprovoked US military violence like the incident revealed by Wikileaks, Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s two-month window to eliminate the competition and stay in power, the inability of Americans to parse through media nonsense to get the real story on Iraq, 'atrocity producing' situations in Iraq fed by dehumanization and arbitrary rules of engagement and why it’s difficult to turn off the boot camp-indoctrinated...
Antiwar Radio 4/6/10
You, me, news, tunes. 11-1 95.9 in Austin or stream from http://kaosradioaustin.org.
Wikileaks Releases Video of US Choppers Slaying Reporters
Warning: Very Disturbing Footage July 12, 2007 From CollateralMurder.com: WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad -- including two Reuters news staff. Reuters has been trying to obtain the video through the Freedom of Information Act, without success since the time of the attack. The video, shot from an Apache helicopter gun-site, clearly shows the unprovoked slaying of a wounded...
The Israelis Next Door
By Christopher Ketcham [.pdf] Update: And here is Sibel Edmonds: The Traitors Among Us by Brad Friedman. Larry Flynt, man, you're alright.
The Other Scott Horton and Sgt Joseph Hickman on the Guantanamo ‘Suicides’
Listen to The Other Scott Horton (no relation), international human rights attorney and legal affairs contributor to Harper's magazine, interviewed on Australian radio with his star witness, U.S. Army Sgt. Joseph Hickman on the apparent murder in custody of three Guantanamo prisoners on the night of June 9, 2006, here.
04/02/10 – Robert Pape – The Scott Horton Show
Robert Pape, author of Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism, discusses the new comprehensive online database of suicide attacks, how US occupations help al-Qaeda recruitment efforts, the overwhelming evidence that suicide attacks are motivated by nationalism and not Islamic fundamentalism and the upcoming CPOST book After Iraq: Stopping the Rise of Anti-American Suicide Terrorism Around the World.
04/02/10 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses the blowback from Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s 'targeted' night raids in Afghanistan, right-wing complaints about limited engagement rules that supposedly undermine military efforts and CIA documents obtained by Wikileaks that recommend using women’s rights issues to get European support in Afghanistan.
4/01/10 Scott Horton on Iran’s Nuclear Program, Iran Debate at UC Riverside
In a panel discussion, Scott Horton dispels the myths about Iran's nuclear program at UC Riverside on April 1st, 2010. Watch the full discussion below. https://youtube.com/watch?v=Y9jVq3JyHfg
Antiwar Radio 4/01/10
Jason Ditz and Philip Weiss 11-1pm 95.9 in Austin or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/radio.
04/01/10 – Jason Ditz – The Scott Horton Show
Jason Ditz, managing news editor at Antiwar.com, discusses the inconclusive Iraq election results, Muqtada al-Sadr's influence on deciding the next prime minister, why Ayad Allawi is the only hope for Sunni representation in government, confusion about US withdrawal deadlines and why territorial expansion is a necessary prerequisite for a viable independent Kurdistan.
04/01/10 – Philip Weiss – The Scott Horton Show
Investigative journalist Philip Weiss discusses the recent diplomatic dustup that exposed AIPAC's primary allegiance to the Israeli government, the limited timetable for reversing land theft before the change is permanent, the conflict between Israeli ethnic chauvinism and deep-rooted US Jewish liberalism, the essentially racist and expansionist core of Zionism and Obama's apparent offer of unity with Israel on Iran in exchange for a settlement freeze.
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