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Some things you need to know about the attack on Gaza
First of all, Israel started it. It's not defense at all, but selfish electoral politics and grand theft. Says John Mearshiemer: "So what is going on here? At the most basic level, Israel’s actions in Gaza are inextricably bound up with its efforts to create a...
U.S. Discovers Opium in Afghanistan
Well see we were gonna leave, but now we have to stay forever.
Recent Episodes of the Scott Horton Show
3/17/23 Nasser Arrabyee on the Major Progress Towards Peace in Yemen
Nasser Arrabyee is back to discuss the improving situation on the ground in Yemen. They talk about two huge developments, first that the Saudis have agreed to most of the Houthis’ requests in their negotiations to end the war, and second that the UAE is planning to start talks with the Houthis. Scott and Arrabyee dig into the implications of this progress, weigh the possibility that the U.S. will switch sides again to restart the drone war against Al-Qaeda and discuss the lingering effects of famine and disease on the Yemeni population.
Discussed on the show:
- “Suspected US Drone Strike Kills Three Alleged al-Qaeda Members in Yemen” (Antiwar.com)
Nasser Arrabyee is a Yemeni journalist based in Sana’a, Yemen. He is the owner and director of Yemen-Now.com. You can follow him on Twitter @narrabyee.
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11/18/13 – Robert P. Murphy – The Scott Horton Show
Robert P. Murphy, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism, discusses how the Federal Reserve manipulates interest rates and exacerbates boom-bust cycles and why unprecedented money creation hasn’t led to extreme price inflation.
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11/16/13 – John Glaser – The Scott Horton Show
John Glaser, editor of Antiwar.com, discusses the Israel lobby’s tenacious opposition to an Iranian nuclear deal and the sticking points in negotiations for US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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11/15/13 – Michael Boldin – The Scott Horton Show
Michael Boldin, founder and executive director of the Tenth Amendment Center, discusses why Congressional reform of the NSA is doomed to failure while Dianne Feinstein remains on the Senate Intelligence Committee, and using state-level legislation to shut down NSA facilities by denying them electricity and water.
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11/15/13 – Andrew Cockburn – The Scott Horton Show
Andrew Cockburn, author of Rumsfeld: His Rise, Fall, and Catastrophic Legacy, discusses why John Kerry’s “Secretary of State” title doesn’t mean he conducts anything resembling foreign policy; how Obama’s personal dislike and jealousy of Kerry could be holding up an Israel-Palestine agreement; and why politics has always been ugly, stupid and shortsighted – no matter what the official court historians say.
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11/14/13 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and historian, discusses why Iran nuclear talks failed and why they will get tougher; the lousy deal ultimately offered up to Iran – probably from Israeli pressure; and the overconfidence in the US’s negotiating position.
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11/14/13 – Andy Worthington – The Scott Horton Show
Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, discusses how Dick Cheney helped make torture an official US government policy; former Guantanamo inmate Omar Khadr’s fight for justice in a Canadian prison; and how torture has poisoned America’s soul.
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11/13/13 – Philip Giraldi – The Scott Horton Show
Philip Giraldi, executive director of the Council for the National Interest, discusses the near-mutiny of intelligence analysts over the White House’s assessment that blamed Syria’s government for the gas attack in Damascus; the widespread suspicion that Israel fabricated intercept evidence implicating Syria’s military in the attack; and the new non-Al Qaeda Syrian rebel group backed by Saudi Arabia.
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11/13/13 – Jason Leopold – The Scott Horton Show
Jason Leopold, a journalist at Al Jazeera, discusses the fascinating newly released journals of high-profile Guantanamo prisoner and jihadist Abu Zubaydah; why journalist Ron Suskind (and his FBI source) were wrong about Abu Zubaydah being crazy; and how the CIA used Abu Zubaydah’s deepest fears against him in their torture program.
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