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The Antiwar Comic: What’s Wrong With Iran?
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Indonesian Drug Wars
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Recent Episodes of the Scott Horton Show
2/24/23 Michael Tracey on His Experience at the Munich Security Conference
Scott talks with journalist Michael Tracey about the Munich Security Conference which he attended earlier this month. Tracey gives an overview of who was at the conference, who was disinvited and what the overall tone felt like. They then dig into some of the more disturbing things Tracey observed such as calls for more regime change and PR stunts to hamper diplomatic prospects between the West and China.
Discussed on the show:
- “Don’t Fear Putin’s Demise” (Foreign Affairs)
- “Why War Pledges for Ukraine Fell Flat in Munich” (Defense One)
- 2022 NATO Strategic Concept
- 2022 Nuclear Posture Review
Michael Tracey is a New York-based journalist. You can find his writing on Substack and follow him on Twitter @mtracey
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03/05/14 – M.J. Rosenberg – The Scott Horton Show
Journalist M.J. Rosenberg discusses the AIPAC convention attendees converging on Capitol Hill to vigorously lobby Congress; Obama’s surprising, repeated defiance of the Israel lobby; and how John McCain’s longevity and temperament might be the death of us all.
Transcript
Our first guest up today is M.J Rosenberg, he’s formerly, I know you hate it when I say this M.J but it’s relevant, he’s formerly a staffer with the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, although that was a long, long time ago, he would hasten to have me add.
But now, he’s a peace activist kind of a guy, he writes with the Huffington Post, and I don’t know what happened to your website, it looks like it’s gone, mjrosenberg.com? Is that right? read more…
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03/05/14 – Grant F. Smith – The Scott Horton Show
Grant F. Smith, director of IRMEP, discusses the national summit to reassess the U.S.-Israel “special relationship” in Washington on March 7; the topics and scheduled speakers (including Scott Horton); and why the individuals who commit crimes on Israel’s behalf are too big to prosecute.
Transcript
Welcome back to the show, I’m Scott Horton
Pat Buchanan is coming up in half an hour, find out what he thinks about this Ukraine thing. He’s a good old fashioned cold warrior right? Well, we’ll see what he says.
First though, Grant Smith. He’s the founder and director of the Institute for Research Middle East Policy that’s www.irmep.com
Welcome back to the show Grant how are you doing? read more…
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03/05/14 – Pat Buchanan – The Scott Horton Show
Pat Buchanan, a syndicated columnist and former presidential candidate, discusses the national interests of Russia and the US in Ukraine; some deep background on Ukraine, the Soviet Union, and Cold War realpolitik; the competing bailout packages from Russia and the EU for Ukraine’s basket-case economy; the lesser-known great crimes of WWII; and how “natural borders” are breaking down global institutions and nation states.
Transcript
Scott Horton: Our next guest is a former speech writer for Richard Nixon and for Ronald Reagan, I don’t know all the different positions that he’s had, you know him from The McLaughlin Group and of course from his column at www.original.antiwar.com/pat and I think it’s www.patrickjbuchanan.com as well. read more…
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03/04/14 – Michael Hirsh – The Scott Horton Show
Michael Hirsh, a writer for National Journal, discusses why Obama will never end the war on terror; using the AUMF to justify Guantanamo prison and intervention the world over; and the government’s classification of who our actual enemies are – making the war on terror a secret war.
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03/04/14 – Adam Morrow – The Scott Horton Show
Adam Morrow, a Cairo-based reporter for IPS News, discusses the instability of Egypt’s new quasi-democratic military dictatorship; increasing popular discontent about Egypt’s terrible economy and the government’s inability to fix it; and the Muslim Brotherhood’s demotion to its familiar role as opposition party.
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03/04/14 – Ray McGovern – The Scott Horton Show
Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst and aspiring voice impersonator, discusses Putin’s response to the US-backed coup in Ukraine; NATO’s provocative expansion to Russia’s borders; and (Iraq War supporter) John Kerry’s blatant hypocrisy on chastising Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on false pretenses.
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03/03/14 – Ashley Gorski – The Scott Horton Show
Ashley Gorski, the Nadine Strossen Fellow in the ACLU’s National Security Project, discusses how a New Jersey federal judge wrongly legitimatized NYPD discrimination against Muslims and why the NYPD’s exaggerated record on preventing terrorism doesn’t compensate for the loss of our Constitutional rights.
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03/03/14 – Brendan O’Neill – The Scott Horton Show
Brendan O’Neill, editor of Spiked-online, discusses why Ukraine’s conflict is better described as regime change than revolution; the media’s characterization of Russian “meddling” versus Western “mediation;” and the dangerous precedent of overturning democratic elections with protests by a Western-backed vocal minority.
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