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Scott interviews Joe Kent, the former director of the US National Counterterrorism Center, about what drove him to resign. Kent explains how he saw the Israelis mislead Trump about an Iranian nuclear threat and the supposed fragility of the regime. He also backs up some of the widely attacked claims in his resignation letter about Israeli involvement in getting the US into previous wars in the region, reflects on what the real goals of the Israeli government are with this war, sheds light on Scott’s concerns about significant blowback terrorism in the US and more.

Discussed on the show:

• Kent’s letter of resignation

Joe Kent is a retired Army Special Forces soldier who served as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center in Trump’s second term until he resigned in 2026 over the war with Iran. Follow him on Twitter @joekent16jan19

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Dr. Ron Paul joined Scott to talk about his newest book, The Great Surreptitious Coup. They talk about how some of the big power grabs of the 1960s and 1970s by institutions like the CIA, FBI and Federal Reserve explain the mess we find ourselves in today. Then Dr. Paul explains what’s needed to get us back on track. 

Discussed on the show:

• The Great Surreptitious Coup: Who Stole Western Civilization? by Ron Paul
• “Will BRICS Smash the Dollar?” (Ron Paul Institute)

Former congressman and American hero Ron Paul 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.

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Scott was joined by Ted Galen Carpenter on Antiwar Radio this week. They first discuss the status of Ukraine’s counteroffensive. There has been a lot of coverage of some Ukrainian gains in the southeast. Less covered have been the Russian gains in the northeast. They discuss these developments and reflect on the reaction in Washington. At the end, they touch on the absurd GOP proposal to launch a conventional war against the Mexican drug cartels.

Discussed on the show:

• “Is the United States Pursuing a Permanent Cold War with Russia? (Libertarian Institute)
• “Russia as the New, All-Purpose US Pretext for Military Intervention” (Antiwar.com)
• “Pakistan Events Confirm that Washington Prefers Compliant Autocrats Over Feisty Democrats” (Antiwar.com)
• “The GOP Declares War on Mexico” (Antiwar.com)

Ted Galen Carpenter is a senior fellow at the Libertarian Institute. Carpenter has written 10 books including America’s Coming War with China: A Collision Course over Taiwan and most recently Unreliable Watchdog: The News Media and U.S. Foreign Policy. He is a contributing editor at The American Conservative Magazine and the National Interest.

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Andy Worthington is back to discuss what’s happening down at Guantanamo Bay. This time there is a positive development. A judge has ruled that statements gathered from the so-called “Clean Team” interrogations of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri cannot be used against him. Scott gives some background on what the “Clean Team” interrogations were before the two discuss the specifics of al-Nashiri’s situation. They also detail how he was tortured. Finally, Worthington explains the status of the men who remain at Guantanamo.

Discussed on the show:

• “Trial Judge Destroys Guantánamo’s Military Commissions, Rules That “Clean Team” Interrogations Cannot Undo the Effects of Torture” (Close Guantanamo)
• The Convenient Terrorist by John Kiriakou and Joseph Hickman

Andy Worthington is the author of Guantanamo Files and the director of “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantanamo.” Read his work at the Future of Freedom Foundation and AndyWorthington.co.uk and follow him on Twitter @GuantanamoAndy.

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Branko Marcetic joined Antiwar Radio this week to talk about two articles he wrote recently. The first concerns the ousting of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan in a no-confidence vote. U.S. officials and their friends in the media had said, emphatically, that the American government had no role in his removal. But a recently published cable appears to contradict that claim. Scott and Marcetic discuss. They then turn to the second article which examines the U.S. government’s apparent plan to extend the war in Ukraine, despite the failures of the counteroffensive.

Discussed on the show:

• “Imran Khan’s Ouster Is a Story of US Power and Propaganda” (Jacobin)
• “U.S.-Israel Plot Against Pakistan: A Desperate Imran Khan’s Big, Bad Conspiracy Theory” (Haaretz)
• “Are US officials signaling a new ‘forever war’ in Ukraine?” (Responsible Statecraft)

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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Nasser Arrabyee joins Scott again to give an update on Yemen. The ceasefire has held for more than a year, but there is still much for the various factions to negotiate. Arrabyee gives an account of where things stand on the ground, and then the two take a step back and look at the broader geopolitical context. 

Discussed on the show:

• “‘Al-Qaeda’ attack kills secessionist commander and three fighters in Yemen” (Al Jazeera)

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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Dennis Marburger returns to the show to talk about the humanitarian crisis occurring right now in Nagorno-Karabakh. Marburger gives the historical context behind what’s happening before digging into the details of the current blockade, which began late last year. Scott and Marburger then look at the geopolitical context and discuss how this can be resolved. 

Discussed on the show:

• “The Crisis We Ignore” (The Critic)
• Origins Discovery
• Armenophobia
• Maro Kochinyan
• “‘They want us to die in the streets’: inside the Nagorno-Karabakh blockade” (The Guardian)
• “Nations by Consent” (Mises.org)

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Kyle Anzalone was back on Antiwar Radio this week to talk about Ukraine. Scott and Anzalone take stock of the Ukrainian counteroffensive and discuss the reaction of American officials. They then touch on the political aspect of this war before finishing with a quick look at the reports that the Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash. 

Discussed on the show:

• “‘Fight Russia to the Last Ukrainian’ Is Official White House Policy” (Libertarian Institute)
• “US ‘Fears’ Ukraine Is Too ‘Casualty Averse’” (Antiwar.com)
• Scott’s recent interview with Daniel Davis
• “Prigozhin Believed to Be Dead After Plane Crash in Russia” (Antiwar.com)

Kyle Anzalone is news editor of the Libertarian Institute, opinion editor of Antiwar.com and co-host of Conflicts of Interest with Will Porter and Connor Freeman. Follow him on Twitter @KyleAnzalone_

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Scott was joined by Brad Pearce on Antiwar Radio this week to discuss what’s happening in West Africa. Pearce has been following the region closely. He puts the recent coup in Niger in context and explains some of the current geopolitical dynamics in the broader region. 

Discussed on the show:

• The Wayward Rabbler
• “France never stopped looting Africa, now the tables are turning” (The Cradle)
• “The Last Domino Falls in the Sahel” (The Wayward Rabbler)
• “Rumors of War in West Africa” (The Wayward Rabbler)

Brad Pearce is a writer focused on international relations and politics. He writes at The Wayward Rabbler. Follow him on Twitter @WaywardRabbler

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