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Recent Episodes of the Scott Horton Show
6/6/24 Branko Marcetic on the Unnecessary, Futile and Dangerous Prolongation of the War in Ukraine
Scott interviews Branko Marcetic about what’s happening with the war in Ukraine. They discuss the recent Russian proposals to move the conflict from the battlefield to the negotiation table and the West’s ongoing refusal. They also take a step back and review all the missed opportunities to bring the war to an end that would have left Ukraine better off with more leverage than surely will have in any future peace process.
Discussed on the show:
- “Putin may be at the door. Why is Biden ignoring the bell?” (Responsible Statecraft)
- Debate – Should the U.S. Fund Ukraine War Again?
Branko Marcetic is a writer for Jacobin Magazine, a fellow at In These Times, and host of the 1/200 podcast. He is the author of Yesterday’s Man: The Case Against Joe Biden. Follow him on Twitter @BMarchetich.
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10/2/17 Dr. Ron Paul on Trump’s verbal threats toward North Korea
In his return to the Scott Horton Show, Ron Paul reflects on his “Yes” vote on the Authorized Use of Military Force following 9/11, how it continues to be used and abused today, and the history of how the United States has perverted its legal authority in foreign policy. Then Dr. Paul turns to the escalating situation in North Korea. Paul shares why he has some optimism about the situation in North Korea, his worries about Trump’s volatility, and what he would have done about North Korea as president.
Former congressman Ron Paul is a true American hero. He is the host of the Ron Paul Liberty Report and director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity. Dr. Paul is the author of numerous books, including Swords into Plowshares and The Revolution: A Manifesto. Follow him on Twitter, @RonPaul.
Discussed on the show:
- The Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF)
- Letters of Marque and Reprisal (Tenth Amendment Center)
- “Trump Vs. Tillerson: War Or Diplomacy?” (Ron Paul Liberty Report)
- Daniel McAdams
- “War with North Korea would be ‘catastrophic,’ Defense Secretary Mattis says” (CBS News)
- Rex Tillerson
- “Being nice to Rocket Man hasn’t worked in 25 years, why would it work now? Clinton failed, Bush failed, and Obama failed. I won’t fail.” (@RealDonaldTrump)
- Kim Jong-il
- Kim Jong-un
- Peter Lee (@ChinaHand)
- “A grand bargain with China could remove North Korea’s nuclear threat — but it would destroy America’s global influence” (LA Times)
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9/27/17 Muhammad Sahimi debunks neoconservative lies about Iran
USC professor Muhammad Sahimi returns to the show to discuss his latest article “Deconstructing Neoconservatives’ Manifesto for War With Iran.” Sahimi debunks the misinformation and lies being spread by John Bolton and other neoconservatives about the Iran Deal, explains in detail the steps Iran has taken to ease tensions with the United States, and lists the many hypocrisies of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Sahimi hammers home the fact that, should the U.S. void the Iran Deal, no country in the future will have reason to trust that the United States will live up to its word in its international agreements. Sahimi and Scott then discuss Iran’s role (or lack thereof) in Yemen and finish with Sahimi documenting the history of the Iranian terrorist group MEK and its flirtation with prominent U.S. Congressmen and Senators.
Muhammad Sahimi is the NIOC Chair in petroleum engineering at the University of Southern California and a contributor at Antiwar.com and the Huffington Post.
