by Scott | Aug 16, 2010 | Interviews
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for IPS News, discusses the overlooked messages that undermine the premise of Jeffrey Goldberg’s Iran fear-mongering article, the recent history of Israel pretending Iran is an ‘existential threat’ as...
by Scott | Aug 3, 2010 | Interviews
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for IPS News, discusses Obama’s weasel-worded admission that combat brigades will remain in Iraq despite his promise to remove them by Sept. 1, 2010, new doubts on the Dec. 31, 2011 deadline on withdrawing all...
by Scott | Jul 19, 2010 | Interviews
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for IPSNews, discusses indications that Amiri the mysterious Iranian defector was actually a double-agent sent by Iran to learn what the CIA knew and thought about them, Amiri’s role on the periphery of their...
by Scott | Jul 16, 2010 | Interviews
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for IPS News, discusses the creation of the Emergency Committee for Israel, UN Security Council resolutions demanding Iran cease all uranium enrichment, global support for Iran’s position and the Israel...
by Scott | Jul 8, 2010 | Interviews
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for IPSNews, discusses the recent rumors of war against Iran, why he thinks violent military confrontation unlikely in the short to medium term, continuing opposition from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,...
by Scott | Jun 29, 2010 | Interviews
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses how Gen. David Petraeus’s political skills and reputation could enable a compromise settlement in Afghanistan, speculation that Gen. Stanley McChrystal got fired on purpose,...
by Scott | Jun 25, 2010 | Interviews
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses Afghanistan policy with Gen. David Petraeus in charge, how the military has achieved ideological hegemony in the US, Obama’s window of opportunity to deflect blame for failure...
by Scott | Jun 15, 2010 | Interviews
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses the impending ‘Iraq 2006 moment’ Gen. McChrystal faces in Afghanistan, the political ‘fix’ discussed at the June CNAS conference: Republican pressure on...
by Scott | Jun 7, 2010 | Interviews
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses the CIA drone operators who believe their own jobs are counterproductive, how the Obama administration caters to domestic public opinion by extending policies that sound tough even...
by Scott | Jun 1, 2010 | Interviews
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service and Flynt Leverett, former Senior Director for Middle East Affairs at the National Security Council, discuss how easy it is to co-opt mainstream media and spread disinformation to start a war,...
by Scott | May 26, 2010 | Interviews
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses the swiftly unraveling US disaster in Afghanistan, the short-lived ‘government in a box’ Marjah model, US reliance on Wali Karzai (Hamid Karzai’s brother) for...
by Scott | May 19, 2010 | Interviews
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses the just-disclosed US demand that Iran must stop all uranium enrichment before any negotiations are conducted, why further UN Security Council sanctions would need to be toothless...
by Scott | May 11, 2010 | Interviews
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses the unusually pessimistic Pentagon report on US progress in Afghanistan, pre-announced military offensives that prevent major confrontations with the Taliban, Hillary...
by Scott | Apr 2, 2010 | Interviews
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses the blowback from Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s ‘targeted’ night raids in Afghanistan, right-wing complaints about limited engagement rules that supposedly undermine...
by Scott | Mar 9, 2010 | Podcast, Stress Blog
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by Scott | Mar 9, 2010 | Interviews
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses the US military’s descriptive excesses that preceded their offensive on the Afghan ‘city’ of Marjah, the US counterinsurgency strategy of establishing a favorable...
by Scott | Mar 2, 2010 | Interviews
Gareth Porter and Eric Margolis discuss Gen. McChrystal’s ‘government in a box’ plan for Afghanistan, military actions that are motivated more by a desire to influence US public opinion than to achieve strategic gains, Obama’s secondary role in formulating...
by Scott | Feb 11, 2010 | Interviews
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses Hamid Karzai’s increased willingness to make a deal with the Taliban, the US determination to militarily weaken the Taliban before negotiating and the disastrous Afghan...
by Scott | Feb 2, 2010 | Interviews
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses the Obama administration’s inability to negotiate an Afghan peace deal, differing opinions on whether the troop surge will ultimately help or hurt U.S. diplomatic leverage with the...
by Scott | Jan 7, 2010 | Interviews
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses the Iran ‘nuclear trigger’ documents published in the Times of London that are only remade excerpts of an unknown original, how Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh went...
