Karel Van Wolferen, a Dutch journalist and retired professor at the University of Amsterdam, discusses how big Western media outlets control the world's information and distort the facts about Ukraine and Russia.

Patrick Cockburn, an award-winning journalist at The Independent, discusses ISIS's advances in Syria and Iraq; the poor performance of the Kurdish Peshmerga; and why the Yazidi humanitarian crisis looks to be another propaganda stunt to restart US intervention in Iraq.

Nebojsa Malic, a regular columnist at Antiwar.com, discusses the glaring double standard on US and Russian intervention in Ukraine; and why the MH-17 crash has disappeared from the mainstream media.

Ted Snider, a writer on US foreign policy and history, discusses the US's hands-off approach to ISIS as long as the fighting is against Iran-allied Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.

Sandy Tolan, a TomDispatch regular, discusses how Israel and the US blew many chances to avoid war in Gaza.

McClatchy Foreign Staff journalist Mitchell Prothero discusses the imminent replacement of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki; US intervention to help the Kurds and Yazidi refugees; and why the Islamic State crisis wouldn't have happened if Saddam Hussein was still running Iraq.

Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, discusses why the US isn't going to solve the Iraq mess by dropping more bombs; how the US helped create ISIS in the first place; and the politicians poised to profit from the spoils of war.

Will Grigg, blogger and author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, and the militarized police response to protesters.

Brendan O'Neill, editor of Spiked-online, discusses the anti-Israel activists who act as the attack dogs of a new Western imperialism.

Doug Bandow, a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, discusses why the US should stay out of Iraq and leave the fight to other capable regional powers like Turkey and Jordan.

Eric Garris, managing editor of Antiwar.com, discusses why Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has good reason to fear a US-backed coup against him.

Marjorie Cohn, a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, discusses how US leaders aid and abet Israeli war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.

Jeff Kaye, a psychologist and blogger at Firedoglake, discusses the CIA's ongoing intervention in Ukraine since the end of WWII.

Alex Kane, assistant editor for Mondoweiss, discusses what Hamas and the Israeli government want out of a ceasefire agreement; and what Israel has gained (or not) by destroying Gaza and killing 2000 Palestinians.

Peter Van Buren, author of We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People, discusses the Obama administration's humanitarian pretext for going back to war in Iraq.