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Max Blumenthal joined Scott on Antiwar Radio this week. Blumenthal’s publication, the Gray Zone, was recently attacked by the Washington Post in a story designed to frame Blumenthal and his colleagues as paid agents of foreign regimes. Scott and Blumenthal debunk this characterization and review why establishment publications like the Washington Post are targeting the Gray Zone. 

Discussed on the show:

• “News site editor’s ties to Iran, Russia show misinformation’s complexity” (Washington Post)
• “UN finds at least 14 Israelis likely intentionally killed by own army on 7 October” (Middle East Eye)
• Manufacturing Consent by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky

Max Blumenthal is a senior editor of the Grayzone Project and the author Goliath, Republican Gomorrah and The 51 Day War. Follow him on Twitter @MaxBlumenthal.

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Scott talks to Matt Agorist of the Free Thought Project about the recent shooting in New Zealand and the tactics used by the killer to intentionally sow political division. The point of radical action is often to provoke an equally violent political backlash, explains Scott, as it surely was in this case. Is it any wonder, ask Scott and Matt, that America’s killing of civilians abroad has done nothing but cause an increase in terrorism?

Discussed on the show:

• “NZ Terrorist Used ISIS Tactics to Push Agenda of Hate and Divide, and People Are Buying Into It” (The Free Thought Project)

Matt Agorist is an independent journalist and Editor at Large at the Free Thought Project. He is also a former marine and NSA intelligence operator. Follow him on Twitter @MattAgorist.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.

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Aaron Maté discusses the aftermath of the Russia investigation and what it’s revealed about mainstream American journalists. In addition to seriously undermining media credibility, the obsession with possible Russian influence over the president has made it next to impossible for Trump to do anything that might be seen as helpful for Putin, like pulling troops out of Syria or pushing for nuclear detente.

Discussed on the show:

• “07/25/16 – Jeffrey Carr” (The Scott Horton Show)
• Many, Many People, Sites Have Been Good On Russiagate (Foreign Policy Follies)
• “Putin’s Puppet” (Slate)
• “Pentagon Papers” (HISTORY)
• Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Doomed Campaign
• “Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence” (The New York Times)
• “3/26/19 Ray McGovern was Right About Russiagate” (The Libertarian Institute)
• “Lying Bigot James Clapper Assures World The Russia Narrative He Built Is Legit” (Medium)
• Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

Aaron Maté is a former host and producer at The Real News and writes regularly at The Nation. Follow him on Twitter @AaronJMate.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.

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Scott talks to Robert Naiman from Just Foreign Policy about the continued efforts to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war and starvation campaign in Yemen. Naiman explains the complexities of the various types of bills and resolutions in the house and senate, and why it’s been so hard to pass this kind of thing in the past. He says that if people want to help, the best thing they can do is to make phone calls to their senators and congressional representatives.

Discussed on the show:

• War Powers Resolution
• “H.J.Res.37” (Library of Congress)
• AIPAC Policy Conference 2019
• “Inside the White House During the Syrian ‘Red Line’ Crisis” (The Atlantic)

Robert Naiman is Policy Director at Just Foreign Policy and president of the board of Truthout. He helped write The WikiLeaks Files: The World According to US Empire. Find him on Twitter @naiman.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.

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Scott interviews Miles Lagoze about his film, Combat Obscura, which he produced and directed. The film details the war in Afghanistan through the eyes of soldiers on the ground.

Miles Lagoze is a filmmaker and marine veteran. Obsessed with the film Full Metal Jacket while growing up, he enlisted as a Combat Camera in the Marines when he was 18 and deployed to Afghanistan in 2011. After getting out of the military he began working on Combat Obscura while attending film school at Columbia University.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.

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Phil Giraldi talks about his recent article, “An Iranian April Surprise?” and the possibility of America provoking a war with Iran. President Trump withdrew from the Iranian nuclear deal, the purpose of which was to take pretense for war off the table. Now the neocons in the Trump administration are doing what they can to promote such a war.

Discussed on the show:

• “An Iranian April Surprise?” (The Unz Review)
• October surprise
• “3/26/19 Ray McGovern was Right About Russiagate” (The Libertarian Institute)
• Perils of Dominance

Phil Giraldi is a former CIA Case Officer and Army Intelligence Officer who spent twenty years overseas in Europe and the Middle East working terrorism cases. He is the executive director for the Council for the National Interest and writes regularly for The American Conservative Magazine and Antiwar.com.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.

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Scott talks to Elijah Magnier about Israel, Palestine, Iran, Syria, and the United States’ apparent inability to learn from its foreign policy mistakes.

Discussed on the show:

• ““A Dinosaur With A Bird’s Brain”: US Policy Failure Reopens Iran-Beirut Road” (The Iranian)
• Six-Day War

Elijah Magnier is a Senior Political Risk Analyst with over 32 years’ experience covering Europe & the Middle East. Find him at his website, ejmagnier.com or on Twitter @ejmalrai.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.

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Scott interviews MIT professor Ted Postol about the series of alleged chemical attacks in Syria. Postol has carefully reviewed the evidence in each of the three high-profile attacks, pointing out that in all three cases there is good reason to doubt the accepted narrative. Syrian rebels not only have the means to perpetrate such attacks, they also have a strong motive, in provoking U.S. military intervention against the Assad government. Scott and Postol also discuss the dangers of nuclear proliferation and the need for diplomacy.

Discussed on the show:

• Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
• Ghouta chemical attack
• Khan Shaykhun chemical attack
• Douma chemical attack
• “Douma Chemical Attack and the Fog of Syria’s Propaganda War” (The Intercept)
• “Are Trump and Putin Opening Pandora’s Box?” (The New York Times)
• “4/26/17 Philip Giraldi on the flimsy evidence that Assad ordered the ‘sarin’ gas attack on April 4th” (The Libertarian Institute)
• “2/22/19 Chas W. Freeman on the Threat of Nuclear War with China” (The Libertarian Institute)

Ted Postol is a professor emeritus of Science, Technology, and International Security at MIT. He has written about nuclear weapons issues and the chemical attacks in Syria.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.

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Peter Van Buren gives his thoughts on the conclusion of the Mueller probe, which after two years of non-stop reporting has shown just how few honest journalists are left. Nobody should be surprised by the deep state, he says, after seeing how many times they’ve lied to the American people and gotten the media to carry water for them. Scott and Van Buren are not optimistic that anything will change.

Discussed on the show:

• “It Was All a Lie” (The American Conservative)
• Colour revolution
• “All they want for Christmas is you, Mueller”
• “Looking to a Reagan in U.S. Foreign Policy” (Foreign Affairs)
• “Ukraine crisis: Transcript of leaked Nuland-Pyatt call” (BBC News)
• Panama Papers
• “Mueller Madness: The media pundits who got it most wrong” (New York Post)

Peter Van Buren worked for 24 years at the Department of State including a year in Iraq. He is the author of We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People and the novel Hooper’s War. He is now a contributing editor at The American Conservative magazine.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and LibertyStickers.com.

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