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A Letter to George F. Will

Dear Mr. Will, I believe it would be fair to consider most paleo-conservatives and Green Party pro-labor factions to be "isolationist," in that they are opposed not only to foreign military intervention but open trade as well. They are happy to "look inward" at the...

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I guess I'd forgotten to post this one. It's from September 27th. Oops. I called Obama "Netanyahu."

Recent Episodes of the Scott Horton Show

11/7/22 Joe Kent on his Journey from Green Beret to Congressional Candidate

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Scott talks with congressional candidate Joe Kent about his career, worldview and stances on the foreign policy issues of the day. Kent spent two decades in the army and was deployed all over the middle east. He talks Scott through his career and how his view of America’s wars evolved. Scott then presses Kent on some of his beliefs and statements about China. 

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Joe Kent is a retired Army Special Forces soldier who is running for Congress in Washington State’s 3rd District. Follow him on Twitter @joekent16jan19

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09/26/12 – John Glaser – The Scott Horton Show

Antiwar.com editor John Glaser discusses President Obama’s mendacious speech to the UN about supposed US support for Mideast democracy; Saudi Arabia and Qatar’s open financial and military support for Syria’s rebels; charting Obama’s real course on the Arab Spring (where the US is siding with dictators and Al Qaeda instead of democratic reformers); why a pre-election attack on Iran is probably off the table; and how US national interests became subordinate to what the Gulf monarchies and Israel want.

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09/21/12 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

IPS News journalist Gareth Porter discusses the epidemic of “insider attacks” committed by Afghan Army troops against their NATO trainers; the Taliban’s mostly-successful military and political strategy in the face of overwhelming opposition; pipe dreams of limited occupation through 2024; similarities and (mostly) differences between the Vietnamese and Afghan insurgencies; and the War Nerd’s endorsement of Obama’s counter-terrorism/assassination policy.

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09/21/12 – Mel Frykberg – The Scott Horton Show

Mel Frykberg, a McClatchy and IPS News journalist, discusses her on-the-ground reporting from war-torn Libya; rumors that the Interior Ministry is in cahoots with Salafist militias, including the one responsible for the US embassy attack; why the Libyan central government can’t compete with the influence and firepower of local militias; and why NATO bombs and purple-finger elections don’t magically create civil societies.

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09/21/12 – Jeremiah Goulka – The Scott Horton Show

Jeremiah Goulka, former analyst at the RAND Corporation, discusses the MEK’s removal from the US State Department’s terrorist group list; it’s transformation into a cult following a disastrous military offensive against post-revolutionary Iran; transitioning MEK members from Iraq’s Camp Ashraf to Camp Liberty – then to foreign asylum; and doubts about the MEK’s commitment to “secular, peaceful, and democratic government.”

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