Mark Perry, author of Talking to Terrorists: Why America Must Engage with its Enemies, discusses US efforts to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq, which could happen just before the November presidential election, giving Hillary Clinton a big boost.

Edward Stringham, author of Private Governance: Creating Order in Economic and Social Life, discusses why Americans are losing confidence in their increasingly-militarized police forces; and the propaganda put out by pro-cop groups like Blue Lives Matter.

Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, discusses the Obama administration's renewed military actions in Libya (still justified by the 2001 AUMF); how a real antiwar Republican (like Ron Paul) could effectively counter Hillary Clinton's strange political strategy of appearing as hawkish as possible; and RPI's Peace and Prosperity 2016 Conference on September 10th in Dulles, Virginia.

Nasser Arrabyee, a Yemeni journalist based in Sanaa, discusses the political unification of Houthi militias and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh's party as Yemenis from the north and south risk their lives to fight against Saudi Arabia's unrelenting destruction of the country.

Gareth Porter, an award-winning journalist and author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discusses Hillary Clinton's hawkish foreign policy advisors who are already recommending air strikes against the Assad regime in Syria in a push for regime change - even though ISIS or Al Qaeda would effectively become the new government.

James Carden, a contributing writer for The Nation and former advisor on Russia at the US State Department, discusses Hillary Clinton's foreign policy team of neocons and liberal hawks that is shaping up to be the most belligerent in a generation; and the "reverse domino theory" currently in vogue that advocates regime-changing Georgia and Ukraine to foment a Russian revolution against Putin.

Patrick Cockburn, journalist and author of Chaos & Caliphate: Jihadis and the West in the Struggle for the Middle East, discusses Turkish President Recep Erdogan's crackdown on schools and universities allegedly linked to the Gulen movement, lead by US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen who is accused of staging the military coup attempt on July 15th.

Inder Comar, founder and legal director of Comar Law, discusses his federal court lawsuit Saleh V. Bush that claims the 2003 Iraq War was a Nuremberg-type "crime of aggression;" and the trove of information in the Blair-Bush memos released in the Chilcot report.

James Ostrowski, a lawyer and author from Buffalo, New York, discusses his new book "The Impeachment of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton: for High Crimes in Syria and Libya;" and why critics of Hillary's role in Benghazi would be well served to take a broader look at the Libyan war.

Anthony Walker, a former Army psychological operations specialist who served in Afghanistan and Yemen, discusses the unnecessary death and destruction caused by JSOC's direct action task force in Afghanistan; and how this brutal program has left Afghans distrustful of their own government and made nation-building all but impossible.

Adam Johnson, a contributing writer for Alternet, discusses the US media's constant vilification of Donald Trump in words and images; The Daily Beast's accusations that Trump is like Richard Nixon, Joseph Goebbels, Stalin, Nero, and the Ayatollah; and Slate's hit piece that implies Trump is Vladimir Putin's puppet being used to destroy the West.

Jeffrey Carr, a cyber intelligence expert and CEO of Taia Global, Inc., discusses his fact-checking of Josh Marshall's TalkingPointsMemo article that claims a close alliance between Trump and Putin; and why the individuals blaming Russia for the DNC email hack are more motivated by politics than solid evidence.

Larisa Alexandrovna Horton, an investigative journalist formerly with Raw Story, discusses how the 28 pages of the Congressional Joint Inquiry into 9/11 terrorist attacks - finally released in redacted form to the public after 14 years of secrecy - make a convincing case that the hijackers had "babysitters" paid and instructed by top Saudi government officials.

Daniel Lazare, author of The Frozen Republic: How the Constitution Is Paralyzing Democracy, discusses the beheading of a 12 year old boy by US-backed Syrian "moderate" rebels; the Obama administration's PR spin to deflect blame and run out the clock until the story is forgotten; and the many questions regarding Saudi Arabia's involvement in 9/11 that weren't answered by the "28 pages."

Marc Hyden, a coordinator at Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, discusses the libertarian/conservative case for abolishing capital punishment; and the big difference between the death penalty in theory (killing the worst, absolutely guilty criminals) and in actual practice (a badly flawed government program that wastes millions and makes mistakes).