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Recent Episodes of the Scott Horton Show
9/17/22 Hassan El-Tayyab: Our Yemen Campaign is Working, It’s Time to Double Down
Hassan El-Tayyab of the Friend’s Committee on National Legislation was back again for last Sunday’s Antiwar Radio show. El-Tayyab was fresh off a strategy call between many of the organizations and activists leading a campaign to pass War Powers Resolutions through Congress that will withdraw U.S. support from the war in Yemen. He talks with Scott about the progress that’s been made. With the truce’s end date fast approaching, El-Tayyab and Scott emphasize the importance of reaching out to your representatives now to keep the momentum going.
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Hassan El-Tayyab is a musician and peace activist, who works as the lead lobbyist on Middle East policy for the Friends Committee on National Legislation.
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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08/22/12 – Giorgio Cafiero – The Scott Horton Show
Giorgio Cafiero of Foreign Policy in Focus discusses how Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan’s support for Syria’s rebellion has alienated Turkey’s own religious minorities; how Syrian President Assad uses the Kurds to retaliate and stir up trouble for Turkey; US interest in realpolitik, not humanitarian relief, in Syria; how a Sunni-dominated government in Syria would tilt regional power toward Turkey and the Muslim Brotherhood, marginalizing Iran; why Syria’s rebels should have used nonviolent opposition instead of taking up arms; and the Iraqi refugees in Syria returning home – and not because Iraq is suddenly prosperous and safe.
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08/21/12 – Gigi Bowman – The Scott Horton Show
Gigi Bowman discusses the Paul Festival on August 24-26 in Tampa, FL; bringing together the liberty movement to celebrate and honor Ron Paul and look ahead to the future; ticket promotions and the guest speaker lineup (which includes Scott Horton); and how the Liberty Candidates organization vets and promotes aspiring public officials who uphold Ron Paul’s ideals.
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08/20/12 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
IPS News journalist Gareth Porter discusses the US government’s coverup of civilians killed by drone strikes in Pakistan; the drone war’s false billing as a precise and effective tactic against terrorism; why the Obama administration won’t admit the Afghan war has spread to Pakistan; the Bush administration’s comparative restraint in Afghanistan; and David Petraeus’s tenure at the CIA.
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08/20/12 – Lew Rockwell – The Scott Horton Show
Lew Rockwell, chairman of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, discusses the government “gang of thieves writ large;” why “monetary policy” is just a fancy term for counterfeiting; the DHS’s new arsenal of hollow point rounds and bullet proof checkpoint booths; using laughter and ridicule to challenge unlawful authority; central banking and world wars; how government meddling increased costs in health care and education; and why Ron Paul’s epic speaking tour on liberty won’t end when he retires from Congress.
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08/16/12 – Marcy Wheeler – The Scott Horton Show
Blogger Marcy Wheeler discusses Ecuador’s decision to grant diplomatic asylum to Wikileaks’ Julian Assange; consequent British threats to revoke embassy sovereignty and detain Assange by force; the broad assumption that US pressure is forcing the British overreaction; Sweden’s previous cooperation with CIA torture rendition requests; and why this is probably all about extraditing Assange to the US, where he’ll be put in Guantanamo or prosecuted under the Espionage Act.
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08/16/12 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Journalist Gareth Porter discusses why Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are bluffing when they threaten a unilateral attack on Iran; how the Bush administration’s hawkish Iran policy advanced – rather than hindered – Iran’s nuclear program; why Netanyahu doesn’t have enough leverage to get President Obama to start a war; and why high-level US policymakers are almost always “bad people with terrible ideas.”
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08/16/12 – Tim Kelly – The Scott Horton Show
Tim Kelly of the Future of Freedom Foundation discusses his article “The MAD Myth;” why nuclear arsenals haven’t diminished much since the Cold War’s end; the Allied firebombing of German and Japanese cities in WWII; debunking the rationalization for nuking Japan; how dumb luck – not MAD detente – has saved us from all-out nuclear war; Curtis LeMay and other Strangelovian figures in US history; and why oil-producing countries threatening the petrodollar’s dominance had better watch their backs.
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08/15/12 – Dina Rasor – The Scott Horton Show
Dina Rasor, founder of the Project on Government Oversight, discusses why Congress keeps providing funds for M-1 tanks the Army doesn’t want; how cheap IEDs made heavily armored vehicles a liability in Iraq and Afghanistan; and the M-1’s flawed design and anachronistic purpose – fighting WWIII against Soviet tanks in Europe.
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