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Scott and Kyle Anzalone run through some of the big stories of the day. They start with the war in Ukraine where they discuss how the rhetoric by officials of both sides is evolving. They next discuss the derailment of a train carrying hazardous material in East Palestine Ohio and explore the surprising lack of interest in this story by the legacy media. Finally, they talk about the widespread panic over the Chinese balloon earlier this month and the subsequent shootdowns of several smaller balloons. 

Discussed on the show:

• Russia Warns We Are Closing In On WWIII
• “Blinken Warns Attempting to Retake Crimea Is a ‘Red Line’ for Putin” (Antiwar.com)
• “Counting the Dead in Ukraine” (The American Conservative)
• Ohio Train Derailment & Why the Political Establishment Does Not Care guest Misty Winston
• “The US May Have Shot Down a Small Hobby Balloon With a Sidewinder Missile” (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_

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott.

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Philip Giraldi, executive director of The Council for the National Interest, discusses Gareth Porter’s debunking of US “intelligence” supporting an attack on Syria; reports that the Syrian rebels accidentally set off deadly chemical weapons from the Saudis; why Secretary of State John Kerry can’t possibly know the casualty figures in Syria – no matter how confidently he states them; and AIPAC’s full-court press on Congress to get another war started in the Middle East.

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Jacob Hornberger, founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses why President Obama should be impeached if he starts a war with Syria without a Congressional Declaration; the British Parliament’s surprising rejection of UK military action in Syria; why there’s no such thing as “limited” military strikes; the Swiss mind-your-own-business foreign policy; and recent polls indicating Americans have no interest in starting yet another war.

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Patrick Buchanan, author of Churchill, Hitler, and “The Unnecessary War,” discusses House Speaker John Boehner’s opportunity to “Stop Our Rogue President” from starting an undeclared war in Syria; why Congress has gradually ceded power to the Judicial and Executive branches of government; and how a “Nixon goes to China” approach could succeed in reaching an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program.

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Globetrotting Asia Times journalist Pepe Escobar discusses his recent article “‘War on chemical weapons’: Obama traps himself into Syrian combat;” Secretary of State John Kerry’s “Colin Powell moment;” the folly of Obama’s “red line” on chemical weapon use in Syria; why incompetent National Security Advisor Susan Rice should have been fired long ago; and why Saudi Prince “Bandar Bush” may be responsible for supplying Syria’s rebels with chemical weapons.

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Independent political journalist Joe Lauria discusses the United Nations’ surprising interference with the US/UK push for military strikes in Syria; shades of pre-war Iraq as UN ambassador Samantha Power insists weapons inspectors aren’t needed to investigate the Damascus chemical attack after all; and why the White House seeks only “to attack just strongly enough not to be mocked.”

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Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses the imminent US entry into Syria’s civil war; the questionable evidence that Syria’s government used chemical weapons on civilians; parallels to the Bush administration’s propaganda campaign before the 2003 Iraq War; the possibility of Russia entering the conflict; and escalating violence in Lebanon including car bombs outside Sunni mosques.

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Major Todd E. Pierce, a former JAG defense attorney at Guantanamo, discusses the history of martial law (or rather, rule by military decree) in the US; why the First Amendment no longer guarantees citizen oversight of government; and why the war on terror and Civil War-era precedents don’t justify the presidential powers dreamed up by Bush and Cheney’s legal counsel.

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Andrew Cockburn, author of Rumsfeld: His Rise, Fall, and Catastrophic Legacy, discusses his article on “The ferocity and failure of America’s sanctions apparatus;” why US sanctions against Germany continued even after WWII was over; the decimation of Iraq’s economy due to 20 years of sanctions; how US domination of the world’s financial system prevents Iran from trading with other countries; and LBJ’s elephant-squashing-mosquito style of US foreign policy.

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