Gareth Porter, independent researcher and journalist, discusses Obama's extended withdrawal plan that keeps tens of thousands of troops in Iraq indefinitely, the political calculation behind the change from a 16 to 19 month withdrawal timetable and the incremental victory won by the generals and Pentagon officials who want to stay in Iraq for the long term.
Guns
A friend asked me to write a defense of my individualist view of gun rights. So here it is (this is an email, not a real essay, so go easy on me): Okay, I've never really written about this, nor is it really my area of expertise, but here's my best shot. (the following arguments are awesome, but not necessarily in comprehensible order or grammar.) First thing I think is that government does not legitimately hold any power or rights that haven't been delegated to them from the people - which...
Antiwar Radio 2/25/09: Daniel Levy, Gareth Porter
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02/25/09 – Daniel Levy – The Scott Horton Show
Daniel Levy, Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation, discusses the future of Israel with Benjamin Netanyahu as likely next Prime Minister, the multi-party complexity of Knesset coalition negotiations, how an Israeli government that includes moderate factions would provide some protection from international condemnation of future bad behavior and how U.S. initiative combined with Israelis and Palestinians thinking outside the box can produce...
Antiwar Radio 2/24/9: Glenn Greenwald, Jacob Hornberger and Robert Higgs
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02/24/09 – Glenn Greenwald – The Scott Horton Show
Glenn Greenwald, renowned Salon.com blogger, discusses the Obama administration's impact on civil liberties, the failure of Obama's government to reverse a single Bush-era legal position, how the Bagram prison in Afghanistan is replacing Guantanamo as the new extralegal detention facility, the spectacular claim that a global war on terror makes the whole world a battlefield and all its inhabitants potential enemy combatants, the history of the state secrets privilege from its original limited...
02/23/09 – Jacob Hornberger – The Scott Horton Show
Jacob Hornberger, founder and president of the Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court hearing of the Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri case, the inability of habeas corpus to protect even U.S. citizens from being designated enemy-combatants, the history of terrorism prosecution in U.S. criminal courts and how the continued U.S. assertion that Afghanistan is a war zone further undermines the credibility of Hamid Karzai's government.
Ron Paul for President 2008!
Oh wait. That's right. I forgot. It's too late for that.
Antiwar Radio 2/20/09: Gareth Porter, Robert Higgs
Today on Antiwar Radio, You, me, the news, Gareth Porter and Robert Higgs. KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/radio 11-1pm Pacific.
02/20/09 – Robert Higgs – The Scott Horton Show
Robert Higgs, senior fellow at the Independent Institute and author of Depression, War and Cold War, discusses his thesis of 'regime uncertainty' as a major factor of the Great Depression, the crash and recovery of 1921-22, the bubble created by the Fed in the later 'roaring' twenties in order to prop up British interests, how World War II provided the certainty big business needed to start investing again - in arms, why the Cold War buildup was still cheap enough for the economy to continue...
Antiwar Radio 2/19/09: Gareth Porter
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02/19/09 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, independent researcher and journalist, discusses the continuing struggle over control of the Iraq war narrative, the influence of retired general Jack Keane on the Bush Administration's Iraq policy, the surprising strength and stability of the Iraqi government and why General Petraeus's proposal for an extended Iraq withdrawal is a ploy get more time to scuttle the SOFA agreement.
Antiwar Radio for 2/18/09: Rep. Ron Paul M.D.
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“You Saved My Life” … A Reason to Keep Reporting – by Aaron Glantz
Dear Friends, After six years of war in Iraq, it is easy to get exhausted and depressed -- to think that all your repeated exposures to the trauma of war are for nothing, that you are fucking yourself up for next to no money for no reason -- Then something happens that suddenly gives all your work meaning, that gives you the strength to continue. Such an experience happened tonight, when one of the veterans I've covered hugged me and told me I saved his life. Two years ago, got a call from...
02/18/09 – Rep. Ron Paul – The Scott Horton Show
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) discusses the wisdom of using letters of marque and reprisal instead of waging conventional wars to fight terrorism, the slippery slope from government-mandated national service to military conscription, why the richly deserved criminal investigation of key Bush administration officials won't happen and the deleterious effects of Plan Columbia and the U.S. war on drugs.
