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Recent Episodes of the Scott Horton Show
10/20/22 Peter Van Buren: How Close to the Brink Are We Really?
Scott interviews Peter Van Buren to talk through the risk of a nuclear detonation related to the war in Ukraine. Both Scott and Van Buren think the use of nuclear weapons is unlikely, but they dig into the differences in their views of the situation. They also explore how a conventional escalation could play out. Lastly, they turn to North Korea where Van Buren sees the greatest chance of nuclear disaster originating.
Discussed on the show:
- “Nuclear Chicken Is Overrated” (The American Conservative)
- “Inside the U.S. Effort to Arm Ukraine” (The New Yorker)
- “NATO Expansion: What Gorbachev Heard” (National Security Archive)
- Fail Safe (1964)
- “What Jefferson’s Critics Miss” (The American Conservative)
- “Who is Winning the War in Ukraine?” (The American Conservative)
Peter Van Buren worked for 24 years at the Department of State including a year in Iraq. He is the author of We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People and the novel Hooper’s War. He is now a contributing editor at The American Conservative magazine.
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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07/19/12 – Nathan Wessler – The Scott Horton Show
Nathan Wessler discusses the ACLU-CCR lawsuit challenging Obama’s drone-assassination of American citizens; why the Democratic Party would be in an uproar if Bush was doing this; and why Obama gets to joke and brag about drone killings, but when the ACLU asks questions suddenly it’s a top-secret program.
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07/17/12 – Patrick Cockburn – The Scott Horton Show
Patrick Cockburn discusses the chaotic mess NATO left behind in Libya; the numerous militias vying for power and behaving badly; why Western media isn’t interested in Libyan events that can’t be framed as democratic “success stories;” and the black Africans jailed in a Libyan zoo, forced to eat the old Libyan flag.
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07/16/12 – David Vine – The Scott Horton Show
David Vine discusses the US’s “empire of bases” expansion into new areas in Africa and Asia; the “lily pad” strategy for maintaining global dominance with fewer troops and smaller (but more) bases; and the inglorious origin of the strategically critical US base at Diego Garcia.
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07/16/12 – John Taylor – The Scott Horton Show
John Taylor discusses his critical book review on David Fromkin’s widely-read and respected A Peace to End All Peace; how Fromkin minimizes the Arab contribution to Allied victory against the Ottoman Empire in WWI; and Fromkin’s omission of the 1915 British offer of an independent Greater Syria – including Palestine – to the Arabs for fighting the Turks (predating the 1917 Balfour Declaration, in which Britain offered to help establish a Jewish state).
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07/13/12 – Paul Armentano – The Scott Horton Show
Paul Armentano discusses why American popular opinion on medical marijuana isn’t reflected in Washington DC; the DOJ’s crackdown on California’s largest dispensary; how civil asset forfeiture amounts to legalized government theft; the lame excuses of Democratic loyalists who refuse to hold Obama and Eric Holder accountable for their actions; and the states that are fighting back against the feds on medical marijuana laws.
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07/13/12 – Trevor Timm – The Scott Horton Show
Trevor Timm discusses his article “The NSA’s warrantless wiretapping is a crime, not a state secret;” law enforcement’s 1.3 million requests for telecom customer cell phone information last year; court rulings favoring privacy instead of the cops, for a change; and the effects of telecom immunity and the 2008 FISA Amendments.
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07/13/12 – John Glaser – The Scott Horton Show
John Glaser discusses the myth of geographical terrorist safe havens; why Americans still don’t know the difference between the Taliban and al Qaeda; Obama’s decision to “surge” in Afghanistan despite government reports that the effort wouldn’t work; and former CIA officer Reuel Marc Gerecht’s prescription for proxy war in Syria.
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07/12/12 – Douglas Hartwick – The Scott Horton Show
Douglas Hartwick discusses his article “A Bomb-Free Future for Laos;” the clusterbombs and other unexploded munitions killing farmers, children, and scrap-metal scavengers some 40 years after the Vietnam War; and Hillary Clinton’s important visit to Southeast Asia.
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