Murtaza Hussain, a journalist with The Intercept, discusses how the Obama administration invented the "Khorasan Group" threat to justify bombing Syria.

Matthew Hoh, Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy, discusses the changes in Afghanistan's government and the never-ending US occupation.

Grant F. Smith, director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, discusses his article "Most Americans Say US Gives Too Much Aid to Israel."

Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, discusses Hillary Clinton's role in the 2009 Honduran military coup.

Raeford Davis, a former police officer in South Carolina, discusses how ending the war on drugs and guns would help the problem of police violence.

Ray McGovern, a retired CIA officer turned political activist, discusses his lawsuit against the State Department for putting him on the BOLO list (Be On the Look Out) because of his silent protest at Hillary Clinton's speech in 2011. Ray also discusses US intervention in Iraq and the legalities of war.

Stephen Zunes, a professor of politics and chair of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco, discusses the US's divide and conquer strategy in the Middle East; the origins of Iraq's sectarian violence; and why Obama is more focused on deposing Syria's Assad than eliminating the Islamic State.

Patrick Cockburn, an award winning columnist for The Independent and author of The Jihadis Return, discusses the incomprehensible US strategy in Syria and Iraq; whether the videotaped beheadings are a deliberate provocation or a sign of the Islamic State's overconfidence; and ISIS's recruiting success from the Sunni underclass.

Peter Van Buren, author of We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People, discusses his article "Apocalypse Now, Iraq Edition: Fighting in Iraq Until Hell Freezes Over."

Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses the overblown threat of bearded fanatics coming to kill us all; and why Americans are in favor of bombing Syria on the flimsiest pretext.

Dan Sanchez, Director of the Mises Academy, discusses his article "Playing with Fanatic Fire: How the Saudis (and the U.S.) have perilously exploited radical Islam in their pursuit of power."

Eric Margolis, an internationally syndicated columnist and author of American Raj, discusses the rebellion in Yemen's capital city of Sanaa; Jordan's formidable military capability; and Israel's increasing regional power and influence.

Abigail Hall, the JIN Fellow in Economics in the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, discusses her article "Perfecting Tyranny: Foreign Intervention as Experimentation in State Control."

Dahr Jamail, author of The Mass Destruction of Iraq, discusses the Obama administration's so-called strategy in Iraq and Syria.

The Other Scott Horton, author of Lords of Secrecy: The National Security Elite and America's Stealth Warfare, discusses the domestic and international legal questions arising from Obama's preparations for war in Iraq and Syria; and why Congress won't address the Constitutional crisis of presidential war powers.