Stephen M. Walt, professor of international relations at Harvard University, discusses his article "Do No (More) Harm" about why the US should stop intervening in the Middle East.

Greg Mitchell, author of Atomic Cover-up, discusses the US's unnecessary atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Jeff Kaye, a psychologist and writer at Firedoglake, discusses his article "Obama Admits He Banned Only 'Some' of the CIA's Torture Techniques;" why the Senate Intelligence Committee won't release its 6000-page CIA torture report; and why President Obama would be impeached by now if he was a Republican.

Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, President of the Minaret of Freedom Institute, discusses the important background information needed to properly understand the Israel-Palestine conflict, and why Jews have a right of return to Israel but Palestinians don't.

Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses President Obama's admission that "we tortured some folks;" why Americans should be ashamed about the war on Gaza (and Syria); and how the Council for the National Interest fights back against the Israel lobby's undue influence on Congress.

Gareth Porter, an award-winning independent journalist, discusses his article "The Fog of Diplomacy: Creating a False Picture of the Iran Nuclear Talks."

Eric Margolis, an internationally syndicated columnist and author of American Raj, discusses the lessons we should learn from the avoidable tragedy of WWI that began 100 years ago.

Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, discusses how central banks hide the true costs of war and the narrow segment of society benefiting from the "jobless recovery."

Stephen Zunes, a professor of politics and chair of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco, discusses Israel's "Hannibal protocol" that advocates killing Israeli soldiers rather than allowing them to be captured alive; the Geneva Conventions' definition of "human shields;" and how the US is rewriting the laws of war.

McClatchy Foreign Staff journalist Mitchell Prothero discusses the extreme brutality of the Islamic State in action and the counterproductive reprisals by Iraqi Shia militias.

Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, discusses why it now appears the Ukrainian government in Kiev intentionally shot down Malaysian Airlines flight MH17.

Jason Ditz, editor for Antiwar.com, discusses Bill Clinton's "I could have killed bin Laden" claim on 9/10/01; the German plan to settle the Russia-Ukraine dispute; and the grossly over-hyped "terror tunnels" in Gaza.

Blogger Marcy Wheeler discusses the CIA's admission that they did indeed spy on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; the US ambassadors told to hush up about CIA torture in their host countries; and how Patrick Leahy's version of USA Freedom Act could help the NSA get inside your smart phone.

McClatchy journalist Nancy Youssef discusses her article "U.S. evacuates Libyan embassy amid growing unrest," and Libyan General Khalifa Haftar's inability to reclaim territory from Islamic militias.

Conn Hallinan, a columnist for Foreign Policy in Focus, discusses his article "Parsing the East Asian Powder Keg," and the Pentagon's plan for a land invasion of China.