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Scott talks with Ted Snider about some of his recent articles at Antiwar.com. Snider makes the argument that, by deliberately ignoring off-ramps, the U.S. bears just as much responsibility for the ongoing war as any other party. But beyond that, Scott and Snider examine the ways the U.S. and NATO sabotaged Russo-Ukrainian negotiations shortly after the invasion — which Snider argues gives the U.S. an obligation to stop the war before more blood is needlessly spilled. 

Discussed on the show:

• “The Back Door to NATO” (Antiwar.com)
• “Choosing Sides in the New Cold War” (Antiwar.com)
• “Who Stopped the War in Ukraine?” (Antiwar.com)
• “Defense Secretary Tells Ukraine It Will Have ‘What It Needs to Defeat’ Russia” (Antiwar.com)

Ted Snider has a graduate degree in philosophy and writes on analyzing patterns in U.S. foreign policy and history. He is a regular writer for Truthout, MondoWeiss and antiwar.com.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State and Why The Vietnam War?, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and Thc Hemp Spot.

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Philip Giraldi, Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest, discusses his article “Who’s Turning Syria’s Civil War Into a Jihad;” Saudi Arabia and Qatar’s defensive response to the Arab spring; how John Kerry and Chuck Hagel will impact the Obama administration’s foreign policy; and the stupid and selfish decisions of officers and policy makers that get ordinary soldiers killed – as cataloged in Jake Tapper’s new book.

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Jacob Hornberger, founder and president of the Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses his weekly The Libertarian Angle webcast with co-host Sheldon Richman; the palty “sequestration” mandatory spending cuts; how Americans are kept in constant fear about one existential threat after another, forever deferring authority to the government; dismantling the Cold War military machine; and plans to contain China from US military bases in Vietnam.

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Tim Johnson, Mexico City bureau chief for McClatchy Newspapers, discusses the huge numbers of “disappeared” and dead Mexicans during former President Felipe Calderon’s six years in office; Calderon’s use of the army to fight domestic crime and drug cartels; and the Latin American leaders having second thoughts about the war on drugs – especially after marijuana legalization in Washington and Colorado.

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Lawyer and activist Kevin Zeese discusses Bradley Manning’s statement to the military court at Fort Meade, in which he accepted responsibility for his actions and defended his whistleblowing motives; Manning’s guilty plea to a limited number of the charges against him; and why the government’s case against WikiLeaks looks weaker than ever.

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Barbara Slavin, Washington correspondent for Al-Monitor, discusses the minor progress made during Iran-P5+1 talks in Kazakhstan; contradictions between UN Security Council resolutions and Iran’s NPT rights and obligations; why Iran – if it has nothing to hide – should comply with all IAEA demands; and why Iran needs to prove a negative (that it doesn’t have a nuclear weapons program), while trustworthy countries like Japan have no such burden.

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Jeffrey Carr, founder and CEO of Taia Global Inc., discusses why information security (InfoSec) companies are quick to blame China – often with little evidence – for hacking/espionage operations; Mandiant’s weak case against Chinese hacker group “A.P.T. Number 12” for infiltrating the New York Times; and why critical thinking leads to the truth more often than the “gut feelings” of experts.

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Trevor Timm of the Electronic Frontier Foundation discusses how the Freedom of the Press Foundation provides a fundraising medium for investigative journalism projects and controversial media organizations like WikiLeaks; the opposition to police surveillance drones in the US; the ominous Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) bill; and Google’s record on information sharing and privacy.

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Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett, authors of Going to Tehran: Why the United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran, discuss the obstacles to successful P5+1 talks; why the US still refuses to accept the Iranian government’s legitimacy – even after 33+ years; why the Obama administration’s Iran “containment” policy isn’t sustainable; how Iran’s “participatory Islamist” style of government and defiant foreign policy are inspiring people across the Middle East – and scaring the US and Israel; the US’s support for radical Sunni Salafists in Libya and Syria, in an effort to counter Iran’s influence; and how the neoconservatives staved off an MEK-al-Qaeda prisoner swap (and closer Iran relations) after 9/11.

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