04/04/14 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Syndicated columnist Eric Margolis discusses the decidedly undemocratic Afghan national elections; the CIA-friendly drug dealers and warlords running for president; the Taliban’s exclusion from the political process; and why the new government will probably...

03/24/14 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Syndicated columnist Eric Margolis discusses the 528 Muslim Brotherhood supporters sentenced to death by an Egyptian judge; continuing US financial support for Egypt despite army chief al-Sisi’s purge of political dissidents; the possibility of an armed uprising...

02/28/14 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, an award-winning, internationally syndicated columnist, discusses the quick demise of the EU-brokered compromise deal for Ukraine; tracing Ukraine’s civil conflicts back to WWII atrocities committed by the USSR and Germany; and Russia’s...

02/21/14 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, an award-winning, internationally syndicated columnist, discusses the EU-brokered compromise deal to avoid civil war in Ukraine; State Department official Victoria Nuland’s condescending attitude toward Europe; and why the US media now rivals the...

01/27/14 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, an award-winning, internationally syndicated columnist, discusses how the mayhem in Kiev, Ukraine is stirring up conflict between Europe, Russia and the US; the Saudi’s successful influence-buying game in Washington; and second thoughts on regime...

01/10/14 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, an award-winning, internationally syndicated columnist, discusses the world danger spots in 2014; the risk of nuclear war between India and Pakistan over disputed Kashmir; US efforts to oust Hamid Karzai by rigging the Afghan election; and the NIE that...

12/23/13 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Foreign correspondent Eric Margolis discusses Kim Jong-un’s execution of his uncle in-law; why Nelson Mandela was a “South African Gandhi;” the difference between fascism and extreme right wing dictators; and US intervention in South Sudan. Podcast:...

10/06/13 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses Iran’s unwelcome peace offerings; John Kerry and Hillary Clinton’s political maneuvering ahead of the 2016 election; the Syria debacle that has embarrassed Obama and boosted Putin’s...

08/26/13 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses the imminent US entry into Syria’s civil war; the questionable evidence that Syria’s government used chemical weapons on civilians; parallels to the Bush administration’s propaganda...

08/19/13 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses the Obama administration’s refusal to call Egypt’s military coup by name; the imminent return of Hosni Mubarak; how American military aid to Egypt violates the law; and why Saudi...

07/25/13 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, author of American Raj, discusses the meaningless “kabuki theater” Israel-Palestine roadmap to peace; how Israel’s continued settlement building amounts to slow-motion ethnic cleansing; retired CENTCOM General James Mattis’s...

07/08/13 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses the US contribution to Egypt’s military coup; the engineered economic and security collapse that proceeded President Mohammed Morsi’s ouster; the throngs of unemployed young people protesting...

06/14/13 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses the Obama administration’s decision to directly arm Syrian rebels; the “old colonial lusts” of Britain and France; disagreement on whether the Syrian government or the rebels used...

05/16/13 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses the results of Pakistani elections; the relatively poor showing of cricket star and anti-corruption champion Imran Khan; the Pakistani army’s heavy losses while fighting a US proxy war in the...

05/06/13 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses Israel’s bombing of Syria; the impotence of Arab armies against the mighty Israeli military; the US’s treaty-bound obligation to defend Japan against attack – which could mean war with...

05/03/13 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, author of American Raj, discusses former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf’s arrest over the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in 2007, among other charges; Afghanistan’s preparation for US withdrawal; the reemergence of the Iraqi...