Sheldon Richman, vice president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses how the British and French post-colonial division of the Middle East after WWI has given us a 100-year legacy of violence and war.

Jacob Hornberger, founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses how immigration controls bring death and misery, and the fundamental human right to travel in search of a better life.

Patrick Cockburn, an award-winning journalist with The Independent, discusses the ISIS-led Sunni revolt that is closing in on Baghdad; the rapid enlistment of Shia fighters stepping in for the disgraced Iraqi army; and the pressure on Nouri al-Maliki to step down as prime minister.

Jonathan Landay, a national security and intelligence reporter for McClatchy Newspapers, discusses why anyone paying attention during the 2003 Iraq War could see the current situation coming; the disingenuous complaints that Obama should have kept US troops in Iraq after 2011; and the Iran-Syria-US (unofficial) coalition against ISIS.

Jason Ditz, news editor at Antiwar.com, discusses ISIS's capture of US-made anti-aircraft missiles and why the Sunni offensive in Iraq will slow down now that they have captured territory.

Jesse Franzblau, a policy analyst and freedom of information activist working with the National Security Archive, discusses the escalating crisis in Libya and why the 2011 intervention "can only be regarded as a dramatic strategic failure on the part of the United States and its NATO allies."

Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, discusses the ISIS/Sunni offensive in Iraq; John Kerry's pretense that Egypt's military dictatorship is really a democracy; and the strange Israel-Saudi Arabia special relationship.

Major Todd E. Pierce, a former JAG defense attorney at Guantanamo, discusses the Bush administration's attack on the Constitution after 9/11, and why the destruction of our civil liberties isn't making us any safer.

Eric Margolis, an award-winning, internationally syndicated columnist, discusses the neoconservative strategists of yesteryear who brought about the current almighty mess in Iraq; why the US continues to support the Syrian opposition; the resurgence of Saddam's Baath party; and the risks of terrorism blowback in Europe and the US.

Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, discusses what's happening in Ukraine while the world's attention is focused on the Middle East; the Kiev government's reference to Russians as "subhuman;" and the State Department's questionable claim that Russian tanks are deployed in Ukraine.

Yousaf Butt, a former scientific consultant to the Federation of American Scientists, discusses the common US and Iranian interest in saving Iraq's government from an al-Qaeda takeover, and whether that can create enough goodwill to ensure a successful Iranian nuclear deal.

William Astore, a retired lieutenant colonel (USAF) and editor of The Contrary Perspective, discusses the militarized realities of fortress America where criticism of soldier-warriors or their war-planning superiors isn't tolerated.

Hillary Mann Leverett, co-author of Going to Tehran: Why America Must Accept the Islamic Republic of Iran, discusses why Washington policymakers can't see the connection between US support for the Syrian opposition and the surge of well-armed and trained ISIS fighters storming across Iraq.

Mitchell Prothero, a journalist with McClatchy DC, discusses ISIS's remarkable takeover of a large swath of Iraq where an upstart Islamic caliphate is being established.

Patrick Cockburn, an award-winning journalist with The Independent, discusses the Iraqi army's disorderly retreat when fundamentalist Islamic group Isis captured the cities of Mosul and Tikrit; and why the Syrian civil war primarily benefits al-Qaida type movements like Isis, Jabhat al-Nusra, and Ahrar al-Sham.