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 though they are ineffective, US intelligence gathering on Iran that focuses on worst-case scenarios rather than plausible outcomes and why US military expansionism can't keep pace with the newly radicalized populations it...
06/07/10 – Jason Ditz – The Scott Horton Show
Jason Ditz, managing news editor at Antiwar.com, discusses the reports emerging from flotilla activists released from Israeli custody, why the fleeting nature of media news cycles may defeat efforts to debunk Israel's propaganda blitz and the missing-in-action official US government response to the killing of Furkan Dogan.
06/04/10 – Alan Grayson – The Scott Horton Show
Florida Congressman Alan Grayson discusses his 'War Is Making You Poor' bill that seeks to limit war spending and cut income taxes, how ending war spending on Afghanistan would free up enough money to eliminate federal taxes on income under 35k/year, why Israel’s blockade of Gaza is simply to keep Hamas from obtaining weapons and why the link between unconditional US support for Israel and 9/11 isn’t worth commenting on.
06/04/10 – Doug Bandow – The Scott Horton Show
Doug Bandow, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, discusses N. Korea's heated rhetoric after being blamed (and soon to be punished) for sinking a S. Korean warship, the strong motivation of all parties involved to ultimately find a peaceful settlement and the US intervention in yet another conflict halfway around the world.
06/03/10 – Ray McGovern – The Scott Horton Show
Ray McGovern, former senior analyst at the CIA, discusses the 1967 Israeli attack on the USS Liberty, LBJ's personal intervention that stopped the Navy from responding to the Liberty distress call and the two most likely explanations for the attack: Israel's desire to assault the Golan Heights without US foreknowledge and to cover up the execution of Egyptian prisoners of war.
06/03/10 – Craig and Cindy Corrie – The Scott Horton Show
Craig and Cindy Corrie, parents of peace activist Rachel Corrie who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza in 2003, discuss Rachel’s enthusiastic work on behalf of Palestinian victims of occupation, witnessing firsthand the destructive effects of Operation 'Cast Lead,' how Israeli checkpoints fracture communities and prevent a functional Palestinian society, why Israel shouldn’t be trusted to conduct a real investigation of its own crimes and how Rachel’s legacy continues through (among...
06/03/10 – Jeremy Scahill – The Scott Horton Show
Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, discusses the few voices of dissent against Israeli apologists for the flotilla attack in US mainstream media, fast and furious IDF press releases that shift the discussion to Hamas and away from the collective punishment of Gaza civilians, the US government's choice to defend Israel instead of US citizens and the removal of any doubt that Israel has become a pariah state.
06/03/10 – Dean Ahmad – The Scott Horton Show
Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, founder of the Minaret of Freedom Institute, discusses his remembrance of better times in Palestine, Israeli apologists who have long departed the reality-based community, how the Ottoman Empire functioned as a sanctuary for Jews persecuted in Europe, the land (not religious) dispute at the core of Israeli/Palestinian conflict and the seeming inability of pro-Israel Americans to differentiate facts from propaganda.
Antiwar Radio 6/02/10
Winslow T. Wheeler, Dean Ahmed and Eric Margolis 11-2 Texas time 95.9 in Austin or stream from http://kaosradioaustin.org - third hour at http://libertyradionetwork.com.
06/02/10 – Winslow T. Wheeler – The Scott Horton Show
Winslow T. Wheeler, Director of the Straus Military Reform Project, discusses Secretary of Defense Robert Gates's halfhearted fight against Pentagon waste, the expensive and poor-performing next generation of fighter aircraft, differing characterizations of US expansionism: evil empire or benevolent global hegemon, ever-increasing Pentagon budgets that paradoxically result in the worst equipped military in a generation and why US Navy surface ships are sitting ducks.
06/02/10 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Internationally syndicated columnist Eric Margolis discusses the indications that US military action in Pakistan will soon escalate beyond drone missile strikes, the ignorance and arrogance of American strategists and policy makers, Israel's hard working (and busy) propaganda machine and how the US government's continued willingness to apologize for Israel increases the risk of another 9/11
Antiwar Radio 6/01/10
Eric Garris, Gareth Porter Interviews Flynt Leverette, Tom Woods 11-2 Central - First 2 hours at http://kaosradioaustin.org and for the first time, today a new third hour will be broadcast from http://libertyradionetwork.com/ .
06/01/10 – Thomas E. Woods – The Scott Horton Show
Thomas E. Woods, coauthor of We Who Dared to Say No to War: American Antiwar Writing from 1812 to Now, discusses Daniel Webster's stirring speech against the War of 1812, the slaughter of retreating Iraqi soldiers in the 1991 Gulf War and how the institution of war has become the US civic religion.
06/01/10 – Gareth Porter and Flynt Leverett – The Scott Horton Show
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, controlling the narrative to influence who ultimately gets blamed if/when Iran’s tri-party uranium swap deal fails, unresolved internal division in the Obama administration over whether Iran is allowed to enrich uranium at all,...
06/01/10 – Eric Garris – The Scott Horton Show
Eric Garris, founder and director of Antiwar.com, discusses the highly restrictive Gaza blockade that subjects 1.5 million residents to collective punishment for electing Hamas, Israel's surprisingly violent attack on the aid flotilla after allowing half of the previous attempts to pass through, the timid official US response (amid a chorus of international condemnation) to Israel's killing of humanitarian aid volunteers and why Israel has likely lost its key alliance with Turkey.
