05/12/09 – Jeff Sharlet – The Scott Horton Show

by | May 12, 2009 |

Jeff Sharlet, author of the article 'Jesus killed Mohammed: The crusade for a Christian military,' discusses the widespread Christian fundamentalist evangelism among U.S. military officers, how a soldier’s perception of a war on Islam in Iraq trumps politically correct Bush and Obama administration rhetoric, the process behind the influx of intolerant evangelical military chaplains and Christianity’s usurpation of the Constitution at premier military academies.

Antiwar Radio: Burton Folsom

by | May 10, 2009 | ,

Burton Folsom, professor of history at Hillsdale College and author of the book New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America, discusses the disastrous legacy of America's Great Dictator, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Listen here.

05/08/09 – Mark Manning – The Scott Horton Show

by | May 8, 2009 |

Documentary filmmaker Mark Manning discusses his film The Road to Fallujah, the events leading up to the 2004 murders of Blackwater contract employees in Fallujah, the terrible toll collective punishment takes on civilians and how open dialogue makes peace possible.

05/07/09 – Sibel Edmonds – The Scott Horton Show

by | May 7, 2009 |

Sibel Edmonds, founder of the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition, discusses the hypocrisy of free speech invocations in defense of Rosen/Weissman while whistle-blowers endure gag orders, the numerous cover-ups of unspecified Congressional misdeeds caught on wiretaps, the dedication of rank-and-file FBI agents to investigate crimes despite political implications and how she is ready to tell her story to a publisher willing to fight government censorship.

05/07/09 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

by | May 7, 2009 |

Eric Margolis, author of American Raj: Liberation or Domination, discusses the many internal factions rebelling against the Pakistani government, Hillary Clinton's unfounded fears of a Taliban takeover of Pakistan, the geography and significance of Pakistan's provinces and how the U.S. risks creating more events akin to the Iranian Revolution.

05/07/09 – Jacob Hornberger – The Scott Horton Show

by | May 7, 2009 |

Jacob Hornberger, founder and president of the Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses the legal maneuvers that prevented a Supreme Court ruling on enemy combatants, the difference between regular and extraordinary rendition, how the U.S. asserts the right to detain anyone in the world indefinitely and how the mission of the CIA is incompatible with a free society.

05/06/09 – Andy Worthington – The Scott Horton Show

by | May 6, 2009 |

Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, discusses the necessity of prosecuting the handful of real 9-11 conspirators even though they were tortured, the unsupported claim that numerous released Guantanamo prisoners 'returned to the battlefield,' the ill-advised revival of Cheney/Addington military commissions and how the U.S. Bagram air base remains outside the scope of Obama’s 'reforms.'

05/06/09 – David Bromwich – The Scott Horton Show

by | May 6, 2009 |

David Bromwich, professor of literature at Yale University, discusses the standard Israeli practice of making incongruous conditional demands to avoid serious discussion of a Palestinian state, the propaganda and fundraising boon Ahmadinejad has been to AIPAC, the radicalizing effect recent Russian immigrants have had on Israeli politics and how the Iranian nuclear scaremongering may be designed for American consumption.