Discussed on the show:
- “How to Get Out of the Iran Nuclear Deal,” by John Bolton (National Review)
- John Bolton
- “To Stop Iran’s Bomb, Bomb Iran” by John Bolton (New York Times)
- People’s Mujahedin of Iran (MEK)
- Iran-Iraq War
- American Freedom Defense Initiative (Stop Islamization of America)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Disarmament of Libya
- “Why ISIS Won’t Take Baghdad” (The Daily Beast)
- “Behind Biden’s gaffe lie real concerns about allies’ role in rise of the Islamic State” (Washington Post)
- “We finally know what Hillary Clinton knew all along – US allies Saudi Arabia and Qatar are funding Isis,” by Patrick Cockburn (The Independent)
- “US watched ISIS rise in Syria and hoped to ‘manage’ it — Kerry on leaked tape,” by Philip Weiss (Mondoweiss.com)
- “Iran’s Nuclear Program and the New York Times,” by Muhammad Sahimi (Antiwar.com)
- “Top general says Iran complying with nuclear deal” (The Hill)
- “Shut Out of the White House, Iran Hawk Makes Public Appeal to Trump” (ForeignPolicy.com)
- Parchin
- “France’s President Defies Trump at the UN” (The Atlantic)
- “The Houthis Are Not Hezbollah” (ForeignPolicy.com)
- “Saudi Arabia Threatens Countries Over Yemen Investigation Vote” (Antiwar.com)
- Jeremiah Goulka on the Scott Horton Show
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9/27/17 Julian Borger: White House Pressuring CIA to Find Iran in Noncompliance of Nuclear Deal
World affairs editor for the Guardian Julian Borger returns to the show to discuss his latest article “White House ‘pressuring’ intelligence officials to find Iran in violation of nuclear deal.” Borger details the pressure CIA officials are facing from the White House to find or procure evidence of Iran being in noncompliance with the nuclear deal. But while Borger believes there’s hope that the CIA isn’t willing to play ball, he details how the Trump administration is finding other creative ways to void the deal. Scott turns back the clock and wonders whether Obama could have solidified long term peace with Iran by visiting Tehran; Borger isn’t so sure. They try to understand just why Trump is against the Iran Deal, the attempt to torpedo which is beginning to look a lot like the push to war in Iraq. Finally, Borger explains just how effective the Iran Deal has been for nonproliferation.
Julian Borger is the Guardian’s world affairs editor. His book, The Butcher’s Trail, is the story of the pursuit and capture of the Balkan war criminals. Follow him on Twitter: @julianborger.
Discussed on the show:
- “U.S. Military Chief Warns Against Pulling Out Of Iran Nuclear Deal” (RFERL.org)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Going to Tehran: Why America Must Accept the Islamic Republic of Iran, by Flynt and Hillary Leverett
- Hassan Rouhani
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
- UN Security Council resolution
- U.S. Government Assessment of the Syrian Government’s Use of Chemical Weapons on August 21, 2013
- Mike Pompeo
- James Mattis
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9/21/17 Joe Lauria on the 2016 U.S. election and the upcoming Iraqi Kurdish referendum
Joe Lauria returns to the show to discuss his book on Hillary Clinton, “How I Lost By Hillary Clinton,” Trump’s America, and the hysteria over Russia’s supposed actions in the 2016 elections. Then Lauria pivots to the Kurdish referendum in Iraq and gives an overview of the history of the Kurshish movement for independence and details the Kurdish allies and the longer list of opposition. Lastly Lauria reviews the state of ISIS in Iraq and gives an update on Mosul.
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.
Discussed on the show:
- Erbil
- “Hillary Clinton’s What Happened: A conspiracy theory of the 2016 election” (World Socialist Website)
- “Clinton opens door to questioning legitimacy of 2016 election” (CNN)
- “Hillary Clinton’s Ace-in-the-Hole: Russia,” by Joe Lauria (Huffington Post)
- “Russia Sought A Broad Reset With Trump, Secret Document Shows” (Buzzfeed)
- “Tensions rise in Iraq ahead of Kurdish referendum” (Al Jazeera)
- Republic of Mahabad
- Peshmerga
- Montivideo Convention
- “Netanyahu: Israel supports Iraqi Kurd independence” (Middle East Eye)
- “Plan B,” by Seymour Hersh (The New Yorker)
- Rand Paul: Give the Kurds a Country (CNN)
- Masoud Barzani
- “Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government’s Planned Referendum” (U.S. Department of State)
- “Turkey urges Iraqi Kurds to drop referendum, cites sanctions” (Reuters)
- Kirkuk
- Talabani
- “The Redirection,” by Seymour Hersh (The New Yorker)
- “US ‘deeply concerned’ after Turkey bombs allies in Iraq and Syria” (CNN)
- Battle of Tal Afar
- “The massacre of Mosul: 40,000 feared dead in battle to take back city from Isis as scale of civilian casualties revealed,” by Patrick Cockburn (The Independent)
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9/21/17 Trita Parsi on the potential dangers of escalating tensions with Iran
President of the National Iranian American Council Trita Parsi returns to the show to discuss the Iran Nuclear Deal and what’s at stake should the Trump administration attempt to nix the deal and why his bellicose approach to Iran could have significant consequences. Parsi explains Congress’s role in the life of the deal, and why even a Republican-controlled Congress might be hesitant to kill the deal.
Trita Parsi is the president of the National Iranian American Council and the author of “Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy.” Parsi is the recipient of the 2010 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. Follow him on Twitter: @tparsi.
