05/14/09 – Kelly B. Vlahos – The Scott Horton Show

by | May 14, 2009 |

Kelley B. Vlahos, longtime political reporter for FoxNews.com, discusses her controversial article 'Gian Gentile: Exposing Counterfeit COIN,' the enduring myth of the Petraeus 'surge' success story, the re-emergence of a counterintelligence cult devoted to the clear-build-hold doctrine and the prominent role the neoliberal CNAS plays in the Obama administration.

05/14/09 – Scott Ritter – The Scott Horton Show

by | May 14, 2009 |

Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter discusses the newly assertive U.S. role in relations with Israel, how ending nationalism-inspiring threats against Iran will allow a moderate government to take hold, Israel's inability to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities without U.S. help, how missile defense provokes nuclear proliferation and why nuclear weapons can and should be abandoned in our lifetimes.

05/13/09 – Mark Ames – The Scott Horton Show

by | May 13, 2009 |

Mark Ames, journalist for The Nation and eXiled Online, discusses recent history leading up to the current mess in former Soviet Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili's downward spiral, the broken Georgian economy, rumors that U.S. advisers participated to some extent in Georgia's invastion of S. Ossetia last summer, Georgia's relationship with Israel and America's relationship with Russia.

05/13/09 – Tom Hayden – The Scott Horton Show

by | May 13, 2009 |

Former California State Senator Tom Hayden discusses the newest wave of think-tanks competing for influence in the White House, the U.S. trend of fighting generational 'long wars' instead of short decisive conflicts, the increased secrecy and ruthlessness Gen. McChrystal will surely bring to AfPak and how special operations forces use PR to maintain public support while behaving badly abroad.

05/13/09 – Scott Horton – The Scott Horton Show

by | May 13, 2009 |

The Other Scott Horton, international human rights lawyer, professor and contributing editor at Harper's magazine, discusses the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearings on torture memos, the blatant U.S. coverup and blackmail attempt to prevent Britain from releasing information on Binyam Mohamed's torture, the too-convenient suicide of 9/11 conspirator Al-Libi and how the argument for an independent torture investigation keeps getting stronger.

05/12/09 – Jeff Sharlet – The Scott Horton Show

by | May 12, 2009 |

Jeff Sharlet, author of the article 'Jesus killed Mohammed: The crusade for a Christian military,' discusses the widespread Christian fundamentalist evangelism among U.S. military officers, how a soldier’s perception of a war on Islam in Iraq trumps politically correct Bush and Obama administration rhetoric, the process behind the influx of intolerant evangelical military chaplains and Christianity’s usurpation of the Constitution at premier military academies.

Antiwar Radio: Burton Folsom

by | May 10, 2009 | ,

Burton Folsom, professor of history at Hillsdale College and author of the book New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America, discusses the disastrous legacy of America's Great Dictator, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Listen here.

05/08/09 – Mark Manning – The Scott Horton Show

by | May 8, 2009 |

Documentary filmmaker Mark Manning discusses his film The Road to Fallujah, the events leading up to the 2004 murders of Blackwater contract employees in Fallujah, the terrible toll collective punishment takes on civilians and how open dialogue makes peace possible.

05/07/09 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

by | May 7, 2009 |

Eric Margolis, author of American Raj: Liberation or Domination, discusses the many internal factions rebelling against the Pakistani government, Hillary Clinton's unfounded fears of a Taliban takeover of Pakistan, the geography and significance of Pakistan's provinces and how the U.S. risks creating more events akin to the Iranian Revolution.