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Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) vs. James Baker III on Revised War Powers Act
Note the presence of the brilliant Daniel McAdams backing up Dr. Paul and the ungentlemanly belligerence of Baker. Note also that Baker's argument rests on the premise that the constitution is dead and that without the War Powers Act, or his new replacement for it,...
Antiwar Radio 3/06/09: Robert Murphy and Jim Lobe
Today on Antiwar Radio, we'll be taking your questions for Austrian School Economist Robert Murphy at 512-646-6446. Starting at 11am Pacific. KAOSRadioAustin.org Antiwar.com/radio
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.
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03/02/09 – Robert Dreyfuss – The Scott Horton Show
Robert Dreyfuss, author of Devil’s Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam, discusses the Obama administration’s Iraq withdrawal plan, the survivability of Iraq’s central government without U.S. support, the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran and why the doctrine of preventive war left town with the Bush administration.
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03/02/09 – Amna Akbar – The Scott Horton Show
Amna Akbar, Clinical Fellow at the International Human Rights Clinic, discusses her legal team’s representation of Mohamed Farag Bashmilah in the ‘extraordinary rendition’ lawsuit against Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc. and the ongoing collaborative FOIA lawsuit against U.S. government secrecy on torture issues.
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02/26/09 – Kaveh L. Afrasiabi – The Scott Horton Show
Kaveh L. Afrasiabi, author of the article ‘Iran’s security concerns weigh heavy‘ in the Asia Times Online, discusses Iranian security from a non-U.S. perspective, the problems presented by instability in Pakistan, tensions between Sunni and Shia throughout the region, how the U.S. embargo on Iran hurts U.S. companies and the similar meaning of President Obama’s ‘clenched fist‘ metaphor and Bush’s ‘axis of evil’ designation.
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02/26/09 – David R. Henderson – The Scott Horton Show
David R. Henderson, research fellow with the Hoover Institution, discusses the love-fest between Congressional Democrats and President Obama, the benefit of empire for a select few and the net loss for everyone else, the common misconceptions on what caused and worsened the 1973 oil crisis and the difficulty of communicating with people whose ideas and arguments are wrapped in insulating layers of emotion and patriotism.
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02/26/09 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, independent researcher and journalist, discusses Obama’s extended withdrawal plan that keeps tens of thousands of troops in Iraq indefinitely, the political calculation behind the change from a 16 to 19 month withdrawal timetable and the incremental victory won by the generals and Pentagon officials who want to stay in Iraq for the long term.
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02/25/09 – Daniel Levy – The Scott Horton Show
Daniel Levy, Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation, discusses the future of Israel with Benjamin Netanyahu as likely next Prime Minister, the multi-party complexity of Knesset coalition negotiations, how an Israeli government that includes moderate factions would provide some protection from international condemnation of future bad behavior and how U.S. initiative combined with Israelis and Palestinians thinking outside the box can produce unusual compromises for a viable two-state solution.
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02/24/09 – Glenn Greenwald – The Scott Horton Show
Glenn Greenwald, renowned Salon.com blogger, discusses the Obama administration’s impact on civil liberties, the failure of Obama’s government to reverse a single Bush-era legal position, how the Bagram prison in Afghanistan is replacing Guantanamo as the new extralegal detention facility, the spectacular claim that a global war on terror makes the whole world a battlefield and all its inhabitants potential enemy combatants, the history of the state secrets privilege from its original limited exemptions to the current claims of total immunity and why non-prosecuting truth and reconciliation committees should be reserved for third-world countries.
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02/23/09 – Jacob Hornberger – The Scott Horton Show
Jacob Hornberger, founder and president of the Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court hearing of the Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri case, the inability of habeas corpus to protect even U.S. citizens from being designated enemy-combatants, the history of terrorism prosecution in U.S. criminal courts and how the continued U.S. assertion that Afghanistan is a war zone further undermines the credibility of Hamid Karzai’s government.
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