Karen Kwiatkowski, columnist at LewRockwell.com and retired USAF lieutenant colonel, discusses the neocon infiltration of the formerly decent Hudson Institute, her firsthand account of how the Office of Special Plans lied us into the Iraq War, Col. David Hackworth's pushback against OSP propaganda and why the Iraq War instigators are now directing their war cries toward Iran.
08/03/10 – Malou Innocent – The Scott Horton Show
Malou Innocent, Foreign Policy Analyst at the Cato Institute and author of the article 'Are Our Goals in Afghanistan ‘Fairly Modest’?', discusses the Center for a New American Security‘s (unofficial) motto on nation building: 'never say die!', military pundits who cherry pick the convenient aspects of COIN doctrine, why the U.S. can’t seem to tell the difference between insurgents and terrorists, the fallacy of Afghanistan as a 'safe haven' for the 9/11 terrorists (who moved freely in the U.S....
08/03/10 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
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 U.S. forces from Iraq and why Iraq's government still has the last word on whether the U.S. ultimately stays or leaves.
08/02/10 – Mike Ludwig – The Scott Horton Show
Truthout contributor Mike Ludwig discusses the U.S. military’s missed opportunity to minimize the health risks from depleted uranium munitions, the Department of Defense’s policy of 'don’t look, don’t find' regarding a link between DU and Gulf War Veterans Illness, the 40-year late Congressional action on Agent Orange related illnesses and why the health and safety of enlisted troops is a secondary concern to the generals in charge.
07/30/10 – Ivan Eland – The Scott Horton Show
Ivan Eland, Senior Fellow at The Independent Institute and regular contributor to Antiwar.com, discusses the U.S. fight for diplomatic leverage in Afghanistan, why extreme militarization signals the final stage of empire, the many tragedies created by Democrats acting tough and why we need a president like Eisenhower who won't jump headfirst into every foreign conflict.
07/30/10 – Mikey Weinstein – The Scott Horton Show
Mikey Weinstein, author of With God on Our Side: One Man’s War Against an Evangelical Coup in America’s Military, discusses the 'fundamentalist Christian parachurch military corporate proselytizing complex' that Eisenhower never warned about, the 'American Taliban' Christian dominionists within the military who want to replace the Constitution with religious edicts, the danger of a military indoctrinated in end-times theology and equipped with a vast arsenal of nuclear weapons and why...
07/30/10 – Isaac Luria – The Scott Horton Show
Isaac Luria, Director of Communications and New Media for J Street, discusses a primary J Street goal: changing what it means to be pro-Israel, why a one-state solution is really a one-state delusion, how Avigdor Lieberman undermines Israel's status as a democracy and natural ally of the U.S., indications Bibi Netanyahu will concede part of E. Jerusalem and the short 6-12 month window of opportunity for serious Palestinian/Israeli negotiations.
07/30/10 – Aaron Glantz – The Scott Horton Show
This recording is excerpted from the KPFK Beneath The Surface with Suzi Weissman program of July 30th. The complete recording can be heard here. Aaron Glantz, author of The War Comes Home: Washington's Battle against America's Veterans, discusses the lawsuit against Prudential Insurance Co. of America for stealing the interest earned from veterans' life insurance policies, the increasing expense and lowered expectations required to meet military recruitment goals, the long history of...
07/30/10 – Mike Gogulski – The Scott Horton Show
This recording is excerpted from the KPFK Beneath The Surface with Suzi Weissman program of July 30th. The complete recording can be heard here. Mike Gogulski, founder of the Help Bradley Manning website, discusses Manning's brig transfer from Kuwait to Virginia and his status on suicide watch, the involvement of Courage to Resist in fundraising efforts for Manning's legal defense and how sympathizers can donate or volunteer to help Bradley Manning.
07/29/10 – James Bovard – The Scott Horton Show
James Bovard, author of Attention Deficit Democracy, discusses the FBI's flagrant abuse of national security letters that apparently entitles them to even more eavesdropping power, the lawsuits and sabotage efforts likely heading WikiLeaks' way, how media sycophancy enables the know-nothing Congress and why Bob Barr's 2008 Presidential Committee needs help paying its bills.
07/28/10 – Ray McGovern – The Scott Horton Show
Ray McGovern, former senior analyst at the CIA, discusses the supplanting of the traditional press (Fourth Estate) by borderless internet journalism (the 'Fifth Estate'), the New York Times‘ 'attaboy' reward from the White House for its deference to government authority, the media’s new discovery that other countries sometimes have different priorities than the U.S., the plethora of information in the Afghan War Diary that will aid Iran war boosters and why the Taliban seem to be waging a very...
07/28/10 – Daniel Ellsberg – The Scott Horton Show
Daniel Ellsberg, the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers, discusses the myriad official reasons why the Afghan War Diary is endangering soldiers and/or completely irrelevant, how WikiLeaks has changed the face of journalism and government transparency, the scapegoating of Pakistan for the failing Afghanistan War effort and why now is the time for other whistleblowers/leakers to come forward.
07/28/10 – Julian Assange – The Scott Horton Show
Julian Assange, co-founder and spokesperson for WikiLeaks, discusses the 15 thousand unreleased intelligence reports from Afghanistan, efforts to get the WikiLeaks Garani massacre video ready for public release, the warning from Seymour Hersh that government officials were ready to ignore the rule of law to silence him (Assange), indications that the supposedly leaked 260,000 diplomatic cables never made it to WikiLeaks, the secret rendition program from Somalia to Kenya and how Bradley...
07/27/10 – Muhammad Sahimi – The Scott Horton Show
Muhammad Sahimi, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Southern California, discusses the differences between the two Jundallah terrorist groups, the easily exploited tensions between Iran's government and ethnic and religious minorities, the lack of support for Jundallah (Iran) even within the Baluchi community, the post-9/11 U.S. rejection of Iran's cooperation that crippled the moderate government and put hardliners in charge, why the U.S. won't...
07/27/10 – Charles Goyette – The Scott Horton Show
Charles Goyette, former Antiwar Radio co-contributor and author of The Dollar Meltdown : Surviving the Impending Currency Crisis with Gold, Oil, and Other Unconventional Investments, discusses the sacrifice of social programs to preserve the sacrosanct Pentagon budget, how American insularity breeds ignorance, the worthless 2300-page financial reform bill passed by Congress, how alternate systems of money and commerce will bypass Fed control and why oil and gold will hold their value against a...
