by Scott | Sep 2, 2019 | Interviews
Danny Sjursen explains why staying in Afghanistan, even indefinitely, won’t make any difference in its eventual outcome. Right now the U.S. military is only enforcing the Kabul government’s grip on a small part of the country, and if they leave, either the Taliban...
by Scott | Sep 3, 2021 | Fair Use Articles
An edited version of the agent’s 13-page letter May 21, 2002 FBI Director Robert Mueller FBI Headquarters Washington, D.C. Dear Director Mueller: I feel at this point that I have to put my concerns in writing concerning the important topic of the FBI’s...
by Scott | Jun 29, 2020 | Interviews
Scott talks to Antiwar.com News Editor Dave DeCamp about several of his latest articles. The two discuss the status of nuclear arms negotiations between the U.S. and Russia, the conflict between southern separatists and the Hadi government in Yemen, the Trump...
by Scott | Jun 20, 2020 | Interviews
Patrick Cockburn joins the show for an update on Julian Assange, who continues to languish in jail as he awaits the results of his possible extradition from Britain to the U.S. on charges under the Espionage Act. Scott and Cockburn revisit the important role Assange...
by Scott | May 31, 2020 | Interviews
Ron Enzweiler discusses the narratives surrounding domestic terrorist attacks like the one in Pensacola, Florida last December. Too often, these incidents are practically ignored, disappearing from the news before anyone can dig deeply into the details. When they are...
by Scott | May 13, 2020 | Interviews
Patrick Cockburn discusses Iraq’s increasingly desperate economic outlook as oil prices remain at historic lows. Iraq’s economy, like many of those in the Middle East, is hugely reliant on oil, with millions directly on a government payroll that depends almost...
by Scott | May 12, 2020 | Interviews
Scott interviews journalist Bas Spliet about the ongoing war in Yemen. Spliet reminds us that even though the Houthis are still referred to in most of the Western media as “rebels,” they have actually been ruling 80% of the country since 2014, and it’s really Saudi...
by Scott | Nov 11, 2019 | Interviews
Scott interviews Ron Enzweiler about President Trump trying to keep troops in Syria in order to seize their oil fields for American use. Enzweiler says that apart from this being illegal under international law, Syria’s oil fields amount to about 0.2% of the global...
by Scott | Nov 7, 2019 | Scott Horton's Articles
Reprinted from Antiwar.com. It’s pretty obvious. Americans should support the impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump, but not for Ukrainegate. In fact, they should oppose his impeachment on Ukrainegate grounds completely. Trump’s real offense is...
by Scott | Mar 26, 2018
Latest Q&A Hey listener, we are looking for help finding some of your favorite Scott Horton Show episodes. Please, contact us below to recommend your favorites from the archives. The Mises Caucus Doctrine For the Libertarian Party by Scott | Sep 15, 2022 | Show...
by Scott | Mar 17, 2018 | Scott Horton's Articles
The myth of the Afghan safe haven just won’t die. This article was originally published in the January/February edition of The American Conservative magazine. In 2001, after the 9/11 attacks, the United States invaded Afghanistan and quickly smashed the Taliban...
by Scott | Aug 14, 2015 | Fair Use Articles
Iranian Involvement in Iraq by Philip Giraldi (Originally written back in 2008) Introduction: The United States government has been arguing since 2005 that Iran is “interfering” in neighboring Iraq. At a political level, the interference is alleged to involve...
by Scott | Sep 20, 2014 | Stress Blog
Welcome everybody, it’s Friday September 19th 2014 and we are talking ISIS, war, Obama and more today with Scott Horton host of AntiWar Radio on KPFK 90.7fm in Los Angeles and KUCR 88.3fm in Riverside California. You can also catch Scott on The Scott Horton Show...
by Scott | Jun 9, 2014 | Interviews
Ray McGovern, a retired CIA officer turned political activist, discusses the 47th anniversary of the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty. He also discusses the Iraq War, official liars from Rumsfeld to Kerry, Chelsea Manning’s whistleblowing, Ukraine, Russia, etc....
by Scott | Jun 2, 2014 | Interviews
Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses the limited resources the US government ought to be using in the war on terrorism; Hamid Karzai’s increasingly tenuous grip on power in Afghanistan as US troops withdraw; and Obama’s responsibility for the Al...
by Scott | Mar 5, 2014 | Stress Blog
February 15, 2014 FFF, ISFL, Washington DC Jacob Hornberger: Okay we’re going to go ahead and get started just a little bit early, so that the speaker or possible speakers have full time. I’m Jacob Hornberger, President of the Future of Freedom Foundation,...
by Scott | Jul 1, 2013 | Scott Horton's Articles
By Scott Horton Future of Freedom Foundation Are America’s disasters abroad a result of stupidity or some elaborate plan? An observer of modern U.S. foreign policy can be torn on that one. It makes sense that generals, contractors, and other national-security state...
by Scott | Nov 7, 2012 | Interviews
http://dissentradio.com/radio/12_11_07_giraldi.mp3 Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses the progress (or lack thereof) in the 11-year old war on terrorism; how Dick Cheney’s “One Percent Doctrine” continues to define US foreign policy; the...
by Scott | Apr 8, 2008 | Stress Blog
Well it was long… I am sad to say that the following is my impatient and lazy point by point thrashing (in lieu of an actual article) of Fred Kagan from the American Empire Institute and the stupid lies that he puked up on a recent page of the Weekly Standard. A...
by Scott | Dec 26, 2007 | Stress Blog
Two weeks ago, Antiwar.com received a letter from a non-commissioned officer in the U.S. Marine Corps wondering what motivated our behavior. One of my jobs for Antiwar.com is handling jobs like these, and since he asked like a gentleman, I’ve done my best to...
