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Scott is joined by Ted Postol of MIT to discuss the danger of recent Ukrainian strikes on parts of Russia’s early warning system. Postol explains why satellite limitations make Russia dependent on ground radar systems to detect incoming nuclear-armed missiles. He and Scott then discuss the stupidity of helping Ukraine damage the one thing that can help the Russians confirm they are not under nuclear attack.

Discussed on the show:

• “Russia’s Antiquated Nuclear Warning System Jeopardizes Us All” (Washington Monthly)

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.

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Gareth Porter joins Scott to discuss the recent accusations made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Iran’s alleged nuclear program. The accusations purport to show that the Iranians lied about past work towards a nuclear weapons program before 2003; but in fact, the new accusations appear to rest on evidence and documents that had already been made available in the past. Thus, many critics of the Netanyahu’s claims said he was just repeating old news.

Gareth and Scott take this debunking one step further and argue that underlying evidence cited by Netanyahu was actually a fabrication in the first place. They discuss the various reasons for doubting the authenticity of this information and the various allegations made against the Iranian program that have fallen apart over the years.

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Gareth Porter returns to the show discuss his latest article for Consortium News, “Another Dodgy British Dossier: the Skripal Case.” Porter details the different possible explanations for the supposed poisoning of the ex-Russian spy. Scott the makes the case that Russiagate 2018 is the second coming of the Iraq War. Porter then touches on the developments on the Korean Peninsula and why he’s in fact not surprised about the progress towards peace—and teases his upcoming piece about how John Bolton is working to sabotage a peace agreement with Kim Jung Un.

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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Joe Lauria, newly appointed Editor of Consortium News, returns to the show to discuss his new job, the history of Consortium News, and the legacy of Robert Parry. Lauria explains how careerist journalists of the mainstream media and the the frequently-censored news gave rise to alternative news sources, among the first of which was Consortium News.

Joe Lauria is a contributing writer at Consortium News. He is a former UN correspondent and wrote at the Boston Globe and Wall Street Journal. You can follow him on Twitter @unjoe.

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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Airwars reporter Sam Oakford returns to the show to discuss his latest work, “Raqqa: A City Destroyed Then Forgotten” and “They’re Still Pulling Bodies out of ISIS’ capital.” Scott begins by asking—what do we know about Mosul and the coalition assault to take the city back from ISIS? Oakford then details the challenge of calculating the death toll from the fight for Mosul, the monumental effort that remains to rebuild the devastation, and the atrocities committed by the Islamic State.

Samuel Oakford, an investigative journalist and contributor to Airwars.org. Oakford received the UN Foundation’s gold medal prize for humanitarian coverage. Follow him on Twitter @samueloakford.

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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Tim Shorrock returns to the show to discuss the encouraging developments on the Korean peninsula and the prospects for peace. Scott also takes the opportunity to give a brief history lesson on how the situation with North Korea got to this point (spoiler: it was George W. Bush’s fault).

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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TomDispatch’s Michael Klare returns to the show to discuss his recent article “The New Long War.” Klare explains why he thinks this Cold War will look different from the last, thanks in large part to the expanded role of China, and a lack of true geographical demarkation between the United States and Russia. Klare goes into further detail about U.S-Russia and U.S.-China relations and how tensions could continue to build, and argues that the great geo-political question of the 21st Century is: How will the United States accommodate itself to the rise of another super power?

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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The great Tom Woods joins Scott to discuss the war state and Trump’s bombing of Syria. Woods begins by going back to the founding and shows that even in the years immediately following the ratification of the Constitution, there was grave concern about the scope of national powers. The two then turn the clock forward and consider the disaster of the military industrial complex and the other “privatized” government industries. Scott and Tom then discuss the War Powers Act and the AUMF and the consequences they’ve had for U.S. foreign policy.

Tom Woods is the host of the Tom Woods Show and the author of numerous books including Real Dissent. Follow him on Twitter @ThomasEWoods.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Zen Cash, The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; LibertyStickers.com; TheBumperSticker.com; and ExpandDesigns.com/Scott.

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Former U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Iraq, Dennis Halliday, who resigned over the Iraq sanctions in 1998, joins Scott to discuss Madeleine Albright’s new book and the true figures of the total deaths of Iraqi children due to the U.N. sanctions. Halliday describes his experience in Iraq and the violations of international law leading to mass casualties that he witnessed—which he classified as sanctions with genocidal intent, leading to his resignation from the U.N.

Dennis Halliday was the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq in 1997 and 1998. In 2003, Halliday was presented with the Gandhi International Peace Award for his work to expose the horrors of the U.S. sanctions program.

Discussed on the show:

• “Madeleine Albright – The deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children was worth it” (YouTube)
• “Morbidity and Mortality Among Iraqi Children from 1990 Through 1998: Assessing the Impact of the Gulf War and Economic Sanctions” (CASI)
• “When Iraq Was Clinton’s War” (Jacobin)
• “Changing views on child mortality and economic sanctions in Iraq: a history of lies, damned lies and statistics” by Tim Dyson (BMJ Global Health)
• Hans-Christof von Sponeck

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Zen Cash, The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; LibertyStickers.com; TheBumperSticker.com; and ExpandDesigns.com/Scott.

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