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I Still Don’t Like Rand Paul
Yesterday Senator Rand Paul filibustered the nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA over the Obama administration’s refusal to renounce their self-appointed authority to murder American citizens on American soil. It was pretty great for bringing attention to the...
The Antiwar Comic: The Whores of Terror
Through Scott's radio show and Antiwar.com, I've really learned a lot. Learning about the history of the MEK and who supported it really shocked me. I had always thought Ed Rendell was a good mayor and a good guy until I read about his support. What was he...
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5/26/23 Nick Turse on the Crimes of Henry Kissinger
Scott talks with journalist Nick Turse about a series of articles he wrote to mark Henry Kissinger’s 100th birthday. Scott and Turse reflect on all the destructive policies Kissinger helped enact during his long career in government and try to determine how many deaths he is responsible for. Turse also reveals some new information he discovered about the U.S. bombing campaign in Cambodia and talks about the time he confronted Kissinger directly about his war crimes.
Discussed on the show:
- “Blood on his Hands: Survivors of Kissinger’s Secret War in Cambodia Reveal Unreported Mass Killings” (The Intercept)
- “Notorious 1973 Attack Killed Many More Than Previously Known” (The Intercept)
- “U.S. Blamed the Press for Military Looting in Cambodia” (The Intercept)
- “Transcripts of Kissinger’s Calls Reveal His Culpability” (The Intercept)
Nick Turse is a contributing writer for The Intercept. He is the author most recently of Next Time They’ll Come to Count the Dead: War and Survival in South Sudan and of the bestselling Kill Anything That Moves. Follow him on Twitter @nickturse
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06/20/14 – Patrick Cockburn – The Scott Horton Show
Patrick Cockburn, an award-winning journalist with The Independent, discusses the ISIS-led Sunni revolt that is closing in on Baghdad; the rapid enlistment of Shia fighters stepping in for the disgraced Iraqi army; and the pressure on Nouri al-Maliki to step down as prime minister.
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06/18/14 – Jonathan Landay – The Scott Horton Show
Jonathan Landay, a national security and intelligence reporter for McClatchy Newspapers, discusses why anyone paying attention during the 2003 Iraq War could see the current situation coming; the disingenuous complaints that Obama should have kept US troops in Iraq after 2011; and the Iran-Syria-US (unofficial) coalition against ISIS.
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06/17/14 – Jason Ditz – The Scott Horton Show
Jason Ditz, news editor at Antiwar.com, discusses ISIS’s capture of US-made anti-aircraft missiles and why the Sunni offensive in Iraq will slow down now that they have captured territory.
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06/17/14 – Doug Bandow – The Scott Horton Show
Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, discusses the ISIS/Sunni offensive in Iraq; John Kerry’s pretense that Egypt’s military dictatorship is really a democracy; and the strange Israel-Saudi Arabia special relationship.
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06/17/14 – Jesse Franzblau – The Scott Horton Show
Jesse Franzblau, a policy analyst and freedom of information activist working with the National Security Archive, discusses the escalating crisis in Libya and why the 2011 intervention “can only be regarded as a dramatic strategic failure on the part of the United States and its NATO allies.“
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06/17/14 – Maj. Todd Pierce – The Scott Horton Show
Major Todd E. Pierce, a former JAG defense attorney at Guantanamo, discusses the Bush administration’s attack on the Constitution after 9/11, and why the destruction of our civil liberties isn’t making us any safer.
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06/16/14 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Eric Margolis, an award-winning, internationally syndicated columnist, discusses the neoconservative strategists of yesteryear who brought about the current almighty mess in Iraq; why the US continues to support the Syrian opposition; the resurgence of Saddam’s Baath party; and the risks of terrorism blowback in Europe and the US.
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06/16/14 – Daniel McAdams – The Scott Horton Show
Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, discusses what’s happening in Ukraine while the world’s attention is focused on the Middle East; the Kiev government’s reference to Russians as “subhuman;” and the State Department’s questionable claim that Russian tanks are deployed in Ukraine.
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