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Recent Episodes of the Scott Horton Show
9/24/21 Barbara Slavin on the True Winner of Iraq War 2
Scott interviews Barbara Slavin from the Atlantic Council. Slavin recently co-authored an article with Abbas Kadhim about how Iran’s influence in the middle east has grown substantially since the U.S. overthrew Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq. Slavin explains that the U.S. was more supportive of Iraq while they were engaged in a brutal war with Iran in the 80s, because the foreign policy establishment saw Iran as a bigger threat. Of course this changed in the 90s when George Bush Sr. launched a war against Iraq. And then there was the invasion in 2003 that disposed of Saddam. Scott and Slavin reflect on the ridiculous claims from that time arguing that regime change in Iraq would not hand Iran more influence, with some claiming it would weaken Iran by giving the U.S. leverage over the entire region.
Discussed on the show:
- “Iran ‘won’ the war with Iraq but at a heavy price” (Atlantic Council)
- Bruce Riedel overheard Bush’s phone call days after 9/11
- “After Sistani and Khamenei: looming successions will shape the Middle East” (Atlantic Council)
- A Clean Break
- Cheney 1994 interview
Barbara Slavin is director of the Future of Iran Initiative at the Atlantic Council. Follow her on Twitter: @BarbaraSlavin1.
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; EasyShip; Thc Hemp Spot; Green Mill Supercritical; Bug-A-Salt; Lorenzotti Coffee and Listen and Think Audio.
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01/26/10 – Mark Ames – The Scott Horton Show
Mark Ames, regular writer for The eXiled, discusses Russia’s transition from neoliberal Yeltsin to nationalist Putin, the US ‘economic hit men’ advisers to Yeltsin who facilitated the rise of the oligarchs, the huge decline in Russian life-expectancy rates in the 1990s, the trail of economic disasters left in Larry Summers‘ wake, how the ‘cakewalk’ victory of Gulf War I increased American bravado and militarism, the end of US meritocracy and why a more vigorous opposition is needed to stop the War Party.
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01/22/10 – Daphne Eviatar – The Scott Horton Show
Daphne Eviatar, Senior Associate in Law and Security for Human Rights First, discusses the Brookings Institution study that recommends codifying indefinite detention without trial, the government’s refusal to release some Guantanamo detainees who won their habeas corpus hearings and how the never ending ‘war on terror’ complicates the traditional practice of holding prisoners ‘for the duration.’
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01/22/10 – James Bovard – The Scott Horton Show
James Bovard, author of Attention Deficit Democracy, discusses the two-party conspiracy against justice since the Independent Counsel’s expiration in 1999, the thousands of illegal FBI wiretaps excused as mere ‘technical violations’ by apologists, the dumbing down of the Bill of Rights and the barriers to enforcing a police state in the US.
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01/21/10 – Rep. Ron Paul – The Scott Horton Show
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) discusses his disinterest in political parties, the slippery slope from indefinitely detaining foreign terrorism suspects to designating domestic criminals ‘enemy combatants,’ why the US empire is more likely to end from the dollar’s collapse than a reasoned decision to return to a republic, the diminishing returns from intelligence spending and why reestablishing gold and silver as currency is a good idea.
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01/21/10 – Michael Hastings – The Scott Horton Show
Michael Hastings, author of the article ‘The Day Democracy Died in Iraq,’ discusses US withdrawal plans that are hinged on an orderly Iraqi election in March, the surge’s failure to effect Sunni/Shia political reconciliation, Ahmed Chalabi’s involvement in banning Sunni and secular candidates and why the promise of military aid will likely guarantee Iraqi acceptance of US forces remaining beyond 2011.
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01/21/10 – Christopher Manion – The Scott Horton Show
Christopher Manion, columnist for the weekly Catholic newspaper The Wanderer, discusses the two conflicting currents within the Conservative momement, the marked difference between Sarah Palin’s carefully crafted image and her actual policy positions, the rotten core of the GOP that is best left to the next generation to fix, the public’s misguided reliance on symbolism to categorize political figures and why neoconservatives are more correctly called neoliberals.
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01/20/10 – Shawn Haugh – The Scott Horton Show
Shawn Haugh of HeartsOfLiberty.org calls for donations for libertarian activist and former LP presidential candidate Michael Badnarik who recently suffered a massive heart attack.
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01/20/10 – Brandon Neely – The Scott Horton Show
Former Guantanamo prison guard Brandon Neely discusses his recent reunion and reconciliation with two former Gitmo inmates now living in England, his regret for violently restraining a prisoner in an incident that better communication would have prevented, the total discretion of officers in deciding on the treatment of prisoners and the frequent use of Initial Reaction Force (IRF) teams for prisoner beatings rather than control and restraint.
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