Discussed on the show:
- Iran Nuclear Deal
- “Iran’s Swift Release of U.S. Sailors Hailed as a Sign of Warmer Relations” (New York Times)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, by Gareth Porter
- Mao Zedong
- “Obama to Iran and Israel: ‘As President of the United States, I Don’t Bluff’,” by Jeffrey Goldberg (The Atlantic)
- “Quiet Support for Saudis Entangles U.S. in Yemen” (New York Times)
- Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy, by Trita Parsi
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9/20/17 Gareth Porter reviews the evidence of the supposed Syrian sarin attack of 2016
Gareth Porter returns to the show to discuss his latest story for Alternet, “Have We Been Deceived Over Syrian Sarin Attack?” Porter takes a deep dive into the evidence of the supposed Khan Sheikoun sarin attack and explains why we have good reason to doubt the narrative and evidence presented by the Trump administration, what’s still in dispute, and raises questions that still need answering.
Gareth Porter is an investigative historian and journalist on the national security state and author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare. Follow him on Twitter @GarethPorter and listen to Gareth’s previous appearances on the Scott Horton Show.
Discussed on the show:
- “4/6/17 Philip Giraldi says IC-Military Doubt Assad Gas Narrative” (The Scott Horton Show)
- Sarin
- Khan Shaykhun chemical attack
- Elliott Higgins
- “Mounting Evidence Syrian Forces Were Behind Khan Sheikhoun Attack,” by Ole Solvang (Human Rights Watch)
- “Trump’s Red Line in Syria,” by Sy Hersch (Die Welt)
- Aluminum phosphide
- “ISIS used chemical weapons against the Kurds, US officials say” (The Hill)
- “Yet another video shows U.S.-funded white helmets assisting public-held executions in rebel-held Syria,” by Ben Norton (Salon.com)
- “OPCW Fact-Finding Mission Confirms Use of Chemical Weapons in Khan Shaykhun on 4 April 2017” (OPCW)
- “Assad forces carried out sarin attack, says French intelligence”
- “Government Assessment of the Syrian Government’s Use of Chemical Weapons on August 21, 2013” (The White House)
- “Regime change in Syria is one of many priorities, says Nikki Haley” (The Telegraph)
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9/20/17 May Jeong on the atrocities of U.S.-backed warlords in Afghanistan
Scott interviews May Jeong on her featured article “The U.S.-Trained Warlords Committing Atrocities in Afghanistan” for In These Times. Jeong discusses her time reporting in Afghanistan, why the Afghanistan War is really the American War, and details how the same dynamics at work in Iraq exist in Afghanistan. Jeong explains what she thinks might happen when the United States leaves Afghanistan, but why she believes that the Taliban doesn’t have the manpower to rule the entire country.
May Jeong is a visiting scholar at the NYU school of Journalism and a Logan Fellow at the Carey Institute. Follow her on Twitter @mayjeong.
Discussed on the show:
- Pashtuns
- Hazaras
- Leahy Amendment
- Taliban
- De-Ba’athification
- “The Afghan Bank Heist,” by David Filkins (The New Yorker)
- Hamid Karzai
- Khataba Massacre
- “Woes mount for beleaguered Afghan security forces” (The Daily Mail)
- “Trump’s 100 days: US air campaign hammers Yemen with almost a strike a day” (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism)
- Mullah Omar
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9/20/17 Jeff Stein reviews Ken Burns’s “The Vietnam War”
Jeff Stein joins the show to discuss his latest article “Vietnam War: New Ken Burns Documentary Dismisses the Origins of the Futile, Disastrous Conflict” critiquing Ken Burns’s latest documentary series “The Vietnam War.” Stein reflects on his time in Vietnam as an army intelligence case officer and reviews and critiques Burns’s documentary series, which he says is well worth watching, but is not without its flaws. Stein then explains why French colonialism in Vietnam created a false premise in Vietnam—that there was ever a good reason to join the conflict—dooming the war from the outset and explains why the same parallel exists in the ongoing war in Afghanistan.
Jeff Stein is a national security correspondent and author of the SpyTalk column at Newsweek. He has written three books including “A Murder in Wartime: The Untold Spy Story That Changed the Course of the Vietnam War.” Stein spent a year as an army intelligence officer in Vietnam where he was awarded the bronze star. Follow Jeff on Twitter @SpyTalker.
Discussed on the show:
- North Vietnamese Army (People’s Army of Vietnam)
- Viet Cong
- U.S. Army intelligence School (Fort Holabird)
- Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam, by Nick Turse
- “Nixon Tried to Spoil Johnson’s Vietnam Peace Talks in ’68, Notes Show” (New York Times)
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